Critique wanted - American Rye Barleywine

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American barleywine
Rye Barleywine.
5.0 gallons

13.5 lb 2-row
2.75 lb rye
1.0 lb flaked rye
0.5 lb caraaroma
1.0 lb d-90 Candi Syrup

90 min boil
1.0 oz Chinook
2.0 oz Bramling Cross @ 60
1.0 oz Bramling Cross @ 20
1.0 oz Comet @ 2


WY1028 yeast

Predicted ABV – 10.0%, FG 1.017
Wanted a barleywine with a rye bite, but with a deep, rasiny flavor and matching color. It sounds like a lot going on, but I also wanted a resiny, currant hop presence with the citrus element being a bit – well, “pithy”

Are there any glaring errors or things I should look out for?
 
Your attenuation might improve if you add the syrup 5 days or so into primary fermentation and not in the boil. This will encourage the yeast to process the malt-based sugars first. They'd prefer to go for the simple syrup sugars first if they're all together from the start. Otherwise, looks ok to me.
 
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