GDC Recipe Critique

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I've experimented with cider's a bit and wanted some feedback on a recipe I started the other day. I mostly work with 1 gallon batches because they make it easier to modify the recipe as needed. My steps were as follows:

-Bring half gallon of Mott's 100% to a boil.
-Add 1 stick of cinnamon into the boil
-Slowly add 1 cup of white sugar, stirring
-Slowly add 1 cup of dark brown sugar, stirring
-Coarsely puree 2 sliced apples with 2 cups apple juice in blender
(for this edition, I used 2 golden delicious apples)
-Add apple puree to boil
-Add 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon to boil
-Add 2 tbsp honey to boil
-Boil gently for 10 minutes
-Add the rest of the apple juice to the boil and allow it to cool
-Pitch yeast around 70 degrees (F)


For this recipe, I wanted to go for a crisp, predominantly apple flavor (as opposed to apple pie spice, which I usually use). It's been fermenting for 2 days in a 1 gallon carboy, and I'll send it to a secondary carboy after about a week, maybe add some more honey to it. Thoughts?

 

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Good news, everyone! The recipe was exactly what I wanted: obscenely high gravity, with distinct apple flavor and subtle hints of spice. I ended up cutting it with a quarter gallon of apple juice, since I wanted something slightly weaker.

10/10, would brew/drink again.