Suggestions for an AG pale ale recipe!

[cavers]

Hi everyone - my wife made a run to the LHBS for me, as I couldn't make it into the city, and for reasons unknown, she came back with two extra bags of hops. Obviously the guys at the shop don't see many women in a day and wanted to impress, because the hops weren't on the receipt. Free hops! Anyway, I ended up with two ounces of Amarillo hops, and now I want to brew something.

Here's what I'm thinking. A while back I had Driftwood Brewing's (out of Victoria, BC) Dry Hop Ale and had a great time drinking it. It's a light (in body and colour) pale ale with quite mild bitterness but a very complex, full-spectrum hop flavour and aroma. I'd like to brew something like that - something that goes down easy enough to be a session beer, but that really tantalizes my nose as I quaff it and whose aroma is balanced by hop flavour. I'd really like the aroma to emphasize floral and earthy hop notes as opposed to the very citrusy notes of all of my recent Cascade-heavy beers! Here's my completely unfinished recipe - can you guys take a look at it and let me know what you might do if you were me? Thanks!

For 6 gallons of fragrant, refreshing hoppy ale:

12 lbs. 2-row (my efficiency seems to be stuck at 70%)
specialty grain (I'm not sure about this. I want this beer to be balanced, but light, and I don't know my specialty malts that well. I'd like the beer to have a bit of body to it and a light, biscuity malt character)
1 oz. Amarillo - 9.3 AAU (60 min.)
1 oz. Amarillo (10 min.)
1 - 1.5 oz. of something floral/earthy - N.Z. Hallertau? Goldings? More Amarillo? (flameout)
1 - 2 oz. of something similar (dry)

I'd like OG to come in at something around 1.050.

[BrewDog]

I'd use a 1/2 lb of Victory and a 1/2 lb of Caramunich 37 (or closest L).
Then use some Willamette for your 'floral/earthy' hops addition at flame out and dry hop with more Willamette and some EKG.

HTH-

[S.F.B.]

because the hops weren't on the receipt. Free hops!
The one thing I would ask is this. Are you going to make it right with your LHBS? I am on very good terms with my local and even though it is not a large amount I would let them know and make it good with them. If you are a fan of karma you can think that this batch is in trouble if you aren't honest with them.
Other than that think of the Amarillo as kind of a spicy Cascade hop. I love using them for flavor and bittering in my IPA.

[cavers]

You have good advice, SFB. I certainly will square up with the store for the hops. After all, it's not that six dollars makes a difference in my budget. The fun part is realizing that I have extra stuff to brew with that I hadn't counted on. Whoops - have to make another batch! But, yes, it's a good thing to have a good relationship with the brew store, especially one as well-stocked and helpful as ours.

Speaking of well-stocked, Brewdog, the LHBS actually doesn't have either Victory or Caramunich 37. There's a 30-40 L Carastan - would that be an acceptable substitute for the latter? As for Victory malt, I've never used the stuff and don't know what to substitute. The shop stocks Munich 10, Munich 30, Vienna, honey, biscuit, Carapils, Cara 8, and amber - and many others which are less likely to be a direct substitute. Would any of these be a good sub?

[BrewDog]

The Carastan and biscuit will be just fine.

[cavers]

Awesome - thanks BrewDog!