recipe critique first all grain BIAB

Depends on what you are going for. If it is a pale ale then the carapils % looks high, other than that its a nice simple recipe.

 

Just saw the blonde ale part... High the carapils and high on the mash temp.

 

That is going to be a very thin-bodied beer, even with that mash temp. I predict a lower FG than that too.

What kind of beer are you trying to brew?

 

Well you do have a lot of carapils, but I'd sub out some of it for a darker caramel malt (carastan is my new fave), unless you're really concerned about color.

Another way would be to boil longer. I've been messing around with longer boils for the last couple years and have found a smaller beer really benefits from a long, vigorous boil. For a 1.043 ale, I'd probably boil 120 minutes. You can still add the hops at 60 though.

 

With a lb of carapils in a 3.5 gallon batch and a mash temp of 155 I don't see why it would be too thin bodied, a blonde ale shouldn't be full bodied anyway. Personally I wouldn't use carastan in a blonde, the color will be too dark and there will be too much caramel flavor. I mean it really depends on what the OP wants, but an amber, medium bodied, caramelly beer isn't really a blonde ale.

 

Even with 18% carapils? That and a 155F mash, and I'm thinking 75% apparent attenuation is not far off for 1056. Not that I would ever use that much.

 

Ok. I could be wrong. OP brew the beer as-is and let us know.

 

To thin it out a little replacing it with 2-row would do the job.

 

Looks like a good first AG batch. Out of curiosity, why Willamette? Depending on what you like, next time, you might want to try Fuggles (earthier), Goldings (sweeter, generally), or Ahtanum (grapefruitier).

Cheers!

 

Good enough reason for me.