I would also be interested in a recipe for Dogfish Head's Birra Etrusca Bronze, which is also a member of the Ancient Ale series of beers. Does anyone have ideas where I might score the same info as was published for Midas Touch?
Clone Beer Dog Fish Head - Midas Touch
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I entered this into an AHA sponsored event under the Belgian Specialty Ale category and took the gold with a 32.5 score. The judges said the bottles were gushers or the score would have been better. I haven't had that problem at home. Not sure what the deal was. I'm very happy to gave gotten gold, though. Also, it makes it better that they didn't just give awards for each category. You had to score well enough to get a medal.
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Hey guys.
This is going to be my next brew. Is it 8lbs of LME or DME?
TIA
This is going to be my next brew. Is it 8lbs of LME or DME?
TIA
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I came across the book with this recipe in it written by the brewmaster at DFH today. I just wanted to point out that he calls for 1/4oz of hops, not 1/2oz like is stated in the op.
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Just wanted to point out that I am extremely late to the party (maybe that doesn't need pointing out lol), but I ended up here after trying to search for the Midas Touch clone. After research, I read: the original discovery of the vessels showed that the beverage was a highly unusual mixture of grape wine, barley beer and honey mead. The bittering agent used in the original Beer was not hops (which was only introduced in to Europe around 700 A.D.), but the most expensive spice in the world, saffron. That's why you're adding the saffron. Midas tomb is in Turkey and Turkey was renowned for this spice in antiquity, and although they've never been able to actually prove it, the intense yellowish color of the ancient residues may have been due to saffron.
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Let me start off by saying, this is NOT my recipe. This recipe came from a book that Sam Calagione wrote. He is the owner of Dog Fish Head Brewery. I believe this recipe was created by Bryan Selders, who is a brewer at DFH. I will write down the ingredients/directions exactly as they were written here. All credit goes to Sam Calagione and Bryan Selders. I just wanted to share the recipe with you fine folks.
This is a fun recipe and comes out with a very similar taste and drinkability to Midas Touch - very happy to have this in my barsenal. Batch, bottle and forget about it for a few months and you won’t regret the wait. I hate the time involved with bottling but if there was ever an ale that deserves the extra step it’s this one. Much thanks to all hands involved in the design and dissemination of this recipe
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