Pale Ale comments!

[Froggit]

My first double brew day tomorrow and one of them is a pale ale sort of ipa highbred, comments please.

23l
Est Original Gravity: 1.051
Est Final Gravity: 1.011
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.2 %
Bitterness: 40.5 IBUs
Est Color: 23.1 EBC

Fermentables
4.300 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter
0.250 kg Crystal Malt 100
0.100 kg Chocolate Wheat Malt
Hops
20.00 g Challenger [7.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min
18.00 g Challenger [7.00 %] - Boil 45.0 min
15.00 g Fuggles [5.50 %] - Boil 30.0 min
10.00 g Fuggles [5.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min
20.00 g Fuggles [5.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min
20.00 g Fuggles [5.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min
35.00 g Fuggles [5.50 %] - Dry Hop 3.0 Days

1.0 pkg Nottingham (Danstar #-)

Thoughts and comments please particularly on the hops.

[stitch]

Looks lovely, though I wouldn't bother with 45 & 30 minute additions - I don't think they add much in the way of flavour or aroma. You'd get more bitterness utilisation by bunging them in at the start. And I'd merge the 15 & 10 minutes into one load. But you know what opinions are like...

Funnily enough it's not too dissimilar from what I'm doing today for my first AG brew:

Pale 4.85 kg
Torrified Wheat 150g
Medium Crystal 100g

Challenger 56g 90 min
Golding 14g 10 min
Fuggle 20g Flame-out

OG 1.046
FG 1.011
IBU 36

Notty yeast (Got my first liquid WLP002 in the post, but can't wait)

[Froggit]

Cheers, good luck with yours!

[jimp2003]

I agree with stitch on the hops. I find that one addition at the beginning for the bulk of the bittering then more hops at 5 or 10 mins from the end and a last load at flameout for aroma works well for me.

[Deebee]

Personally i would lose the hocolate and stick with and stick with pale crystal and wheat. Maybe add a little carapils.

I always make pales with only 2 hops these are start of boil then at 10and 5 minutes.

all personal preferences really.

[Froggit]

The chocolate was going in purely as it was left over in the cupboard.

I went with hops at 60, 45, 30, 15 and flamout (not bothering with dry hop now), if id read these comments before i might have altered it but we will see now, all in all wasnt a bad brew day.