Midas Touch Golden Elixir
Name: Midas Touch Golden Elixir
Brewery: Dogfish Head
Overall Rating: A
Style: Ancient Ale
Serving Style: 12oz Bottle
ABV: 9.0%
IBU: 20
Price: $14.99 for four 12oz Bottles
Appearance: Brilliantly clear, honey colored. Surprisingly nice 2-finger head.
Aroma: Honey dominates the nose with the floral saffron mingling with the aromas. Meady tones are present most likely from the honey aroma.
Flavor: Honey nectar. Figgy and sweet, but not overpowering sweetness.
Body: Almost like a wine or sherry. It’s closer to a desert wine, sherry, or even a single malt scotch than a beer. Definitely a sipper. Medium and full of carbonation.
Enjoyability: I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this ancient brew. I thought the maltiness and honey would over power this beer, but it’s actually well balanced and completely drinkable with ease. I can understand why it’s the brew of a king, it’s truly a fine brew that is worth any beer connoisseurs tasting.
Another take: King Midas Wiki | Dogfish Page | A few friends outside the CORE
Tags: ancient, beer review, Dogfish Head, honey, mead
January 17th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Beyond the apparent mis-spelling of closer, instead spelled as ‘closure’, which actually reads like you’ve had one Midas (or 3) too many, I couldn’t agree with you more. A wonderful, almost barely-wine brew that should certainly be sipped and enjoyed.
January 17th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
I actually drank all four for thoroughness before writing the review so I’d be surprised if that was the only spelling/grammar error! Cheers, thanks for the comment.