Midas Touch is brewed by Dogfish Head brewing Company and is
part of their ancient ale series.
Dogfish Head is located in Milton, Delaware. This beer weighs in with a pretty high ABV of
9.0% with about 12 IBU’s. I have wanted
to try this ancient ale beer for quite a while now and I finally saw it on sale
so I snatched one up.
Appearance- With a heavy pour only about a .5 finger of
white foam holds. It is a yellow orange
color with a bit of haziness to it.
There is medium to low carbonation.
Decent lacing does occur even though it has such a low head.
Smell- There is kind of a rancid smell to this brew. I get like that kind of pea soup smell to it
with a tiny bit of the grapes that they mention on the bottle. There is a sort of spiciness to it that I
really cannot pick out but it is definitely not appealing to me.
Taste- The taste is much better than the smell. I get a nice malty almost honey like
sweetness on the front of the tongue.
The aftertaste is kind of strange like a wet cardboard almost but I
don’t mind it at all. The more it warms
up the better I like it. I taste like a
nice honey malt taste to it with a hint of white grapes it is kind of
appeasing.
Mouthfeel- It is a medium bodied beer with a nice dry after
taste. I really enjoy the dryness to the
beer it makes you want to go back for another sip. This is not a sessionable beer with the 9%
ABV but the alcohol is not present at all.
Overall, I actually enjoy this quite a bit. The smell really lowers my rating because it
does not smell anything like it tastes.
I do think the taste is quite complex and not for a beginner. I never would have expected to like this but
I actually do. CHEERS!
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