APA recipe help

I am still a noob, 9 brew under my belt and last 3 all grain.  I am just starting to try and make my own recipes.  I was wondering if anyone could give some advice on this recipe as to whether it is ok or if there are any major problems with it.  Looking for a moderately hoppy average ABV APA with good hop taste but not as citrusy as an all cascade APA.
Thanks in advance.


Batch Size: 5.50 gal  Style: American Pale Ale
Boil Size: 7.24 gal 
Color: 6.8
Bitterness: 41.8 IBUs  Boil Time: 60 min
Est OG: 1.056 (13.7° P)  Mash Profile: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Est FG: 1.013 SG (3.3° P)  Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage
ABV: 5.6%


10 lbs 8.0 oz  Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)  Grain  1
8.0 oz  Victory Malt (25.0 SRM)  Grain  2
8.0 oz  Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM)  Grain  3
0.6 oz  Magnum [14.0%] - Boil 60 min  Hops  4
1          Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15 min)  Misc  5
0.5 oz  Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.0%] - Boil 12 min  Hops  6
0.5 oz  Cascade [5.5%] - Boil 12 min  Hops  7
0.5 oz  Cascade [5.5%] - Boil 0 min  Hops  8
0.5 oz  Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.0%] - Boil 0 min  Hops  9
1 pkgs  American Ale II

Your recipe looks fine as is, not sure I'd change much, if anything. I like your BU/GU at just above .8 - should be a good balance leaning toward the malt side; could even go up to .9 and still be very well balanced.

One thing I'm seeing is a large part of the hop bill is in the bittering hops. This is not about "good or bad", it's just a personal preference thing. For an APA, I tend to keep my bittering charge to less than 50% of the total IBUs which gives me a little more in the flavor and aroma department and for an APA, this is what I'm looking for; plenty of hop character without too much bitterness.

I've not yet used 1272, I've stuck with WLP001 for my American-style ales and have had great luck with clean fermentation character. Have you used 1272 before? If you have good luck with it, then stick with it, and for a cleaner fermentation character, I'd stick to the lower end of the temperature range during the first few days, then let it free-rise a little to clean up and finish out.

Aside from that; I think your recipe looks great!

Thanks for the advice.  I have not used 1272, but with all my obsessive reading, a lot of people seem to like it in an APA so I thought I'd try it. 
I also haven't used victory before and hope the amount is good for an APA.
I like columbus and cascade so I figure they will go well together.

Thans, T