Recipe Critique Please "Red Nelly"

[benkbenkbenk]

Hi,

Please could someone cast their eye over this recipe for me please, it's my first attempt at a complex grain bill. Am I going over the top with the different malts?

I want to make characterful amber ale with a hoppy finish:

Type: All Grain
Batch Size: 22.50 l
Boil Size: 14.37 l
Boil Time: 60 min
End of Boil Vol: 12.48 l
Final Bottling Vol: 22.90 l
Fermentation: Ale, Single Stage

4.53 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC) Grain 1 78.1 %
0.50 kg Munich Malt (17.7 EBC) Grain 2 8.7 %
0.24 kg Amber Malt (43.3 EBC) Grain 3 4.1 %
0.19 kg Biscuit Malt (45.3 EBC) Grain 4 3.3 %
0.19 kg Special B Malt (354.6 EBC) Grain 5 3.3 %
0.10 kg Wheat, Torrified (3.3 EBC) Grain 6 1.7 %
0.05 kg Chocolate Malt (886.5 EBC) Grain 7 0.8 %
25.00 g Warrior [15.70 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 8 30.8 IBUs
15.00 g Willamette [5.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 9 2.3 IBUs
15.00 g Cascade [5.50 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 min Hop 10 1.2 IBUs
15.00 g Nelson Sauvin [12.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 min Hop 11 2.6 IBUs
1.0 pkg American Ale II (Wyeast Labs #1272) [124.21 ml] Yeast 12 -
20.00 g Cascade [5.50 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 13 0.0 IBUs
20.00 g Nelson Sauvin [12.00 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 14 0.0 IBUs

Est Original Gravity: 1.052 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.013 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.2 %
Bitterness: 36.8 IBUs
Est Color: 30.0 EBC

 

[benkbenkbenk]

In US units....

Type: All Grain
Batch Size: 5.94 gal
Boil Size: 3.80 gal
Boil Time: 60 min
End of Boil Vol: 3.30 gal
Final Bottling Vol: 6.05 gal
Fermentation: Ale, Single Stage

9 lbs 15.7 oz Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 78.1 %
1 lbs 1.8 oz Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 2 8.7 %
8.4 oz Amber Malt (22.0 SRM) Grain 3 4.1 %
6.7 oz Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM) Grain 4 3.3 %
6.7 oz Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) Grain 5 3.3 %
3.6 oz Wheat, Torrified (1.7 SRM) Grain 6 1.7 %
1.7 oz Chocolate Malt (450.0 SRM) Grain 7 0.8 %
0.88 oz Warrior [15.70 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 8 30.8 IBUs
0.53 oz Willamette [5.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 9 2.3 IBUs
0.53 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 min Hop 10 1.2 IBUs
0.53 oz Nelson Sauvin [12.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 min Hop 11 2.6 IBUs
1.0 pkg American Ale II (Wyeast Labs #1272) [124.21 ml] Yeast 12 -
0.71 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 13 0.0 IBUs
0.71 oz Nelson Sauvin [12.00 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 14 0.0 IBUs