Orange chocolate Citra

[Mapleroots]

I'm currently sipping on an a brew that I used citra hops in, and am trying to come up with some Ideas on what this hop can be used for. Since it is such a new hop to the brewing world the feild is pretty much wide open. So I came up with the Idea of a Chocolate orange brew.
3gal.
Grain Bill
3LB. Golden Promise
3LB German Pilsner
1LB German Munich
1LB Carmel Crystal 45L
4OZ. Chocolate wheat
Hop Schedule
1 oz Citra 90min.
1oz. Willamette 60min.
Dry hop 1/2oz Citra-1/2oz. Willamette
I'm reading now a Triple Sec recipe that calls for using dehydrated navel oranges, saying that it really darkens the finished flavor of the triple sec. Has anyone ever tried using this method in a beer? I was thinking of adding during the secondary fermentarion, when I will be dry hopping.
I will be finishing this beer off with White Labs California Ale yeast WLP001!

 

[Warped04]

I'm reading now a Triple Sec recipe that calls for using dehydrated navel oranges, saying that it really darkens the finished flavor of the triple sec. Has anyone ever tried using this method in a beer? I was thinking of adding during the secondary fermentarion, when I will be dry hopping.

I've never used dehydrated navel oranges in my beer. I have fermented with fruit before. If those navel oranges ferment at all they will hinder your dryhopping. So I'd add the navel oranges and then after they are proving to not ferment, dry hop.

Secondly...If they are dehydrated when you add them, they will soak up some of the beer that you will never get back. So if you add a lot of them....I would boil up some water, turn it off put the oranges in, let it cool and then toss the whole mess in.

 

[Mapleroots]

Update on this brew:
I decided not to dry hop at all so I'm going with the primary for 2 weeks , and then am going to rack on to of dehydrated oranges(4-5) and let stand for 1 week and bottle. Also Am going with a five gal. batch and adding 5lllllllllllb. 2nd row to the grain bill above. And 1oz More Willatmette for 15min. Oh and also changing the yeast to WYeast Belgian Saison 3724 at end of boil. Planning on brewing wednesday.

 

[Mapleroots]

This is the xact rcipe i will be brewing, after changing some ingredients.
5Gal.
Grain bill
5Lb. 2nd row
5Lb. White Wheat
3Lb. Golden Promise 1.1
3Lb. German Pilsner
1 Lb Chocolate Wheat 350-400L
1Lb. German Munich
1Lb. Carmel Crystal 45L
19Lb. Total
19qt. water mash iin 155*f
19qt. batch sparge 38qt.
Hops-
1oz. Citra 60 min.
1oz. willamette 30min
1/2oz. Citra 15min
1/2 Willamette 15min.
Primary= California Ale Yeast WLP001
Secondary= 4 dehydrated oranges- Maybe 27 teaspoons Torani Classic Hazelnut Flavoring Syrup-
Also need to know if 10 days iin the primary is to early to rack into a secondary for a lager i just brewed. I need the room for this resipe.