Thoughts on recipe please

[Jtd6628]

First time concocting recipe don't know if grain bill will work with style also clueless if hops will play well together I have a ton of summit, warrior, galena, and chinook besides the ones in this recipe. The corn sugar was thrown in to up the alcohol should I reach the alcohol I want by increasing base grain instead? Also if anyone thinks this will be comparable to a commercial beer let me know because right know I am in the dark about how it will taste.

Plain pale ale

Style: American Pale Ale OG: 1.056
Type: All Grain FG: 1.014
Rating: 0.0 ABV: 5.50 %
Calories: 183 IBU's: 44.48
Efficiency: 70 % Boil Size: 5.83 Gal
Color: 7.4 SRM Batch Size: 5.00 Gal
Boil Time: 60 minutes

Fermentation Steps
Name Days / Temp
Primary 21 days @ 62.0°F
Secondary 7 days @ 70.0°F
Bottle/Keg 28 days @ 74.0°F

Grains & Adjuncts
Amount Percentage Name Time Gravity
9.00 lbs 78.26 % Pale Malt (2 Row) US 60 mins 1.036
1.00 lbs 8.70 % Briess Vienna Malt 60 mins 1.036
8.00 ozs 4.35 % Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L 60 mins 1.034
1.00 lbs 8.70 % Corn Sugar (Dextrose) 60 mins 1.046

Hops
Amount IBU's Name Time AA %
1.00 ozs 18.47 Cascade 60 mins 5.50
0.75 ozs 20.30 Columbus (Tomahawk) 20 mins 13.30
0.25 ozs 4.13 Centennial 15 mins 9.90
0.25 ozs 1.58 Crystal 10 mins 5.20
1.00 ozs 0.00 Williamette 0 mins 4.70
1.00 ozs Williamette 7 days 5.50

Yeasts
Amount Name Laboratory / ID
1.0 pkg Safale US-05 Fermentis US-05

Additions
Amount Name Time Stage
2.00 oz Whirlfloc Tablet 15 mins Boil
1.00 oz Yeast Nutrient 15 mins Boil

Mash Profile
Medium Body Infusion In 60 min @ 154.0°F
Add 13.12 qt ( 1.25 qt/lb ) water @ 166.0°F

Carbonation
Amount Type Beer Temp CO2 Vols
4.59 oz Corn Sugar - Bottle Carbonation 74.0°F 2.50
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[Jtd6628]

Must have titled it wrong?

 

[Bob]

Or people think there's nothing wrong with it.

Bob

 

[Billybrewer09]

Maybe the only thing i would change is to switch the cascade and Columbus. Other than that it looks pretty solid.
after going back and looking at the recipe again. I have a question? Why the crystal and willamet.
i think the hop flavors may get a little muddled.

 

[Jtd6628]

Maybe the only thing i would change is to switch the cascade and Columbus. Other than that it looks pretty solid.
after going back and looking at the recipe again. I have a question? Why the crystal and willamet.
i think the hop flavors may get a little muddled.

The crystal comes from no reason at all so I will probably drop it the williamette is because the 09 AHA national homebrew competition gold medal winner is a cascade and williamette pale ale. I am also going to switch the bittering hop to columbus.

 

[944play]

Willamette and Cascade, as that medalist will tell you, play really well together!

I would probably leave out the sugar and just up the maltbill, since Chico will leave a pretty dry beer without any help.

You don't have to be so timid with the Vienna. It's a base malt.