Strong Ale Malt Bill

[edred]

I'm new to recipe building, how's this for a malt bill for an American Strong Ale:

Pale 2-row (2.5L) - 41%
Vienna (4L) - 41%
Abbey Malt (17L) - 10%
Caramalt (20L) - 4%
Carabohemian (75L) - 4%

Aiming for ~7.5% abv. Will work out hops next.

Dunno if the Abbey malt is appropriate, but I like the description of it: "Weyermann Abbey Malt is a highly friable base malt with pronounced malty aromas, and assertive flavors such as honey, nuts as well as hints of chocolate."

Anything you'd add or remove?

Thanks.

 

[m1k3]

Interesting... I just wrote an American Strong Ale Recipe (or Imperial Amber Ale... maybe?).
Your recipe is interesting and would probably be great.

Here is mine:
Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 9.80 gal
Post Boil Volume: 7.80 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 6.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.068 SG
Estimated Color: 13.3 SRM
Estimated IBU: 52.7 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 50.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 62.5 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
20 lbs Maris Otter (Crisp) (4 Grain 1 92.0 %
12.0 oz 40L Caramel/Crystal Malt - Grain 2 3.4 %
8.0 oz 120L Caramel/Crystal Malt - Grain 3 2.3 %
8.0 oz Victory Malt (25.0 SRM Grain 4 2.3 %
1 lb 9L Munich
1.50 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [1 Hop 5 45.7 IBUs
1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil Fining 6 -
0.50 oz Cascade [6.60 %] - Boi Hop 7 3.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Centennial [9.10 %] - Hop 8 4.1 IBUs
0.50 oz Cascade [6.60 %] - Boi Hop 9 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Centennial [9.10 %] - Hop 10 0.0 IBUs
2.0 pkg Safale American US-05 11 -

EDIT: I printed out this recipe and took it to the Homebrew Store only to discover the lovibond (color) of the crystal malt was missing. So, I picked up a copy of Brewing Classic Styles off the shelf and filled in the blanks.

 

[edred]

I went with:

2-row - 81.2%
Abbey - 9.5%
Caramalt - 3.7%
Crystal 60 - 3.7%
Melanoidin - 2% (because i had some lying around that i wanted to get rid of)

Dropped my hydrometer so I have no idea what OG was! Was shooting for ~1.070.

70ibu:
Warrior
Legacy
Willamette

Mangrove Jack - New World Strong Ale