Will this recipe work?

[ScrandyAndy]

Alright so this is my first partial mash that I'll be doing. I don't know anything as to what kind of efficiency that I will get. I have a very cheap setup and will do just a normal partial mash and for my sparging I will just be running water over the grains which will be in a colander.

Also, this is the first time I've came up with my "own" recipe instead of a kit. So I'm wondering if this is LEGIT or anything that I should tweak?

Lemme know!!!

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 5.72 gal
Estimated OG: 1.029 SG
Estimated Color: 10.3 SRM
Estimated IBU: 49.1 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 0.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.00 lb Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract 51.0 %
3.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM) Grain 38.2 %
0.60 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 7.6 %
0.25 lb Honey Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 3.2 %
0.50 oz Northern Brewer [8.50%] (60 min) Hops 22.9 IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50%] (15 min) Hops 14.7 IBU
0.50 oz Cascade [5.50%] (30 min) Hops 11.4 IBU
1 Pkgs California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) Yeast-Ale


Mash Schedule: My Mash
Total Grain Weight: 3.85 lb
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Name Description Step Temp Step Time
Step Add 5.78 qt of water at 165.1 F 155.0 F 60 min

[pythoner]

It will work...Even though it has alot of ibu for the OG

[Savage Brewer]

Holy Crap! That's alot of IBU's for a 1.029 beer. Pythoner is right. The recipe looks fine if you want a very bitter beer. What style are you trying to brew? I would suggest bumping up the gravity to a 1.040 to try to balance the bitterness. But, thats the great thing about brewing. Do what you want. Then adjust from there. Good luck.

Cheer.

[Travisty]

His efficiency is set to 0% which is why the OG says 1.029. With 70% efficiency the OG will be more like 1.047.

Looks like a fine recipe to me.

[ScrandyAndy]

You would be correct! So not knowing my efficiency, what do you recommend me to enter into mine...or...how do I go about finding my efficiency?

[Savage Brewer]

I didn't even see that the efficiency was 0. Lol. You might want to assume 65-70%. Its a good base line. To calculate correctly you must be able to measure correctly the amount of wort collected from the partial mash. Then calculate from there.

[ScrandyAndy]

Ummm yupp! lol...I think I'll save figuring out my efficiency for a little while. Especially since every batch I'm figuring out little ways to improve it so it's not exactly a base line.

[ScrandyAndy]

Here's one last question...I obviously will mash my 2 row, but my crystal and honey malt. Do I still mash? Or do I steep like specialty grains?