American Amber with simcoe & chinook

[rockeye84]

Planning a American Amber this weekend.

My concerns are chinook may add a harsh bitterness, if I'm going too heavy on the crystal, will it need a few more ibus to balance sweetness & if the simcoe is a good choice for this style?

Just after any thoughts or input, or does it look good as it is.

Recipe below.

RO water with minerals
Balanced cl:so4

81% pale malt
8% light Munich
7% med crystal 60l
3% dark crystal 120l
1% choc 500l

Mash @ 66

FWH
0.25g/l chinook
0.25g/l simcoe

@10m
0.25g/l chinook
0.25g/l simcoe

Flame out
0.5g/l chinook
0.5g/l simcoe

Ferment with Wy 1272 @ 19c

Expected
Fg:1.010, 25ibu 4.5% alc

 

[Cervantes]

There are some recipes here that you could refer to to see if you're in the ballpark............