Pale Ale - I have to use up some cascades

I am sitting on a pound of cascades, so I am thinking pale ale. My last pale ale was good, it used 10# marris otter and 1# crystal 60 for base malts. I mashed at 150 and us-05 took it down to 1.008. The beer is good, but there is not much body or malti/caramel flavor to speak of. I think I mashed too low, but oh well. So now I am trying to work off of my previous experience to create a well balanced APA, that is a little copper/orange colored and has a nice malt backbone and a little "mouthfeel" or body. Please help.

9.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 76.60 %
1.00 lb Victory Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 8.51 %
1.00 lb Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 8.51 %
0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 4.26 %
0.25 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 2.13 %
1.50 oz Cascade [4.80 %] (60 min) Hops 21.6 IBU
0.50 oz Cascade [4.80 %] (20 min) Hops 4.4 IBU
0.50 oz Cascade [4.80 %] (15 min) Hops 3.6 IBU
0.50 oz Cascade [4.80 %] (10 min) Hops 2.6 IBU
0.50 oz Cascade [4.80 %] (5 min) Hops 1.4 IBU
0.50 oz Cascade [4.80 %] (2 min) Hops 0.6 IBU
0.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (1 min) Hops 0.4 IBU



Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.053
Est Final Gravity: 1.012
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.09 %
Bitterness: 34.5 IBU
Est Color: 9.3 SRM


Mash Profile

154 degrees for 60 minutes

My opinion:
Cut back on the victory to at most 0.5 lbs (i would use 0.25 lbs) and up the crystal to 1lb of no more than a 60L. The mash temp of 154 will help keep the final gravity a bit higher. Either way it will be a good beer.

If you want a maltier pale ale, you could take a look at my House pale ale, and see how it's similar to what you're thinking. I made it for my husband, who likes hops (particularly cascade) but almost likes a malty beer.

I appreciate all of the input, I think that is the secret of a good pale ale, a balance between malt and hops, not to thin not to full bodied.....

Is victory considered a crystal malt or is it less likely to leave me with unfermentables in the wort?

Yooper, this almost seems like a lighter colored octoberfest lager type of grain bill...just a little lighter....is it sweet?


5 pounds pale malt (I used marris otter)
3 pounds vienna malt
2 pounds Munich malt
1/2 pound crystal 20L
1/2 pound crystal 60L

1 ounce Cascade 60 minutes
.75 ounce cascade 30 minutes
1 ounce Cascade 10 minutes
1/2 ounce cascade 5 minutes
1/2 ounce cascade flameout

1 ounce cascade (dryhop)