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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6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Pours a clear, copper-gold, with minimal head. Aroma has some fruit, but is primarily grassy. Flavor is also grassy, but with some sweetness, a touch of wine-sourness, and an almost witbier-like chemically aftertaste. Interesting, though not something I’d want on a regular basis.
Tried
on 04 May 2017
at 17:02
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. A- Honey, malty, grape must. A- Gold color, clear liquid, white head. T- Honey, grapes. P- Light body, average texture, average carbonation, malty finish. O- Lots of honey and definitely no saffron. A touch boozy too. A pretty mild beer but back in King Midas’ day this would’ve been great!
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2017
at 21:30
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle pour into tulip glass from Andover Liquors. Aroma is malt base with grapes/fruit. Appearance is beautiful, clear gold with slight orange, nice sparkle, 1/2 finger-width fizzy white head with poor retention and no lacing. Taste is moderately sweet with slightly astringent taste (saffron?), honey and grape. Palate is light-to-medium bodied with lively carbonation and fairly dry finish. Overall, an interesting beer with some novel ingredients used successfully.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2016
at 20:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Où, Quand, Comment : Bouteille. Mondial de la bière 2007.
Visuel : Couleur : ambrée. Apparence : claire.
Arôme : Grains de malt pâle, léger de miel, léger de houblon herbeux et floral, notes fruitées et épicées
Goût : Entrée de bouche : légèrement fruitée et épicée Un support de grains de malt pâle sucrés avec un léger goût de miel ainsi qu’une légère amertume de houblon floral et herbeux ainsi que des notes d’alcool.
En bouche : Corps : moyen. Effervescence : moyenne. Texture : légèrement huileuse. Finale : moyenne-longue, légèrement amère d’alcool réchauffant et de houblon floral.
Visuel : Couleur : ambrée. Apparence : claire.
Arôme : Grains de malt pâle, léger de miel, léger de houblon herbeux et floral, notes fruitées et épicées
Goût : Entrée de bouche : légèrement fruitée et épicée Un support de grains de malt pâle sucrés avec un léger goût de miel ainsi qu’une légère amertume de houblon floral et herbeux ainsi que des notes d’alcool.
En bouche : Corps : moyen. Effervescence : moyenne. Texture : légèrement huileuse. Finale : moyenne-longue, légèrement amère d’alcool réchauffant et de houblon floral.
Tried
on 22 Sep 2015
at 00:40
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
12 oz bottle poured. Pours an oily golden color with a thin ring head. Bottled a while back. Light body, white wine like. Sweet grape, with a dry dusty finish. I love the idea behind beers like this, but this one just tasted off to me. Bonus points for a unique beer, and it was fun to try, but flavor wise, this one was less my type of beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2015
at 00:03