1. Pizza Beer (USA)
Thanks to homebrewers Tom and Athena Seefurth, the age-old debate of is cold pizza better than hot pizza can finally be put to rest (well, sorta).
Pizza Beer is brewed with actual pizza ingredients like tomato, garlic, basil and oregano with the final product smelling and tasting like pizza. It's like your favorite slice of pizza decided to cozy up with your favorite brewski and they had a deliciously quirky lovechild.
Though it’s been off the market since 2013, Mamma Mia! Pizza Beer’s is a thing of legend. The love of this ale is torn like the love of pineapple on pizza. It’s the kind of brew that sparks debates hotter than whether a hot dog is a sandwich (let’s not open that can of worms).
Pizza Beer is brewed with actual pizza ingredients like tomato, garlic, basil and oregano with the final product smelling and tasting like pizza. It's like your favorite slice of pizza decided to cozy up with your favorite brewski and they had a deliciously quirky lovechild.
Though it’s been off the market since 2013, Mamma Mia! Pizza Beer’s is a thing of legend. The love of this ale is torn like the love of pineapple on pizza. It’s the kind of brew that sparks debates hotter than whether a hot dog is a sandwich (let’s not open that can of worms).
2. Saliva Beer (Peru)
In the mountains of Peru, there’s a centuries-old traditional beer-making process called "chicha” (or chicha de jora). If I told you that this Peruvian beer is made from corn, you may scoff and think, what’s so weird and wacky about that?
Let me finish…the corn is fermented by being chewed up and spat out in a sort of fermentable mash. And this isn’t just any old spit. It’s a community effort where women chew corn and then spit it into a communal vat with the idea that enzymes in the saliva helps kick-start fermentation, turning corn into a mildly alcoholic beverage.
3. Voodoo Doughnut Bacon Maple Ale (USA)
Imagine... you head into the kitchen and the aroma hits you—notes of smoky bacon mingling with rich maple sweetness and a hint of fried dough. Do you head to the coffee pot to pour yourself a coffee as you sit down to this delicious-smelling breakfast? Nope. Instead, grab a bottle opener and crack open a cold one because we’re talking about a beer that throws the "breakfast is for champions" motto out the window and replaces it with "breakfast beers are for champions”.
This boozy ode to Voodoo Doughnut's legendary maple bacon creations is no longer available but is still sought out by collectors. Part breakfast, part happy hour–yes please! Because as everyone knows, everything's better with bacon.
4. Snake Venom (Scotland)
Snake Venom might sound like something Indiana Jones would avoid in the jungle, but thankfully this beer isn’t literally named. This Scottish concoction gets its name from its serious “bite”. We’re talking about a brew that has one of the highest alcohol content levels on the planet. Like, have-your-doctor-on-speed-dial kinda level. Its 67.5% ABV has enough alcohol to make your eyes water more than when watching your annual Hallmark Christmas Movie marathon (don’t deny it).
Despite packing a punch stronger than Muhammad Ali in his heyday, Snake Venom is brewed with smoked peat malt and champagne yeast, creating a surprisingly smooth taste. You could say it floats like a butterfly, stings like a… snake? PSA: No actual snakes were harmed in the making of this beer.
5. The End of History (Scotland)
This bizarre beer gives craft beer a whole different meaning. It’s less like a beer and more like a piece of edgy AF piece of art that happens to be drinkable. We already know that Scotland likes to push the limits of ABV in their beers and they don’t disappoint with this Belgian-style ale that packs a 55% ABV. It’s like rocket fuel with a hint of hops.
The alcohol content is wild enough but it's the packaging that's really going to raise eyebrows, unsettling as it may be. Each bottle comes stuffed inside a taxidermied animal. Groundbreaking work of art or gimmick? I guess it depends on how many of these bad boys you down.
6. Pisner (Denmark)
On a hot summer day, it’s hard to say no when someone offers you a crisp, cold bottle of Pilsner. But what if that Pilsner is missing an ‘L’ and you’re now drinking a bottle of Pisner that was fertilized with urine collected from festivalgoers at Denmark's largest music festival?
More than 50,000 gallons of urine from the festival were collected and used to fertilize malted barley that was then harvested and turned into Pisner, the world's first beer made with human pee. Rest assured, it doesn’t taste like pee (unlike some other well-known beers out there). Made in partnership with the Danish Government, the unique process was dubbed "beercycling" and intended to show brewers new ways to be sustainable. Forget farm-to-table, pee-to-pint is all the rage.
7. Crème Brûlée Beer (USA)
For those who watch their diet and flip a coin to see if they’re going to have booze or dessert, it’s time to put that trick coin away! With flavors of burnt caramel and sweet vanilla topped off with a hint of burnt sugar and a creamy body when poured into a sexy glass, this is the perfect time to take a page out of Donna and Tom’s special day and Treat Yo Self.
It’s your classic dessert, no blowtorch needed… I mean, you could try a blowtorch, but let’s not get into Molotov cocktail territory.
8. Marrickville Pork Roll (Australia)
Imagine sinking your teeth into the classic Aussie street food the pork roll (or banh mi, as it’s known in Vietnamese cuisine), but instead of biting down, you're taking a sip of Marrickville Pork Roll Beer. Don’t worry (or do), you’re still getting the same bold flavors of salty roasted pork, crunchy pickled veggies, fragrant herbs and a spicy sriracha mayo kick.
Marrickville is known for own for its eclectic food scene but we're talking serious culinary wizardry here.
9. Toast Pale Ale (UK)
Did you know that 44% of all bread produced in the UK goes straight in the wheelie bin?! For someone like me who grew up on PB&J sandwiches, this blows my mind. You with me, Austin Butler?
But fear not, because Toast Ale has turned this waste food crisis into a brew-tiful solution. They’ve cracked the code to sustainable sipping by swapping out a third of the barley for surplus bread to create a smooth, balanced brew with a touch of citrus.
It's like they've discovered the secret ingredient to saving the planet, confirming that not all superheroes wear capes. #SaveThePB&JSandwhich
10. Lucky Charms Beer (USA)
Remember those blissful Saturday mornings, snuggled up in your PJs with a bowl of Lucky Charms, totally engrossed in Zack Morris’ latest shenanigans?
Well, get ready to relive the Saturday morning Bayside High School magic but this time with a boozy twist. Smartmouth Brewing Company has conjured up a Saturday Morning Marshmallow IPA that's like a time machine to the '90s. One sip of this beer and you'll be transported back to a simpler time, when life's biggest problems were figuring out which cartoon to watch next. It’s everyone’s – adult and children alike – dream come true… you can keep your eyes glued to the TV because you don’t have to focus on pesky chewing. As Smartmouth says, "magically ridiculous."