Thought on APA recipe

Just started combining things i thought looked good for an APA. let me know your thoughts. thanks.

Grain
5 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 52.6 %
2 lbs 12.0 oz Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 5 28.9 %
8.0 oz Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 3 5.3 %
4.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 4 2.6 %
1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 2 10.5 %

Hops
.5 oz Sterling [6.00 %] - Boil 75.0 min Hop 6 11.6 IBUs
.5 oz Willamette [5.50 %] - Boil 75.0 min Hop 7 10.6 IBUs
.75 oz Sterling [6.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 8 5.9 IBUs
.75 oz Willamette [5.50 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 9 5.4 IBUs
.75 oz Willamette [5.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 12 0.0 IBUs
.75 oz Sterling [7.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 11 0.0 IBUs
1 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days

1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 10 -

1.0 pkg American Ale II (Wyeast Labs #1272) [124.21 ml] Yeast 13 -

5 gallon recipe, i assume

why not just go ALL grain?

yes it is 5 gallon batch. right now just don't have the equipment to do all grain. hopefully get most of it for christmas.

ah, equipment, gotcha

i'm not sure about dry hopping with cascade after using sterling, which is fairly similar to saaz...i smell conflict...i would just dry hop with more sterling and willamette...but, by all means, go with the cascade if you feel inspired

yeah it makes more sense to go that route. maybe an oz of each.

What he said, replace the cascade for a hop you used in the boil.

yeah, otherwise it looks like a good brew - though it comes up to 1.058 OG, maybe a little on the heavy side (for me anyway)

beersmith has an OG of 1.052 and final of 1.013

partial boil. again the equipment to be upgraded soon.

oh, ok...well, 1.052 is right around the sweet spot! and if it finishes near 1.058, i always say it's better to finish over than under

i agree on that one. thanks for the help