A decidedly unsweet Scotch ale, with caramel and a slightly savory character. Not salty, per se (salted caramel would have been interesting), but more kind of odd and off-putting. I kept going back and forth between liking and not liking this.

Very cereal, not funky sweet like some kolschs

Dry, clean and crisp with good cereal and pilsner-like bitterness. None of the weird, zesty yeast character that most Kölsches seem to have. The aftertaste is awesome, dry and cider-like.

Smells like a cherry coke, but most of what could have been syrupy is cut nicely by toasty stout bitterness, smoothening and becoming more dark chocolaty.