critque my columbus APA

i grabbed an lb of leaf and i'm looking to try something that showcases the columbus...any thoughts on the recipe below? its a little high on the ibu for an apa so i'll probably adjust it down a little, maybe .75 oz at 60 min. any other thoughts?

columbus APA #1 - American Pale Ale ()
Brewer straycat
Date 05/02/2012
Batch Size 5.000 gal Boil Size 5.500 gal
Boil Time 60.000 min Efficiency 70%
OG 1.063 FG 1.016
ABV 6.2% Bitterness 51.5 IBU (Tinseth)
Color 11.2 srm (Morey) Calories (per 12 oz.) 210
Fermentables

Total grain: 9.500 lb
Name Type Amount Mashed Late Yield Color
Liquid Extract (LME) - Pale Extract 8.000 lb No No 78% 8.0 srm
Corn Sugar (Dextrose) Sugar 4.000 oz No No 100% 0.0 srm
Cara-Pils/Dextrine Grain 8.000 oz No No 72% 2.0 srm
Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L Grain 12.000 oz No No 74% 40.0 srm
Hops

Name Alpha Amount Use Time Form IBU
Columbus/Tomahawk/Zeus 15.5% 1.000 oz Boil 60.000 min Leaf 43.0
Columbus/Tomahawk/Zeus 15.5% 1.000 oz Boil 5.000 min Leaf 8.6
Columbus/Tomahawk/Zeus 15.5% 1.000 oz Boil 0.000 s Leaf 0.0
Centennial 10.5% 1.000 oz Boil 0.000 s Pellet 0.0
Centennial 10.5% 1.000 oz Dry Hop 0.000 s Pellet 0.0
Columbus/Tomahawk/Zeus 15.5% 1.000 oz Dry Hop 0.000 s Leaf 0.0
Yeast

Name Type Form Amount Stage
Safale S-05 Ale Dry 2.232 tsp Primary

What's the point of the corn sugar? Do you intend to dry the beer out a bit, or did you just add this to hit your target OG? I would omit the corn sugar. It only adds about 0.02 gravity points anyway.

Everything else looks great!

yeah, the corn sugar was just to dry it out a little. thanks for the reply. gonna try and brew it tonight.

It's amazing how many extract brewer's use carapils.

Carapils is already in extract.

You're going to lose more than 0.50 gal in a 60 minute boil btw.

Hops look good.

bobbrews said:

It's amazing how many extract brewer's use carapils.

Carapils is already in extract.

You're going to lose more than 0.50 gal in a 60 minute boil btw.

Hops look good.

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It is usually in there, along with crystal malts, etc, but it's usually not clearly defined when you buy extract, that's all.

Agreed. There's probably anywhere from 2-10% carapils in extract depending on the manufacturer and grade.

thanks for the input. i tossed my 60 min addition in at 6:07. i made a few small changes to the recipe, found .5 lb of DME and tossed it in too. also adjusted AA for the hops. Here is what's going down ->

columbus APA #1 - American Pale Ale ()
Brewer Nobody
Date 05/02/2012
Batch Size 5.000 gal Boil Size 5.500 gal
Boil Time 60.000 min Efficiency 70%
OG 1.061 FG 1.015
ABV 5.9% Bitterness 42.9 IBU (Tinseth)
Color 10.9 srm (Morey) Calories (per 12 oz.) 201
Fermentables

Total grain: 9.000 lb
Name Type Amount Mashed Late Yield Color
Liquid Extract (LME) - Pale Extract 7.000 lb No No 78% 8.0 srm
Corn Sugar (Dextrose) Sugar 4.000 oz No No 100% 0.0 srm
Cara-Pils/Dextrine Grain 8.000 oz No No 72% 2.0 srm
Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L Grain 12.000 oz No No 74% 40.0 srm
Dry Extract (DME) - Light Dry Extract 8.000 oz No No 95% 8.0 srm
Hops

Name Alpha Amount Use Time Form IBU
Columbus/Tomahawk/Zeus 13.6% 0.800 oz Boil 60.000 min Pellet 34.3
Columbus/Tomahawk/Zeus 13.6% 1.000 oz Boil 5.000 min Pellet 8.6
Columbus/Tomahawk/Zeus 13.6% 1.000 oz Boil 0.000 s Pellet 0.0
Centennial 9.6% 1.000 oz Boil 0.000 s Pellet 0.0
Centennial 9.6% 1.000 oz Dry Hop 0.000 s Pellet 0.0
Columbus/Tomahawk/Zeus 13.6% 1.000 oz Dry Hop 0.000 s Leaf 0.0
Yeast

Name Type Form Amount Stage
Safale S-05 Ale Dry 2.232 tsp Primary

EDIT1: on the evaporation rate, i know i do lose more than .5 gallons. i usually start with 6.5 but i'm also lazy and haven't updated the equipment in brewtarget. brew on!
EDIT2: it's in the bucket and i already pitched the us05. recipe also changed b/c i used 7lb LME instead of 8 in the first post. for the first time experience with columbus i think i'll like it. smells big and spicy with a great nose. i'll try and report back in 2-3 weeks when i rack to the keg and dry hop.