Norseman Distillery

four people smiling and sitting at a table with four pizzas on the table

No, we're not reviewing pizza infused liquor


In the Mid-City Industrial neighborhood of Minneapolis, you'll find a type of crust we haven't found elsewhere. Norseman Distillery pizzas are made with a house, sour mash dough. The same grains they use to make spirits are used for their pizzas. That's enough to intrigue us, so we visited the distillery for...eating reasons

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What makes Norseman Distillery Different?

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Earl Giles
prohibition fortunately excluded pizza Earl Giles Distillery, named after a prohibition pilot, serves up some house made pies, standing apart from many other distilleries in the Northeast area. With a few unique pizzas on the menu, we had to try one Highlights: great presentation, pleasant to handle Lowlights: controversial flavor

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man holding a spicy, pepperoni pizza

Nordeast Special

Toppings: mozzarella, sausage, pepperoni, hot honey, chopped pistachio

Highlights: tastes great and excellent blend of textures except for...
Lowlights: inconsistent pistachio texture
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What does our Hot Honey lover have to say?

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But was it actually hot?


smiling man holding a BBQ pizza

Rancher

Toppings: house made bourbon BBQ, diced chicken, red onion, ranch, green onion

Highlights: maintains a great wet/dry balance for a pizza with a lot of wet ingredients
Lowlights: the BBQ and ranch sauces aren't that good
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wars are sure...worst o' shire...warchester...worcestershire


smiling man holding a peach pizza

Miss Peach

Toppings: peaches, salami, burrata, arugula, balsamic glaze, basil oil, pistachio

Highlights: burrata flavor
Lowlights: a mess, unbalanced amount of ingredients
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Other fruits are just as contentious as pineapples on pizza but with less arguing

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Slop, but the old fashioned kind


smiling woman holding a pickle pizza

Dilly Dally

Toppings: danske sour cream, mozzarella, house made pickles, dill, flakey salt.

Highlights: pickle flavor balanced well and not too pronounced to dominate the other ingredients
Lowlights: could use visual tweaks and improved moisture balance
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Pickle Talk

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Pickle Talk 2: Acid Awakes


Norseman Distillery

Pizzas reviewed: Nordeast Special, Rancher, Miss Peach, Dilly Dally

Check out Norseman Distillery's site here

Final Ratings, out of 5

Critiqued by: Tony, Maggie, Elizabeth, Gunnar, Josiah

👍Nordeast Special 3.8 / 5👍

Racnher 3.4 / 5

Miss Peach 3.2 / 5

😋Dilly Dally 3.9 / 5😋

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Individual Breakdown Nordeast Special Rancher Miss Peach Dilly Dally
Tony 3.5 3.6 2.5 4.1
Elizabeth 3.0 3.7 2.7 4.5
Maggie 4.7 2.7 3.0 3.2
Gunnar 4.1 3.6 3.7 3.4
Josiah 3.5 3.4 3.9 4.3
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