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I'd remove honey malt and crystal. Add victory or biscuit, flaked barley, and 1/4 pound special roast. I find bitterness from cascade to be harsh even in a FWH addition. I'd replace it with Columbus or Citra. If you want more IBUs then use a clean bittering hop like Magnum at 60. Move cascade to...

I'm thinking about doing an American Wheat with all New Zealand hops. I have the malt base down (your basic 2row/wheat mix) but need some input on the hops. The NZ hops I have are Nelson, Moteuka, Pacifica, and Wakatu. My initial thoughts are a Nelson FWH (30ibus), then a 1:1:1:1 ratio at 5...

Any suggestions for adding more color without much flavor in this recipe?

Thanks for the input. I was thinking I was over doing it. I meant session purely in the lower abv sense. I can drink a lot of hoppy bitter beer. However, I should consider the bitterness from grains and tone the hops down a bit.

was leaning towards California Ale yeast on this one.

I'm going for a hoppy black session beer with rye, about 4-4.5%abv. Pronounced hoppy character with hint of chocolate and rye. I've never attempted a beer like this so I'm most concerned about my speciality grains being over the top for such a small beer. Any constructive advice is much...