Advice...First Recipe!!! Please advise.

[amarsolek]

So this is my first partial grain recipe that "I" put together/stole? I donno just stuff I found and sounded right. Please let me know if it sounds legit and or your opinions!

Also...how in the hell do I figure out my brew house efficiency?

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 5.72 gal
Estimated OG: 1.048 SG
Estimated Color: 10.3 SRM
Estimated IBU: 42.2 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.00 lb Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract 51.0 %
3.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM) Grain 38.2 %
0.60 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 7.6 %
0.25 lb Honey Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 3.2 %
0.50 oz Northern Brewer [8.50%] (60 min) Hops 19.7 IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50%] (15 min) Hops 12.7 IBU
0.50 oz Cascade [5.50%] (30 min) Hops 9.8 IBU
1 Pkgs California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) Yeast-Ale


Mash Schedule: My Mash
Total Grain Weight: 3.85 lb
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Name Description Step Temp Step Time
Step Add 5.78 qt of water at 165.1 F 155.0 F 60 min

 

[android]

the grain bill looks pretty good, but i would move that 15 minute hop addition to 0 minutes so you can get more aroma out of it, unless that's not what you're going for. i'm not really familiar with norther brewer, but i know some beers use it successfully with cascade, so that should work out OK.

i wouldn't really worry about brewhouse efficiency until you do all grain. and how i did it was just planned on a certain efficiency, plugged the recipe into brewsmith, brewed it, and compared the numbers to what it thought i should get at that efficiency. i just moved the percent in beersmith until the anticipated OG matched what i got. then i started honing my process from there.