Midas Touch
(has 5 batches)
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, Delaware, United States 🇺🇸
Traditional Beer Regular|
Score
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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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Imported from my RateBeer account as Dogfish Head Midas Touch Golden Elixir (by Dogfish Head Brewery):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 3.2/5
26/IX/14 - 12Fl. Oz. bottle from a trade @ hotel room tasting Borefts 2014 (Bodegraven) - BB: n/a (2014-1117) Thanks to Skatje for the trade!
Clear pale orange beer, creamy off-white head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots or orange peel, bit oxidized, spicy, ginger, weird. MF: very lively carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet malts, sugary, banana, metallic touch, orange peel, sourish, spicy. Aftertaste: little bitter, metallic, banana. Meh.
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 3.2/5
26/IX/14 - 12Fl. Oz. bottle from a trade @ hotel room tasting Borefts 2014 (Bodegraven) - BB: n/a (2014-1117) Thanks to Skatje for the trade!
Clear pale orange beer, creamy off-white head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots or orange peel, bit oxidized, spicy, ginger, weird. MF: very lively carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet malts, sugary, banana, metallic touch, orange peel, sourish, spicy. Aftertaste: little bitter, metallic, banana. Meh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2014
at 13:02
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, 0.355l, shared with CanCrusher. Clear golden color with small creamy, mostly diminishing white head and soft visible carbonation. Aroma is moderate yeasty, mainly of mold, vegetably, herbal and of grapes. Taste starts with sweet malt and honey, following is winey and alcoholic, mouthfeel is warming, while finish is light bitter. Medium to full body, oily texture and soft carbonation in palate. This one is quite interesting with many wine characteristics...
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2014
at 12:40
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Pours clear, honey-gold with a whipped, off-white head. Aroma is honey, florals... Grape, honey, sugar flavour.... very sweet, almost mead-like, though more strongly carbonated. Quite tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2014
at 15:52