OK, here's my suggestion, this is scaled for 425L:
125 kilos Simpsons Golden Promise (could also be Barrett Burston Pale) 85%
7 kilos Simpsons Amber 5%
7 kilos Wey Caramunich III 5%
7 kilos Gladfield Supernova 5%
(Percentages are rounded, but actually a couple tenths of a percent different, 85.6% and 4.8% respectively.)
Golden Promise brings a sweet background for the hops to play against. Barrett would dry it out more.
Supernova brings caramel flavours without sweetness.
Caramunich III brings darker caramel flavours with a malty punch.
Amber brings some biscuit and nuttiness, as well as emphasizing fruity flavours, again for the hops.
I'm a big fan of ambers with some fruit and caramel, or, like the Modus Operandi Red Tenant, FLAVOUR! Amber beers that are just beer that is amber give me the *****. I figure if you're going to make it amber, use the amber flavour palette. BTW, I haven't brewed this, but am planning to give it a bash soon. I have been brewing Jamil's West Coast Amber as it's in the ballpark of what I like, but it's a damn fiddly recipe.
I'd prefer to use Carabohemian instead of the Caramunich, but it isn't available in the buy this time.
Any opinions?
EDIT: Oops, 1.073 so you can dilute at fermenting or hit it hard with the Hop Stick. Should ferment well on many different yeasts.
The Amber could easily be dropped for Biscuit. You could also drop the Amber entirely and change the base malt to Maris Otter. I suggested GP as it's my fave IPA malt, or BB as it drys out well.
Edit 63: Derpa derpa derp…30 IBU's up front, rest from late hopping.
