Styrian Stunner(?) Thursdays recipe, your thoughts...

[masterosouffle]

Hi,
Have a day off Thursday and as I have a lot of brewing to catch up on, I thought i'd make the most of it!

Recipe as follows - Please let me know your thoughts, I'm looking for a strong hoppy beer with good bitterness, my only thoughts were, are the IBU's high enough for the rest of the recipe?

Cheers in advance!!

brew length 19l
Expected Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.048 SG Expected OG: 1.056 SG
Expected FG: 1.015 SG Apparent Attenuation: 73.0 %
Expected ABV: 5.4 % Expected ABW: 4.3 %
Expected IBU (using Tinseth): 54.1 IBU Expected Color (using Morey): 16.8 EBC
BU:GU ratio: 0.97
Mash Efficiency: 75.0 %
Boil Duration: 90.0 mins
Fermentation Temperature: 18 degC


Fermentables
Ingredient Amount % MCU When
UK Pale Ale Malt 4.760 kg 99.4 % 6.0 In Mash/Steeped
UK Black Malt 0.030 kg 0.6 % 6.8 In Mash/Steeped


Hops
Variety Alpha Amount IBU Form When
Slovenian Styrian Goldings 4.5 % 75 g 42.3 Loose Whole Hops 90 Min From End
Slovenian Styrian Goldings 4.5 % 25 g 6.5 Loose Whole Hops 15 Min From End
Slovenian Styrian Goldings 4.5 % 50 g 5.3 Loose Whole Hops 5 Min From End
Slovenian Styrian Goldings 4.5 % 75 g 0.0 Loose Whole Hops In Fermenter

[mixbrewery]

I would drop the black malt and use amber or a light crystal.

[masterosouffle]

Cheers mate, did cross my mind, even thought about leaving it out altogether.
Will change it to Crystal, see how that , want to keep the EBC around the same I assume..

[mysterio]

The IBUs are fine - I would be tempted just to leave it all pale malt.

[Rookie]

I would drop the black malt and use amber or a light crystal.

Me too, maybe some munich?

[masterosouffle]

Brewed this yesterday, went with all pale in the end, tasted great before it hit the fermenter, plan on getting the last 75g of hops in there on Sunday to give it a final kick!