Dogfish Head Midas Touch Golden Elixir

ÖL 9.0%
Skapades 2007-05-16 av iglaset
Betyg
5 21 6.59
Tillverkningssätt
Överjäst
Stil
Traditionell
Senaste betygen
jejk
2016-08-04 7
Christian H.
2014-06-29 7
jonas
2014-05-06 7
Gandoon
2014-03-16 4
Zeilon
2013-05-28 7
This recipe is the actual oldest-known fermented beverage in the world! Our recipe showcases the known ingredients of barley, white Muscat grapes, honey & saffron found in the drinking vessels in King Midas' tomb! Somehwere between a beer, wine and mead, this smooth, dry ale will please with Chardonnay or I.P.A. drinker alike.

IBU: 20
Calorie content (per 12-ounce serving): approx. 307
Tasting Notes: Honey, saffron, papaya, melon, biscuity, succulent.
Food pairing recomendations: Pan-Asian dishes, risotto, curries, baked fish and chicken.
Glass recommendation: White Wine
Comparable wine style: Sauterne Champagne

If you like our Midas Touch, try our Zwaanend'ale - it has some similar honey characteristics! Of course, you'll have to come to Delaware during the 2006 375th Anniversary celebration because the beer is limited release (only in Delaware, only in 2006!)

More on Midas... His golden touch may have conferred fabulous wealth on King Midas, but he nearly starved to death when even his food and drink were converted into the precious metal. The well-known legend is based on an actual ruler of the ancient kingdom of Phrygia in central Turkey around 700 B.C. Under a huge mound at the capital of Gordion, a University of Pennsylvania Museum expedition in 1957 excavated an intact burial chamber which likely belonged to King Midas himself. The body of a 60-year-old male was laid out in state on a thick pile of purple and blue-dyed textiles inside a unique log coffin.

Most remarkably, the tomb held the largest Iron Age drinking set ever found--157 vessels, including a ram-headed and lion-headed situla--for preparing, serving, drinking and libating a special beverage at the funerary feast of the king. The secrets of the beverage were revealed by the new methods of Molecular Archaeology. Dr. Patrick McGovern of the Museum discovered that the residues inside the vessels belonged to a "Phrygian cocktail," which combined grape wine, barley beer and honey mead. Starting with the ancient chemical evidence, Dogfish Head Brewery "re-created" a marvelous golden elixir, truly touched by King Midas.
jejk
2016-08-04 7

Christian H.
2014-06-29 7

jonas
2014-05-06 7

Gandoon
2014-03-16 4

Zeilon
2013-05-28 7

Chubbs
2013-03-11 7

Jarnedal
2012-02-23 6

Digit
2012-02-16 6

sehlberg
2011-10-08 6

GAISAke
2011-09-24 8

eriked
2011-09-18 7

jeremylee
2011-06-15 8

Goofster
2011-04-08 6

balder
2011-03-03 7

Casa
2009-06-14 6

nohnohyeh
2009-04-24 8

schwamp
2008-10-04 6

Mothas
2008-10-02 6

Probstner
2008-09-29 6

ante
2007-06-17 7

lasseg
2007-05-16 7

Kommentarer
Gandoon
Dyr och inte särskilt god. Smakerna gifte sig inte och spretade lite för mycket för min smak.
4
Chubbs
aromen är riktigt bra, lite gröna äpplegodis och annat jag inte kommer ihåg nu. Smaken är inte lika bra och gör en lite besviken men fortfarande ganska bra men inget att skriva hem om.
7
GAISAke
Lite mjöd över denna med genomträngande honung. (4 Pilsner på http://GottÖl.se/)
8
lasseg
Testat på SBWF 07. Saffran och återigen saffran. Undrar om detta var inspirationen till Nils Oscars misslyckade Trippel? Lite söt, lite kvalmig. Som att dricka lussekattsdeg.. Kul ett tag, men sen blir det jobbigt..
7
nohnohyeh
Vacker flaska. Spännande smak. Kul öl overall.
8