What the heck did I make?

[Buccaneer]

I made this beer a couple months ago that turned out quite amazing and my SO thinks I should enter it into a competition. The problem is, though, it doesn't really fit into any category that I can determine.

Here are the details (5 gallons):
3.0 kg 2-row
0.5 kg Crystal 30
0.5 kg flaked wheat

Mash at 150F for 75 minutes.

1oz Willamette (4.7%) @ 60 minutes
0.6oz Willamette (4.7%) @ 10 minutes

Wyeast 2308

OG 1.043, FG 1.010

BeerSmith tells me it's 6 SRM and 20 IBUs.

It's got a yeasty aroma at first, turning to light caramel as it warms. No real hop presence. Frothy white head that lasts until the beer is gone. Lots of malt presence, backed up by an almost matching bitterness. Definite grain flavours mid-sip and it finishes with a touch of sweetness. Lots of body for such a low gravity beer.

Category 4a is the only category that really jumps out at me, but apart from the yeast, all the ingredients are completely wrong. I know that you'd need to taste it to really know, but any thoughts as to what this could possibly be?

[saosborne]

18A blonde ale?

[McGruff]

Yea, if you want to enter it in a competition it has to have a category. Most of my beers are not in categories and that is fine with me.

[oceanic_brew]

but does it taste like a Munich helles?

I can’t pinpoint a beer style from the ingredient list I almost exclusively brew German Bocks, Belgians, Farmhouse/sours

I could make a light Bock with those ingredients and pass it off but in a comp I would be skeptical.

What kind of yeasty flavors are we talking here?


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[Buccaneer]

I don't think it does. In my (limited experience) opinion, it's half way between a helles and marzen/festbier.

I think I'll just hang onto it and not bother.

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[John G]

My 2¢:

From the OG/FG, IBUs, SRM and yeast used + your tasting notes (balanced to malt vs hop bitterness, but nearly equal) I would have entered it in either or both of 4a and 5c. To me, taste-wise it sounds more like a Dortmunder export at 5c, but stats-wise I think it is closer to 4a. In the end, ingredients used do not matter if the taste fits the profile. Enter into more than one category for fun if you are willing to part with that much of it and want the feedback.