Recipe Critique: Breakfast Stout

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This will be our second All-grain BIAB recipe. Thoughts and comments welcomed!

Batch size: 5.0 gallons
Original Gravity
1.054 measured
(1.078 estimated)
Final Gravity
1.010 measured
(1.021 estimated)
Color
40° SRM / 79° EBC
(Black)
Mash Efficiency
54% measured
(75% used for O.G. estimate)

Code: 
malt & fermentables
%	LB	OZ	MALT OR FERMENTABLE	PPG	°L
71%	10	0	 American Two-row Pale	37	1	~
7%	1	0	 Chocolate Malt (US)	28	350	~
7%	1	0	 Oats, Flaked	37	1	~
4%	0	10	 Roasted Barley	25	300	~
4%	0	8	 Victory Malt	34	25	~
4%	0	8	 American Crystal 80L	33	80	~
4%	0	8	 Milk Sugar (Lactose)	35	0	~
14	2

Code: 
hops
USE	TIME	OZ	VARIETY	FORM	AA
boil	60 mins	0.75	 Nugget	pellet	13.0
boil	30 mins	0.5	 Nugget	pellet	13.0
boil	5 mins	0.5	 Willamette	pellet	5.5
Boil: 4.0 avg gallons for 60 minutes

Bitterness
37.8 IBU / 10 HBU
ƒ: Tinseth
BU:GU
0.48


Wyeast Irish Ale (1084)
ale yeast in liquid form with medium flocculation and 73% attenuation

Code: 
misc
USE	TIME	AMOUNT	INGREDIENT
boil	0 min	2 ounces	 Coffee Grounds (Sumatra)
boil	5 min	 0.5 ea	 Whirlfloc Tablet
bottling	0 min	2 ounces	 Coffee, Cold Press
 
Overall it looks like you'll make a good beer (though the measured/estimated OGs and FGs has me a bit confused.... what are you actually shooting for?)

But if I may, here are a couple suggestions. Take 'em or leave 'em :)

- Victory and Crystal 80L are going to be completely unnoticable at 4% of the grist each. Consider dropping some 2-row for a bit more of those two

- You don't need so much roasted barley if you're adding coffee to the boil as well as at bottling. Considering lowering it to 6oz or so.
 
Thanks for the input! I'm not sure what the deal is with the measured/estimated, something went haywire with Beer Calculus. I am planning to operate with the estimated OG/FG in mind.
 
Ah, gotcha. The "measured" numbers could be just the default values Beer Calculus fills into those slots. BeerSmith does it, too.
 
Yup, looks like those were the defaults. Fixed it. Here's a tweaked recipe.

Code: 
Original Gravity
1.078 / 18.9° Plato
(1.070 to 1.082)
Final Gravity
1.021 / 5.3° Plato
(1.019 to 1.023)
Color
40° SRM / 79° EBC
(Black)
Mash Efficiency
75%
Code: 
malt & fermentables
%	LB	OZ	MALT OR FERMENTABLE	PPG	°L
63%	9	0	 American Two-row Pale	37	1	~
10%	1	6	 American Crystal 80L	33	80	~
7%	1	0	 Oats, Flaked	37	1	~
7%	1	0	 Victory Malt	34	25	~
7%	1	0	 Chocolate Malt (US)	28	350	~
4%	0	8	 Milk Sugar (Lactose)	35	0	~
3%	0	6	 Roasted Barley

Code: 
hops
USE	TIME	OZ	VARIETY	FORM	AA
boil	60 mins	0.75	 Nugget	pellet	13.0
boil	30 mins	0.5	 Nugget	pellet	13.0
boil	5 mins	0.5	 Willamette	pellet	5.5

Bitterness
37.7 IBU / 10 HBU
ƒ: Tinseth
BU:GU
0.48

Code: 
misc
USE	TIME	AMOUNT	INGREDIENT
boil	0 min	2 ounces	 Coffee Grounds (Sumatra)
boil	5 min	 0.5 ea	 Whirlfloc Tablet
botl	0 min	2 ounces	 Coffee, Cold Press

yeast
Wyeast Irish Ale (1084)

Alcohol
7.6% ABV / 6% ABW
Calories
258 per 12 oz.
 
Brewing up ahead of the Super Bowl (tm) on Sunday. Thinking we should call it "Breakfast of Champions" or "Stupor Bowl Stout". Thanks for the guidance!
 

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