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Dogfish Head Midas Touch Golden Elixir 3.51 1312

Dogfish Head Midas Touch Golden Elixir

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88
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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13123.51/5.03.51/5.09%91.6Dimpled mug, English pint, Stein, Yard
Commercial Description:
Midas Touch Golden Elixir is a beverage based on the residue found on the drinking vessels in King Midas' tomb. Our recipe highlights the known ingredients of barley, white Muscat grapes, honey and saffron. Somehwere between a beer, wine and mead, this smooth, dry ale will please with Chardonnay or I.P.A. drinker alike.
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matthasson (64), Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20

Sep 12, 2009    Updated: Oct 9, 2009
There are definitely some interesting characteristics to this beer. Initially I taste lots of honey, with some moderate hop presence and a sweet maltiness. Spicy herbal notes take form with traces of vanilla, grape, and caramel. It’s boozy and complex, with every sip a different story.

 Toxygen (311), Sanford, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/513/20
Dec 21, 2009  
(br-btl pu-lbl, hand-crafted ancient ale, 9%)

lct-gl, thin-wh-head, full-body.

muscat-wine §honey lively aroma.

T1 pale-malt muscat-bitter
T2 §grape-soda malty §honey
T3 ^muscat-grape alchl-warm §safron

very different but refreshing, nice muskat flavor, cool idea.


 mcberko (165), British Columbia, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Dec 20, 2009  
12oz bottle, pours a cloudy golden with a medium white head. Aroma is honey and citrus. Flavour is honey, prunes, grapes, with an alcohol finish. Great ale.


 KawaBomber (213), New Jersey, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Dec 20, 2009  
12oz Bottle, aged 1 year: Clear gold w/ a small, quickly dissapating white head. Honey is dominant in the aroma w/ an almost pear-like scent lingering. Flavor is mostly honey w/ some vinous flavors & oddly enough, a corny sort of thing. Aroma gets more wine-like as it warms, flavor improves as well. Soft mouthfeel, a bit muddled. Alright, but I probably won’t buy it again...a one and done sort of beer.


 douglas88 (1659), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/512/20
Dec 12, 2009  
12 ounce bottle at the tasting in SLC- Mikey’s big event. Pours a light bronze color with a medium white head. The aroma is sweet honey and odd herbal notes. The flavor was decent; easygoing honey and sweet almost funky grape notes. Spicy. Not bad.


bonk0076 (94), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/512/20
Dec 7, 2009  
Pours a very light light and clear orangish-straw color with a thin white head that quickly dissipates. Aroma is of strong fruit notes - primarily grapes, as well as hints of citrus and honey. Taste is dominated by the sweetness of grapes and honey, but balanced by bitter malts. Finishes very nicely.


 TipsyMcStager (928), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Dec 4, 2009  
Aroma is light sweet honey. Pours slightly cloudy golden, thin head. Sweet, prunish flavour, alcohol finish. Mid-range body. Rather have a 90 min IPA.


JBVatkeens (12), Florida, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/518/20
Dec 1, 2009  
I had this from a bottle. It smells sweet and tastes the same. The grapes make up a lot of what I taste in this beer.



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