Mamma Mia Pizza Beer maker lambastes online beer community
(Saint Charles, IL) – A Beer Advocate user re-surfaced a year-old Youtube comment that Mamma Mia Pizza Beer’s Tom Seefurth made regarding both Beer Advocate and RateBeer members.
Apologize for trying my beer? No way Jose.. At least you had more brains than the Majority of the Beer Advocate and Rate Beer morons. (I did say majority) You ate what resembled pizza and drank the beer.. Nice to see someone who understands that you are not knocking back a 40 of Old English or Mickey’s but having a beer with a meal and then jumping back into “session” beer. Thanks, you do need to make the pizza, you will freak at how god it is
The comment has since been deleted.
Seefurth’s beer has been panned on both sites being deemed, “Not Worthy,” on Beer Advocate and receiving a score of 17 on a scale of 1-100 (100 being the best) on RateBeer.
In the unrelated videos shown here from 2009, the Seefurth duo attempt to create a viral video campaign to get President Obama to try Mamma Mia Pizza Beer.
The campaign resulted in 250 views between the two videos at the time this was published.
Note that the precursor to the bottled Mamma Mia beer, made in a small batch for an Aurora, IL brewpub, didn’t near nearly as panned at Ratebeer:
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/americas-tom-seefurths-mamma-mia-pizza-beer/72978/
I never had this beer (But would love to try it) and I’ve seen mixed reviews on it on YouTube. I have not seen comments on BA or RB about this, but it really furstrates me when people completly bash a beer. Each beer has it’s fan base, and that fan base should be respected. Sure there are beers that I’ve had and didn’t really care for, but I respect the beer and the people who make it just as much as I would a beer that I would stock in my fridge 24/7/365. I think this is one of the biggest problems with the online beer community (Just like wine) because some people are not willing to form their own opinions and just rely on what they see online. What I like somebody eelse may not, and the other way around. I just it’s sad that we have come to this as a community, but with that said, I have no idea how we can change this. I’m open to any ideas if anybody has some.
tom’s original recipe was for an imperial saison with touches of garlic, basil, oregano and tomato…. from all indications it was an interesting if a bit strange, 10% abv beer. if he had stuck with that recipe, he wouldn’t be complaining. BA and RB geeks would be singing his praises. tom, if you read this- please- come back with an imperial saison and let sprecher brew that for you. in today’s world, i can pretty much say with certainty that you’ll sell a helluva lot more beer than you do today.
Let me say that I have had this beer. We featured it on an episode of the Good Beer Show. Prior to that, if you asked me what the worst beer I ever had was, my answer would really depend on the day you asked.
After that episode, it didn’t matter what day you asked me. That was the worst beer I ever tasted.
I get their gimmick. I admire their passion. They make shitty beer.
All of that being said, if someone reads this and decides not to try it themselves, that’s not my fault. Nor does it qualify that person as a moron.
Furthermore, I can’t recall any example of responding to negative criticism by hurling insults at your critics, or telling potential customers (or Presidents) that decline to try your product that they screwed up, as being an effective marketing strategy.
I’m just saying.
Let me say that I am one of the few people that have had both the original version, and the version brewed by Sprecher today. The original recipe was brewed at America’s Brewpub in Aurora. There was a great complexity and balance to that beer that is completely void in the Sprecher version. The new stuff is unbalanced, watery and bland and totally deserving of its low ratings. Having said that, the version Tom brewed at America’s Brewpub was up there with one of the better beers I’ve had. That’s what happens when you sell out in the hopes of reaching a wider audience.
It is beyond me why there is any controversy about this beer. It is and was absolutely terrible. If they still are making it, they should stop.
A former friend and I tried to “try” this beer at the Joe Caputo’s in Algonquin Illinois, when those responsible for this crime against humanity were handing out “free” samples; I say “free” with “quotation marks” because there is nothing truly “free” in life.
In this instance, the cost was the ability to taste actual GOOD beer for several hours… and my self respect.
Now here’s the scenario; I am offered a paper cup with “pizza beer” in it; being a fan of Ale’s, lagers, Porters, IPA’s, Stouts – in fact, if its REAL BEER (not piss-yellow tap water with carbonation, such as from Buttwiper or Miller) I like it – especially those Kraut Wheat Beers…
Anyway, upon smelling it I wished to vomit; in fact I gagged a wee-bit – having had 4 children, and having changed countless diapers, I like to think I have a strong stomach and tolerance for terrible odor.. such as the time when my eldest was ill after eating some of the dogs food washed down with water from the toilet bowl..
Anyway, I gagged; the “lady” ensured me it “tastes wonderful,” apparently even though the odor was enough to make a billy-goat puke.
I assure you, it DID NOT taste wonderful, unless by “wonderful” you mean “pour this shit out in front of your house and the Jehovah’s Witnesses won’t knock on your door.”
If that was her meaning, well, then I agree.
But to the point; I was unable to swallow, and I returned the liquid into the paper sample cup, and deposited it in the trash directly in front of the sampling table…
The gal actually had the gall to say to me, “Now, wasn’t that good?”
No, it was not good.