Critique my pale ale recipe please!

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MrNic

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Recipe Type: Partial Mash
Yeast: US-05
Yeast Starter: Nope
Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter: Nope
Batch Size (Gallons): 5
Original Gravity: 1.060
Final Gravity: 1.012
IBU: 44.5
Boiling Time (Minutes): 60
Color: 6 SRM
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 14 Days at 68 degrees

Grain Bill
4.75 lbs. 2-row
2 lbs. Vienna
.5 lbs. Caramel 20
.5 lbs. Carapils
.25 lbs. Honey Malt

1.75 lbs. Golden Light Extract (Late Addition)

Mash
Single Infusion mash for 60 minutes at 152 degrees

Boil & Hops
I'm doing a 3 gallon boil and topping up in the fermenter for any of you who are plugging this into a calculator.

.25 oz Citra (60 min./FWH)

.75 oz Citra (30 min.)

.25 oz Cascade (15 min.)
.25 oz Citra (15 min.)
.25 oz Centennial (15 min.)

.5 oz Cascade (5 min.)
.5 oz Citra (5 min.)
.5 oz Centennial (5 min.)

.25 oz Cascade (Dry Hop 7 Days)
.25 oz Citra (Dry Hop 7 Days)
.25 oz Centennial (Dry Hop 7 Days)

Thanks in advance for your advice! :mug:
 
+3 lbs of pale extract? You don't have enough grain listed to hit your OG especially at poor efficiency with not much for sparge water available.
 
+3 lbs of pale extract? You don't have enough grain listed to hit your OG especially at poor efficiency with not much for sparge water available.

Whoops, I forgot to add the extract. Thanks for catching my mistake!
 
Does it look good? Or no? Looks like I might just have to brew it and find out.
 

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