Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Apparently this fits within the BCJP guidelines for Kolsch, which shows how out of touch BJCP is on the matter - I don't think any kolsch in Cologne fits this profile, so they are providing brewers with bad guidance, as they often do. This has a bright straw colour, just a thin head. You'd never get a head this thin in at any stube in Cologne. It's got a clean pale malt aroma, but on the palate it's way too sweet. There's an odd fruitiness to this, too. Not like Kolsch fruitiness, but like they ran this through a line that last had a strawberry beer. Strawberry is a weird taste for kolsch. So is this lack of hop - if you have less hop you need way bigger malt, like Muhlen. For me, it's a miss.