Water profile for hoppy brown?

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I'm making a hoppy brown tomorrow and looking for some advice on a water profile. We've got really clean water here, so pretty much any profile is fair game. I use Bru'n Water so if anyone has a recommendation on a pre-defined profile to use, I'm all ears. I considered the 3 brown ale profiles, but none are meant for a 75-80IBU brown ale.

Anyone? Here's the recipe...


Recipe: Dees Bitter Brown Nuts
Style: American Brown Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 13.00 gal
Post Boil Volume: 11.00 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 11.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 11.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.064 SG
Estimated Color: 24.1 SRM
Estimated IBU: 67.5 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 77.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 77.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
15 lbs 12.4 oz Maris Otter (Crisp) (4.0 SRM) Grain 1 65.8 %
2 lbs Wheat Dark (BestMälz) (9.1 SRM) Grain 2 8.3 %
1 lbs 10.2 oz Caramel Malt - 40L (Briess) (40.0 SRM) Grain 3 6.8 %
1 lbs 10.2 oz Carapils (Briess) (1.5 SRM) Grain 4 6.8 %
1 lbs Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) Grain 5 4.2 %
10.8 oz Chocolate (Crisp) (630.0 SRM) Grain 6 2.8 %
2.00 oz Chinook 2013 [9.30 %] - First Wort 60.0 Hop 7 33.9 IBUs
1.25 oz Chinook 2013 [9.30 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 8 19.3 IBUs
1.00 oz Centennial [10.70 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 9 8.8 IBUs
1.00 oz Chinook 2013 [9.30 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 10 5.6 IBUs
1 lbs 4.0 oz Brown Sugar, Dark [Boil for 5 min](50.0 Sugar 11 5.2 %
2.00 oz Centennial [10.70 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 12 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) [124.21 Yeast 13 -
 
I brew a fairly bitter and hoppy ABA, similar to the old Pete's Wicked Ale and I use the Brown Bitter profile. While that beer is hoppy and bitter, I'm not looking for the high degree of drying finish that you would obtain if I used the Pale Ale profile.
 

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