Dogfish Head Midas Touch

by Cristopher
(Asheville, NC)

Dogfish Head Midas Touch

Dogfish Head Midas Touch (10% ABV)
Dogfish Head Brewery, Rehoboth Beach, DE, USA
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Midas Touch Golden Elixir: So this is the reason that we came here in the first place. Dogfish Head has always been a favorite brewery of mine and to experience the rare occurrence of trying one of their beers on tap just could not be missed.

Midas Touch can be purchased locally at Bruisin' Ales in a bottle, although as most of you know, it is a completely different experience having them on draught. Heralding itself as the oldest known fermented beverage in the world at 2,700 years, this beer has had a long time to get itself perfected and Dogfish Head did it right.

I now know why patron Paul had us try Biere de Miel first. While similar in styles, it proved that Belgians are not the only ones to perfect their ales.

I truly do not like being influenced by other people's reviews when tasting. On this occasion I can honestly say that I smelled something unique and passing the glass around to the wife, patron Paul and beer-tender Scott, we all smelled the same unique aroma. Refrigerated corn tortillas. That's strange... especially since there was absolutely no taste of the flat maize discs anywhere throughout this sweet and spicy beverage.

Somewhere between beer and mead, there were tastes of honey and saffron as well as a citrus-y, fruity finish. This was nice.

I could have been complete just drinking this beverage all night and whistling a nice tune while strolling home. Unfortunately, I drove and the higher alcohol content of just over 10% made me glad that I had only shared a half flight with my wife. I can see a couple of bottles of this in my very near future.

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