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blackstrat5

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I'm new here so I apologize if this is a repeat question to you guys.

So I'm working on putting together my first recipe on my own. I want to make a pumpkin ale. I love dogfish head punkin and southern tiers pumking. So I started putting together this recipe. Could you tell me if the grain bill is way out of whack? I'm not experienced enough to say if it has too much caramel, or two little base. I'm aiming for a 1.072 OG, but that's still in the air. Just looking for advice. Thanks in advance.

65% 6 Row
15% Caramel 20L
5% Caramel 90L
15% Victory
 
Six-row is not a common base anymore but it's fine.
20% crystal is pretty much the limit. That much could work well in an amber ale.
15% Victory will give a very toasted flavor. I use that much in my robust porter.
 
I was also planning on adding Brown sugar. Would you recomend a higher mash temp like 154 or 155? And maybe cutting the amount of crystal to 10% 20L and 2.5% 90L?
 
I'd probably do something like:

75% 2 Row (Instead of the 6 Row, but you could use the 6 Row)
10% Carmel 20L
10% Victory
5% Carmel 90L
 
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