Grab bag of hops. Thinking of brewing a Belgian IPA

[bucketnative]

So, I got a 13 oz grab bag of hops for $12. It contains the following:

Palisade 8.7
Liberty 4.9
Crystal 4.1
US Fuggle 5.2
Columbus 13.4
Meridian 6.7
Hersbrucket 2.0
Vanguard 5.1
Merkur 12.4
Chinook
Mt Hood 6.1
EKG 5.6

I was thinking of a Belgian IPA (81% Pilsner, 9% Aromatic, 10% Turbinado - WY3522) with about 60 IBU.

The hop schedule I was thinking of:
1 oz Columbus (13.4 AA) - 60 min
1 oz Vanguard (5.1 AA) - 5 min
1 oz EKG (5.6) - 5 min

Dry hop 4 days:
1 oz Liberty
1 oz Palisade

I am hoping for a spicy/floral (rather than fruity) hop presence. Any other suggestions with hop mix?

 

[bucketnative]

Bump

 

[JKaranka]

Use Merkur rather than Columbus to bitter. Add the Hersbrucket with the aroma hops and add the Mt Hood to the dry hop. You have a very good selection of spicy hops in there, with several of them having noble hop parentage. Ha, I just saw you even have Fuggles: a nice earthy / spicy mix.

 

[bucketnative]

Use Merkur rather than Columbus to bitter. Add the Hersbrucket with the aroma hops and add the Mt Hood to the dry hop. You have a very good selection of spicy hops in there, with several of them having noble hop parentage. Ha, I just saw you even have Fuggles: a nice earthy / spicy mix.

Yeah, this was definitely not a hop mix for someone who loves American IPAs. I'll save the Columbus for a AIPA that I am planning as well.

I like the addition of Hersbrucker at the aroma step. I've never used Mt. Hood, but I'll give it whirl.

Thanks

 

[JKaranka]

Yeah, not a very American-oriented bag. Very good for lots of stuff, though. You can make good Belgian, German and British style beers with that lot. You could save some Fuggles, EKG and a bittering hop for making a bitter or a golden ale. Crystal would probably work ok in such a beer instead of the EKG. If you wanted to make the most out of it you could get quite a few beers out of it, including Festbier.