I'm not sure if this is what you're thinking of, but there's a story like that behind Dogfish Head's "Midas Touch" http://www.biomolecular-archaeology.com/?pag

I'm not sure if this is what you're thinking of, but there's a story like that behind Dogfish Head's "Midas Touch" http://www.biomolecular-archaeology.com/?page_id=143 http://www.biomolecular-archaeology.com/?page_id=143 https://www.dogfish.com/brewery/beer/midas-touch https://www.dogfish.com/brewery/beer/midas-touch Though more reconstruction of ingredients from residue than linguistic reconstruction I guess.