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Black IPA/ Cascadian black ale recipe help

I am thinking of brew my first black IPA and would like some feed back especially on the hopping

Thanks in advance

Black IPA


Batch Size (L): 22.00
Total Grain (kg): 6.23
Anticipated OG: 1.060
Anticipated SRM: 28.9
Anticipated IBU: 70.2
Brewhouse Efficiency: 68 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name
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89.7 Pale Malt(2-row)
6.3 Crystal 75L
4.1 Carafa Special (II) will be added in the last 10min of mash


Hops

Amount Name Alpha IBU Boil Time
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15.00 g. Centennial 0.50 8.1 First WH
20.00 g. Columbus 15.00 38.8 60 min.
15.00 g. Centennial 9.00 4.7 15 min.
15.00 g. Columbus 15.00 7.8 15 min.
15.00 g. Centennial 9.00 2.9 5 min.
20.00 g. Summit 14.00 4.5 1 min.
15.00 g. Centennial 10.50 3.4 1 min.

Dry hoping 20g each of Centennial/ Summit

Looks ok to me.

The only thing I'd consider tweaking is splitting the crystal 75 into 2 or 3 smaller additions of varying L ratings, such as 1/3 C40, 1/3 C75, 1/3 C120. This will layer in some more complexity to the caramel sweetness without becoming cloying.

my .02