re: Homebrewing: Calculating a American Pale Ale Recipe

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I've got a question regarding my hops.

As Zappa said, i have some small hop addition amounts in my pale ale recipe.

I will have .25 oz of cascade, .5 oz. of warrior, .75 oz. of chinook and .5 oz. of citra left over.

Zappa suggested dry hopping. My questions are:
1) Would dry hopping take my pale ale, more into the range of an IPA?
2) Which hops would be best for dry hopping? I"m thinking the cascade and citra. Would the remaining .75 ounce be too much, to still be considered a pale ale?

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Dude, relax and have a homebrew. Make a beer, drink the beer and enjoy. No need to overthink it.

I just brewed a Zombie Dust clone last weekend. 5 ounces of Citra in the boil, 4 of those being in the last 15 minutes. Gonna dry hop with 3 ounces of Citra. It will be about 6.2% ABV. Is it a pale ale or an IPA? Does it really matter? Three Floyds calls it a pale ale. It tastes more like an IPA. I hope my version is somewhat close. We shall see.

The point being, just relax and have fun with it. Don't overthink it.