Pale ale recipe feedback - using up leftovers

[chlehb]

Sorry for another recipe feedback thread. I'm not really ready to start designing my own recipes but I have some milled malts I really need to use up and we're moving next week so I figured I'd brew a beer to say thanks to the friends helping with the move. So the goal is a) use up leftovers and b) make a beer everyone will like.

Regarding b, I figured a lightly hopped pale ale should do the trick. As for a, here's what I came up with:

Batch size: 12L
Yeast: WY 1056 slurry
Method: BIAB
OG: 1.044
FG: 1.010

Grains
1.7kg Maris Otter Pale
1kg German Pale Ale
200g Pale Wheat
100g Dextrose
50g Caramünich 1 (~Crystal 40)

Hops
5g Amarillo @ 60
5g Cascade @ 30
5g Cascade @ 10
5g Cascade @ 5

Mash
Full volume, no sparge at 67°

Does this look reasonable? I also have some Goldings, Saaz, Northern Brewer, Citra, Galaxy, Willamette and Fuggles hops.

Thanks!

 

[Gnomebrewer]

It looks good. Should suit what you want. Personally, I'd use the Northern Brewer for bittering and shift the Amarillo to flame-out.....It's a bit wasted as a bittering hop.

 

[chlehb]

Thanks for your reply, that makes sense.
Because I want to keep the IBUs down so everyone likes it, this is actually more a Blonde Ale in terms of style. This article (single Willamette addition) by Zainasheff and a blonde ale recipe by a local brewer that uses only a single Amarillo addition are making me reconsider my hop bill.

Will NB/Cascade/Amarillo be too much for such a simple beer and would I be better served by going single hop, maybe even single addition? How would my beer change between a single hop load @60 vs 1 @60 and 1 @15.

 

[Gnomebrewer]

In the quantities you are talking, NB (bittering only....it's quite clean) with Cascade and Amarillo will give delicate/subtle aroma and flavour. All Willamette would also be an excellent choice for a blonde ale.
IMO, Willamette would be the 'safer' option.

 

[Gnomebrewer]

A single addition at 60 will give almost no hop flavour or aroma. An addition at 60 and an addition at 15 is quite common in mainstream beers. It will give a mild hop flavour and aroma. This (IMO) would work really well with Willamette (although I'd still go with a small addition at 5mins as well).