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This is my first serious attempt at an original recipe from scratch/inventory on hand. Anyone have any suggestions on what I should do different?

New Recipe : Fat Bastard (Austin Powers reference)
Style: Scottish Heavy Ale
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
11.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (3.0 SRM) Grain 89.8 %
0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 4.1 %
0.25 lb Chocolate Malt (450.0 SRM) Grain 2.0 %
0.25 lb Mild Malt (4.0 SRM) Grain 2.0 %
0.25 lb Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 2.0 %
1.00 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00%] (60 min) Hops 14.7 IBU
1.00 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00%] (5 min) Hops 2.9 IBU
1 Pkgs Fermentis Safale 05. (Fermentis # 81108801Yeast-Ale

I have other yeasts, this just looked like a good (all around) choice.

One thing I like to do with scottish ales is to start with a thick mash, run off a gallon and boil that for 15 minutes before I do the rest of the sparge.

Also, I roast my own barley (not malt).