Noble hopped English nut brown

[rwing7486]

So I'm looking to brew a nut brown this weekend, but instead of using English hops I'm planning on using German noble hops. I am also using a relatively new malt called Red X which looks like is made up of 80% pilsner malt and 20% melanoidin malt. So in theory since I'm using 2.5lbs of red x I will have 0.5lb of melanoidin malt in my grain bill. With that said I was hoping for some feedback with the malt combination I have below. I was thinking of maybe adding some lactose or mollases but I am not sure if this will make the beer "too sweet" or cloying? Any feed back is appreciated

Boil Size: 8.22 gal
Post Boil Volume: 6.51 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.10 gal
Estimated OG: 1.056 SG
Estimated Color: 20.9 SRM
Estimated IBU: 24.7 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 79.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 89.8 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
6 lbs Golden Promise (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 56.5 %
2 lbs 8.0 oz RedXMalt (12.0 SRM) Grain 2 23.5 %
8.0 oz Barley, Flaked (1.7 SRM) Grain 3 4.7 %
8.0 oz Special Roast (40.0 SRM) Grain 4 4.7 %
8.0 oz Victory Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 5 4.7 %
6.0 oz Midnight Wheat (550.0 SRM) Grain 6 3.5 %
4.0 oz Caramunich Malt (46.0 SRM) Grain 7 2.4 %
1.40 oz Tettnang [4.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 8 20.4 IBUs
1.10 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 9 -
0.75 oz Hallertauer [4.80 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 10 4.2 IBUs
1.0 pkg London Ale Yeast (Wyeast Labs #1028) [12 Yeast 11 -

Mash @ 152F for 60 minutes

 

[slym2none]

Red X is it's own malt, it is not a combination of two different types of malt.

That being said, it is very malt-forward in it's taste. I made a few red IPAs with it and they were maltier than I'd have liked, so you might want to experiment with it first.

 

[rwing7486]

Red X is it's own malt, it is not a combination of two different types of malt.

That being said, it is very malt-forward in it's taste. I made a few red IPAs with it and they were maltier than I'd have liked, so you might want to experiment with it first.

Ah OK. I was told that the malt is similar to an 80/20 mixture of pilsner/melanoidin. If its considered its own base malt than i guess i might bump it up to 3lbs instead of 2.5lbs since i have 3lbs on hand