First Cream (or maybe Blonde) ale

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So I'm new to brewing as this will only be my fifth batch (fourth all grain) and I wanted to make my own recipe for a cream/golden/blondish drinkable beer.

I kind of cheated. I started off with Terrapin's Golden Ale recipe that I found here, http://forum.northernbrewer.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=93981. I wanted to make it my own and after reading the BJCP guidelines, I replaced the 2 row with 6 row, swapped out the barley with flaked corn, and eliminated the acid malt. I also decided to use safale US-05 because it's within my comfort zone.

Here is my recipe. I would greatly appreciate any suggestions and comments on my first recipe. Thanks y'all.

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 6.96 gal
Post Boil Volume: 5.46 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 4.50 gal
Estimated OG: 1.050 SG
Estimated Color: 4.0 SRM
Estimated IBU: 17.3 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 78.7 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
8.0 oz Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 4 5.3 %
8.0 oz Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 5 5.3 %
8.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 3 5.3 %
8.0 oz Wheat, Flaked (1.6 SRM) Grain 6 5.3 %
0.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 7 11.1 IBUs
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 8 4.3 IBUs
6 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (6 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 68.4 %
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 9 2.0 IBUs
1 lbs Corn, Flaked (1.3 SRM) Grain 2 10.5 %
1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) Yeast 10 -


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 9 lbs 8.0 oz
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 12.88 qt of water at 162.8 F 152.0 F 60 min

Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (1.53gal, 3.60gal) of 168.0 F water


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