Coffee Cream Ale - Recipe Critique

[Guitarhead2000]

Looking for any advice / feedback on my recipe. First time using my cooler mashtun so I just want some reassurance on recipe design.

Recipe: Sunday Morning
Style: Cream Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 3.89 gal
Post Boil Volume: 3.39 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 3.25 gal
Bottling Volume: 3.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.053 SG
Estimated Color: 3.4 SRM
Estimated IBU: 11.5 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 72.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
4 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (6 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 72.0 %
12.0 oz Carapils (Briess) (1.5 SRM) Grain 2 12.0 %
4.0 oz Vienna Malt (Weyermann) (3.0 SRM) Grain 3 4.0 %
12.0 oz Corn Sugar (Dextrose) (0.0 SRM) Sugar 4 12.0 %
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 5 8.4 IBUs
1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 6 -
1.00 Items Wort Chiller (Boil 15.0 mins) Other 7 -
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 8 3.1 IBUs
1.0 pkg Cream Ale Yeast Blend (White Labs #WLP08 Yeast 9 -
2.50 oz Coffee Beans (Secondary 2.0 days) Flavor 10 -


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body
Total Grain Weight: 6 lbs 4.0 oz
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 7.47 qt of water at 166.7 F 152.0 F 60 min
Mash Out Add 3.85 qt of water at 205.4 F 168.0 F 10 min

Sparge: Fly sparge with 1.86 gal water at 168.0 F

 

[Yooper]

Too much carapils for my taste- I'd go with no more than 7% or so. Otherwise, it seems ok for a cream ale.

Except for the coffee part, that is. That sounds horrible to me.