Turning a Holiday Ale into a hoppier warmer.

[AR-Josh]

So I have the ingredients to brew the Holly(Christmas Ale) in the specialty beer recipes section. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f78/holly-christmas-ale-145580/

I am not going to get to brew this until after the holidays so I'd like to make it a hoppier (IIPA?) type beer. I tend to like citrusy hops but would think other types of hops would work well here as well.

Here's the ingredients for reference:
Fermentables
US 2-Row Malt 13lb 0oz (84.1 %) In Mash/Steeped
UK Medium Crystal 8.00 oz (3.2 %) In Mash/Steeped
Belgian Special B 8.00 oz (3.2 %) In Mash/Steeped
German Wheat Malt 4.00 oz (1.6 %) In Mash/Steeped
US Chocolate Malt (350L) 3.20 oz (1.3 %) In Mash/Steeped
Sugar - Honey 1lb 0oz (6.5 %) End Of Boil

Hops
US Centennial (9.4 % alpha) 1.00 oz Bagged Whole Hops used 60 Min From End
US Centennial (9.4 % alpha) 0.50 oz Bagged Whole Hops used 30 Min From End
US Centennial (9.4 % alpha) 0.50 oz Bagged Whole Hops used 5 Min From End

Any ideas?

 

[AR-Josh]

Bump...

Any ideas or thoughts on what you would do with this?

 

[bozizle]

If you like citrusy hops what about adding some amarillo in the dry hop or last 10 mins? I think Citra would be too much in this beer

Looks like a fun recipe

 

[Krovitz]

Maybe some Simcoe?

 

[AR-Josh]

Maybe some Simcoe?

Never actually used simcoe...interesting...