re: Homebrewing: Formulating a Pale Ale Recipe

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My only constructive criticism its that the OG looks a little high for an APA, but I don't know what kind of efficiency you get on your system. I don't recall seeing much amber malt used in some APA recipes I've seen, but I'm open to new ideas, though I might bring down the amount some.

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Yeah. My only 3 all-grain brews, my efficiency has been 74, 78, and 84 (if i did my calculations correct). I think it brings my OG to 1.062, and like you said, it's a little high. I may drop it down about a lb or 2. I was thinking of adding more grain to account for my loss of efficiency. Maybe go down 1 lb. on the 2 row, and .5 lb. on the amber.

Again though, i want to make something a little different, thus the amber.