Dogfish Head Midas Touch Golden Elixir

Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: Traditional Ale
Milton, Delaware USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Stein, Yard

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12oz bottle-pours a white head and yellow/gold color. Aroma is sweet grain/light malt, light fruit. Taste is sweet grain/light malt, light fruit, herbal hops.

Bottled. Dark honey color, small white head. Malty, ryeish aroma. Very sweet, cream liquer with rye and alcohol. Very soft liquerish-like aftertaste. Hints of honey. This is like mead by flavor. High ABV is not much present.

2nd March 2008
A beery start! Gradually gives way to honeyish wine with a hint of spice. Marvelous re-creation of an ancient beer!

Bottle. [thank you after4ever]Pours a clear metallic golden with a very fizzy head that immediatly disappears. Aroma is honey-sweet, vinious, some apples and something more sour. Mouthfeel is very nice, slightly spritzy, but manages to fill up my mouth. Flavour is very nice. There is sweet with that slight tartness that honey gives. Then some white whine feel comes through. The finish is dry with a clear feel of herbs and apples as well as a slight peppery bitterness. They were certainly not lying when they claim this is a mix between beer, wine and mead.

cloudy orange, smooth white head. sweet malty, sweet sugary, flavor is sweet, flowery, alc. bitter.

Packaged in "1". I’ve had the bottle for at least three years. Aroma of wine and dark fruits. Hazy golden apricot color, with no head. Starts a bit sweet, a little sour hits the back of the mouth, then some biscuity sweetness comes back. Maybe a little raisin. Decent mouthfeel. The sour plays up again, it goes away, some sort of breadiness, then the dryness alternates with that light sweetness. The alcohol is noticeable. This is something that could easily come from the Belgians. But from the Phrygians? What would they have used for yeast? What fell out of the air? If the stones could speak.

Bottle from Lithy, thanks! Orange blonde color. Grapes and flowers in the slightly spicy aroma. Sugary sweet flavor with grapes, honey, mango and just a hint of spices (speculaas). Alcoholic.

Bottled: Orange coloured. White not very long lasting head. I have great difficulties in decoding this beer. I like it, but I simply don't get usable associations. I find some fruits and spices in the aroma. It's very pleasant and balanced. Have sweet and malty flavours and is quite refreshing. Thanks Raindog for this interesting beer.

Bottle 12 oz. Pours a dark amber with a medium off-white head. Complex aroma of sweet and spice. Medium body with a chewy texture. Interesting flavor of malt, honey and yeast. Very flavorful and unique brew.

Bottle. Dark golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, spices, alcohol. Flavour is sweet, spices, malt, hop, alcohol. Nice beer.