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Why does my lager taste like butterscotch

My test batch lager tasted of butterscotch once kegged... brew day below.. Well I did a test batch on my newly configured rig to get my eye in, I decided to use some random stuff I had laying around, which made me decide on a Vienna Lager. This sounded like a nice light beer to try and since its a lager I didn't put to much hops in my 'test' batch. The recipe if anyone is interested was..  Ingredients: ------------ Amount        Item                                      Type         % or IBU      4.70 kg       Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM)                     Grain        88.68 %       0.40 kg       Munich I (Weyermann) (7.1 SRM)            Grain        7.55 %        0.20 kg       Carapils (Weyermann) (2.0 SRM)            Grain        3.77 %        50.00 gm      Hallertauer [6.30 %]  (60 min)            Hops         34.1 IBU      10.00 gm      Hallertauer [6.30 %]  (5 min)             Hops         1.4 IBU       1 Pkgs        SafLager West European Lager (DCL Yeast #SYe