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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Poured from a bottle into a glass. Dark orange Hazy pour with a thin white head. Tastes sweet with honey and some grapes and yeast. Not bad.

12oz bottle various ways (snifter, pint glass, straight from bottle, at various temperatures). Interesting beer. One of those beers you have to try once. If you have a choice, drink it cold. When warm, it tastes like a fancy version of Miller High Life. When cold, the bad tastes are minimized, and you’re left with honey and grapes, with a light malt character. Cold, it’s a pleasant beer that’s almost worth the price tag. Warm, it’s not.

0.355l bottle shared with The Tasting Crew. This is a blurry golden one, lots of particles floating around in the glass and it has a small islandy and bubbly sidesticking top. It kinda smells a bit old. Almond essens, it has a sweetness, almost like light honey with a soft herbal touch. Been nosing it for a while now and it smells quite integrated and definitely special. Soft creamy carbonation and a gentle oily mouthfeel. No traces of the alcohol I have to say. It is slightly spicy, but also somewhat sweet. I’m not really sure what I’m drinking now. Can read from the label all the ingredients, but I’m having a hard time identifying it in the taste. A different one undoubtedly. 31.03.2013

What a cool project to make a beer based on the residue of the drinking vessels in King Midas’ tomb. The saffron is really interesting in a beer. Muscat grapes and honey also work great in this one.

Bottle (12 oz). Thanks Sébastien! Clear golden with a small white head and little lacing. Aroma of honey, grapes, malt, slight peach and spices. Taste is slightly to moderately sweet along with honey, grapes, peach and spices. Medium body. Mouthfeel is slighly winey. Interesting beer, but not amazing. Good balance between grapes and honey. Good.

American Beer Classic. Hazy/opaque golden. Minimal head that dissipates to a cap. Very small amount of lacing. Nose has a Strong alcohol presence with Yeast and malt. Mouth is Very good. Sweet, light taste. Grape and pineapple. an interesting sparkling grape like taste. Decent beer, but I was expecting a lot more.

Light amber hue white head that lingers. Smells of honey, acetone, and strawberries. Light carb. Rich honeyed malt flavor with a wheaty finish. Smooth, but there is significant alcohol heat on the end.

Pours gold. Aroma is light citrus and lemon notes. Really does have a Chardonnay aroma to it. Taste is crisp dry and refreshing. Highly drinkable and has a Taste of light malts honey and lemon grassy hop notes. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Goudblond en helder. Druiven komen door in de neus, in de mond komt daar vooral de honing bij. Smaak is goed gebalanceerd, ook een wijnachtig zuurtje aanwezig. Levendig op de tong, medium body. Doet iets teveel aan een matige witte wijn denken in mijn ogen.

A - Hazy golden body, a 1 finger white head that S - Riesling wine, white grape skins, musty yeast, honey, lemon, allspice, and an odd spice-bottle says saffron, white bread, whiffs of alcohol. T - Vinous spice right off the top, honey and malt come in heavy and balance out the acidic grape and apple flavors. Allspice shows up toward the end and you can taste the alcohol at the back of the throat. The finish is spicy, dry, with a touch of alcohol. Heavy spice aftertaste. M - Full bodied, moderate soft carbonation, alcohol was evident. An off-centered beer for sure. This blurs the line between beer, champagne and wine, but that was what the brewers intended. I thoroughly enjoyed this beer and it has a great story behind it. My only complaint was the alcohol seem to step over some of the flavors. You could easily pair this up with various dishes. Very interesting beer! I’ll pair the rest up with some good food. Serving type: bottle 03-06-2011