Advice needed on American Black Ale

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What recommendations would you have for this recipe?

Boil Volume: 4.44 gal Boil Time: 60 min
Equipment: Turkey fryer 5 gallon

Ingredients Amount Item Type % or IBU
6.00 lb LME Golden Light (Briess) (4.0 SRM) Extract 66.67 %
2.00 lb DME Golden Light (Briess) (4.0 SRM) Dry Extract 22.22 %
0.50 lb Sugar, Table (Sucrose) (1.0 SRM) Sugar 5.56 %

0.25 lb Black Malt - 2-Row (Briess) (500.0 SRM) Grain 2.78 %
0.25 lb Caramel Malt - 40L (Briess) (40.0 SRM) Grain 2.78 %

1.00 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (60 min) Hops 26.2 IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [5.00 %] (60 min) Hops 13.1 IBU

0.75 oz Cascade [5.00 %] (15 min) Hops 4.9 IBU
0.75 oz Amarillo Gold [6.90 %] (15 min) Hops 6.7 IBU

0.75 oz Cascade [5.00 %] (5 min) Hops 2.0 IBU
0.75 oz Amarillo Gold [6.90 %] (5 min) Hops 2.7 IBU

0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [6.90 %] (2 min) Hops 0.8 IBU
0.50 oz Cascade [5.00 %] (2 min) Hops 0.6 IBU

1 Pkgs Safale US-05 (Fermentis #US-05) Yeast-Ale
 
I don't want the black malt to be to overpowering. I am trying for a dark colored well hopped beer with a little roastyness. I also have Caramel Wheat, Caramunich II, Carared, Special B, Chocolate malt and Caramunich I. I have done this hopping schedule before and I liked it quite a bit.I am not sure if it might be better alternating the Cascade and Amarillo. I will probably take out the Cascades at 60m and substitute more Centennial.
 
Looks pretty good. I would up the dark grains. I do one with 8 oz Debittered balck and 6 oz C80 at about 67 IBU's that is pretty tasty. Just slight roastiness. Just enough.
 
Thank you. I was kind of wondering how much dark malt was to much. I will try to dig up some darker crystal malts. I may have to take a trip to the store.
 
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