Out of interest, have you had any luck brewing hop heavy ipas in a small scale batch? I've read that there are issues getting the required bitterness with small water volumes (happy to restate my question in a correct subforum if required!)
There's no problem getting the bitterness. The only real issue is using large quantities of aroma hops in a small volume, as the hops will soak up a lot of beer. Pellets much less so than leaf hops.