Lightning in a Bottle IPA

Last year I brewed up my first really big, hoppy IPA. I stop short of calling it "Imperial" because it was in about the 7-8% range. It was brewed for my good friend Jesse, a hop fanatic and connoisseur of beers featuring the letters IP and A. I brewed him the Steelhead Slammer, which I was happy with, but felt that it lacked in a few areas. In the year that has followed, I have brewed up several big hoppy beers, and feel that they've improved with each brewing.
Last spring Jesse, a big gardener, decided to order some organic hop rhizomes, and become my main supplier :) In exchange for the glorious luplins, I of course owed him a harvest IPA. Jesse poured over articles and hop profiles and my input and decided upon 4 varieties: Centennial, Cascade, Nugget and Zeus. Jesse wanted some commonly used hops, but wanted to also grow something unique and one not often found in beers we drink, hence the Zeus hops. We had a pretty good harvest for the first year, but the most aggressive grower was Zeus. We yielded close to 12 oz of the Zeus. So naturally I decided to brew a big IPA. Jesse came over to brew with me so he could experience the whole process, which was a lot of fun.
The research we did about the Zeus says it is similar to Columbus, a piney, citrusy hop with about 13% alpha acid. I wanted to brew the beer with all Zeus hops, and keep the caramel malts to a minimum to bring out the hop flavor.
For the Lightning in a Bottle, I went with this recipe:
9.15 lbs of Light Organic LME
Steep: .5 lbs Org Crystal 40
.25 lbs Org. Vienna Malt
.25 lbs Org. Victory Malt
1 lb cane sugar
Hops:
1.5 oz Whole Leaf Zeus Hops @ 60
.5 oz Zeus @ 30
.5 oz Zeus @ 15
.5 oz Zeus @ 10
1 oz Zeus @ 5
1 oz Zeus @ 2
2 packs of Wyeast 1272 American Ale 2

Thus far, the hops have a very orange/lemony aroma, so I'm excited to see what they end up like in the final beer. I plan on dry hopping with more Zeus in the secondary.
More to come.
Salud!
Bearded Brewer