Blonde Ale Recipe Critique Please Comment

[RmikeVT]

How does this blonde ale look

Am I over doing it with the Saaz?

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 6.74 gal
Post Boil Volume: 6.24 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 6.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.50 gal
Estimated OG: 1.053 SG
Estimated Color: 4.3 SRM
Estimated IBU: 36.1 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 80.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 80.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
9 lbs 12.0 oz Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 88.6 %
12.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 2 6.8 %
8.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 3 4.5 %
1.25 oz Saaz [4.00 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 4 17.8 IBUs
1.25 oz Saaz [4.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 5 12.4 IBUs
1.25 oz Saaz [4.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 6 5.9 IBUs
1.25 oz Saaz [4.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 7 0.0 IBUs


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out
Total Grain Weight: 11 lbs
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 13.75 qt of water at 167.7 F 152.0 F 75 min

Sparge: Fly sparge with 4.87 gal water at 168.0 F
Notes:
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[CA_Mouse]

Looks reasonable. I think I would boil for 90 minutes though. I've been told that with Pilsner it tends to make a better beer that way. I've done a Belgian and an Irish Blonde that I've boiled both for 90 minutes and mashed at 148F for 90 minutes. They come out dry, but very easy drinking. My Belgian was 12lbs of Pilsner and finished at 6.4% the Irish was 6lbs Pilsner and 5lbs 2-Row and finished at 5.2%. Both are very easy to tip back 2 or 3 before you realize they weren't yellow fizzy stuff.

 

[RmikeVT]

Looks reasonable. I think I would boil for 90 minutes though. I've been told that with Pilsner it tends to make a better beer that way. I've done a Belgian and an Irish Blonde that I've boiled both for 90 minutes and mashed at 148F for 90 minutes. They come out dry, but very easy drinking. My Belgian was 12lbs of Pilsner and finished at 6.4% the Irish was 6lbs Pilsner and 5lbs 2-Row and finished at 5.2%. Both are very easy to tip back 2 or 3 before you realize they weren't yellow fizzy stuff.

Yea, def going to do a 90 minute boil. I love the beers that you don't have to chew to catch a buzz off of a couple!

Although, I do like chewy beer, just not for this one and not for summer time.

 

[Malticulous]

I'd move the 30 minute addition to 20 minutes and reduce the 60 minute addition accordingly. At least for me a 30 minute addition is really more just bittering than flavor.

I'd use an high attenuation yeast like 007 or Nottingham and mash 150 or so.

 

[RmikeVT]

I was planning on using nottingham or us-05. Probably, Notty at a low temp. I like how fast it ferments and drops out. I think I will bump the 30 to 20 minutes as I am going for flavor.

Thanks for the input folks.