Too Many Hops?

[Thehopguy]

I'm trying to modify a recipe of a Northern Brewers Pale Ale with hops that i prefer and I'd like it to pretty hoppy.

But I'm worried I may be going overboard what do you guys think?

My recipe is as follows

1 lb golden light DME
6 lbs gold LME
.5 lbs Caramel 60L Specialty Grains

and I wanted to hop as follows

1 oz chinook for 60 mins
.5 oz simcoe & .5 amarillo at 20 mins left
.5 oz simcoe & .5 amarillo at end of boil

..And I wanted to dry hop with more simcoe and amarillo was thinking of another .5 oz of each... Is this too much??


O and ill be brewing 2.5 gallons and adding water to get 5 gallons

 

[BuckeyeBrewAZ]

no way is that too much hops, should turn out great. Brew it!

 

[iron_city_ap]

Are you trying to copy the original only use different hops, or are you using it as a base for your own recipe? That will definately give you a pretty hoppy beer. About 63 IBU. What was the orig recipe?

 

[Misfit]

Ha for me you could even tripple the amount of hops. But then again I have weird tastes.

 

[intense3123]

You'll be fine. There are some IPA kits at AHS that have 8 and 11 oz of hops. And their hop bomb has 19oz

 

[dcp27]

interesting question for someone by that name. for a pale ale, you're kinda at the edge of hoppiness. in general, you got a lot more room for more.

 

[MaltnHops]

That's less hops than I use for my pale ale, which is hoppy. I use at least 4 ounces for a pale ale and at least 6 for an IPA. I've made IPA's with 9oz. of hops before and I felt that they could've been more hoppy. All were 5 gallon batches by the way.