First Partial Mash, Amber Ale

[BSBeer]

This weekend I'm planning on my first partial mash, step two towards all grain. I'm shooting for an amber ale. Here's the recipe:

5lbs of Briess Two row.
3.3 lbs of Coopers Dark Ale LME
1lb of Crystal 10L

1oz Cascade @ 60 min
1oz Northern Brewer @ 30 min
1 oz of Fuggle @ 10 minute.

I'll be using regular dry yeast for this as that's what I have. I figure I can experiment with yeast after I get comfortable with the other variables.

Any thoughts? I'm not exactly sure what I can expect out of this. I came up with the recipe by shooting mostly for a copper color and insuring I get good head with the grain bill, and went with what looked to be good combo's in the hops area to put me somewhere in the middle of the chart.

 

[jerryalan]

Your recipe looks good for an amber ale. I ran your recipe through Brewmaster's Warehouse and TastyBrew. BMW says your IBUs and SRM are good while TastyBrew says they're too high. I don't know which one to trust though. Regardless, you should end up with a great beer!

 

[avidhomebrewer]

Yeah, it does look good. Fire it up and reply with your results.