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Wipster

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Hey all,
I am in the process of planning out a smoked porter for my next brew but I have not done an AG porter before, what I am aiming for is not a 'whoah that smoky' but also not really subtle either with an ABV of around 4.8%
Here is my current recipe based on other porter recipes I have seen here and there, is there anything obviously amiss that I can correct before I brew?

Smoked Porter
Robust Porter

Recipe Specs
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Batch Size (L): 24.0
Total Grain (kg): 5.450
Total Hops (g): 53.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.048 (°P): 11.9
Colour (SRM): 30.5 (EBC): 60.1
Bitterness (IBU): 32.2 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 73
Boil Time (Minutes): 60

Grain Bill
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2.800 kg Warminster Maris Otter Premium Pale Ale (51.38%)
1.500 kg Warminster Smoked (27.52%)
0.400 kg Carapils (Dextrine) (7.34%)
0.400 kg Warminster Crystal 140 (7.34%)
0.350 kg Warminster Chocolate (6.42%)

Hop Bill
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23.0 g Northern Brewer Leaf (10.5% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (1 g/L)
30.0 g East Kent Golding Leaf (4.7% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (1.3 g/L)

Misc Bill
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Single step Infusion at 70°C for 60 Minutes.
Fermented at 20°C with Danstar Nottingham

Updates
Removed all peated (10%) following comments from ashplub, BeerPressure and cactusgarrett (thanks!)
Replaced with a lightly smoked malt, increased ratio with MO.
 
Way too much peated malt. A similair amount of smoked malt might have the character u are looking for.
 
Agreed. You only need a few ounces (~85 grams) of peated malt for that size batch. If you want more lee-way, use something like rauchmalt or cherrywood smoked malt. People find those malts more mellow than peated, and can be used at about 20-40% to give that noticeable quality you're looking for.
 
Right then going to put my orders in for grains within the next day or two for my brew at the weekend, any last suggestions?
Or am I good to go :mug:
 
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