Midas Touch
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, Delaware, United States 🇺🇸
Traditional Beer Regular|
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6.91
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This was the first beer in our Ancient Ales series.
This sweet yet dry beer is made with ingredients found in 2,700-year-old drinking vessels from the tomb of King Midas. Somewhere between beer, wine and mead, Midas will please the chardonnay and beer drinker alike.
For years, Dogfish Head has worked with biomolecular archaeologist Dr. Patrick McGovern to bring Ancient Ales to life. For more on Midas Touch and the experience of Penn Museum excavators as they uncovered the tomb of the legendary King Midas, read this essay from Dr. Pat.
This sweet yet dry beer is made with ingredients found in 2,700-year-old drinking vessels from the tomb of King Midas. Somewhere between beer, wine and mead, Midas will please the chardonnay and beer drinker alike.
For years, Dogfish Head has worked with biomolecular archaeologist Dr. Patrick McGovern to bring Ancient Ales to life. For more on Midas Touch and the experience of Penn Museum excavators as they uncovered the tomb of the legendary King Midas, read this essay from Dr. Pat.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft at Ginger Man. Poured midasy gold. Very sweet and fruity. Some yeast and such at the end. CHardonnay call was accurate.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 May 2025
at 00:52
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. This is one weird beer. Not sure why it’s a traditional beer. Really sweet. The ingredients seem to clash. Nice golden color and smell. Didn’t care for the taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2025
at 05:16
8.5/10
RB score 3.51
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2025
at 04:27
6.3/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Rated April 2006. Poured light hazy copper color and near zero head. Aroma is medium in strength. Mostly I think I smell grapes then alcohol and then a hint of malt. The taste is sweet then turns sour in the finish. This isn’t my cup of tea, too sweet by about the 7th once. Interesting brew however. I probably want get it again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2024
at 04:19
9/10
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:47
9/10
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:46
8/10
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 16:51
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Early rating from Beer Buddy app
Tried
on 17 Apr 2022
at 01:06
6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2021
at 17:56
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Brewers Haven. Clear, medium golden body with a small cap of foamy head. Grainy aroma, malty, reminiscent of some of the emmer or spelt beets in Germany. Taste starts out malty before turning over to some savory, herbal flavors, woody, juniper. I guess the ancient Sumerians had it pretty good...
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2020
at 04:01