My West Coast IPA recipe! Critique and Suggestions!

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Hello Guys! Tomorrow I'm going to brew my first extract beer and this is the recipe I created. It would be great to receive some help and suggestions! What do you think about the hops I used and the quantity/boiling time? Thank you and happy brewing!


IPA

Method: Extract
Style: American IPA
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 20 liters (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 24 liters
Boil Gravity: 1.053 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 35% (steeping grains only)
Original Gravity: 1.064 Final Gravity: 1.018 ABV (standard): 6.05% IBU (tinseth): 72.8 SRM (morey): 6.4


Fermentables

Amount Fermentable
2.5 kg Liquid Malt Extract - Extra Light
1.5 kg Liquid Malt Extract - Light

4 kg Total

Steeping Grains

Amount Fermentable
0.2 kg German - Carapils
0.5 kg United Kingdom - Crystal

Hops

Amount Variety Type AA Use Time IBU
15 g Simcoe Leaf/Whole 12.7 Boil 60 min 21.32
20 g Amarillo Leaf/Whole 8.6 Boil 30 min 14.8
15 g Amarillo Leaf/Whole 8.6 Boil 15 min 7.16
10 g Citra Leaf/Whole 11 Boil 15 min 6.11
20 g Amarillo Leaf/Whole 8.6 Boil 10 min 6.98
10 g Citra Leaf/Whole 11 Boil 10 min 4.46
20 g Amarillo Leaf/Whole 8.6 Boil 5 min 3.84
10 g Citra Leaf/Whole 11 Boil 5 min 2.45
20 g Simcoe Leaf/Whole 12.7 Boil 5 min 5.67
30 g Citra Leaf/Whole 11 Dry Hop 7 days
30 g Simcoe Leaf/Whole 12.7 Dry Hop 7 days

Hops Summary

Amount Variety Type AA
75 g Amarillo Leaf/Whole 8.6
60 g Citra Leaf/Whole 11
65 g Simcoe Leaf/Whole 12.7
 
Do you already have the extract? If not, I suggest dme. I only made a few extract batches, but of the ones I did, the dme always turned out well, while the lme was a crap shoot.
 
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