thanks for the info... been playing around with the original all grain recipe in beer smith, and different conversions to extract using 6lbs of Munich LME and other caramel malts to achieve something similar to your original. i also think i'll up the cider content a bit, maybe just start out with 1.5g to get a bit more apple flavor to come through? with your estimated OG and FG it looks like your brew turned out around 6.8%ABV, was the alcohol coming through much? if i add another 1/2gal i would guesstimate it raising the ABV to 7.5% ish (OG would add 1 point per 1gal of apple juice, so add another 1/2 point to your estimated 1.067 with 1gal, so new estimated OG of 1.072 with 1.5g of apple juice added)... was thinking of using less base, more top off water, or something else so it's not "too" potent of a brew... or maybe it will be the perfect holiday sipp'n beer
i'm out on the road with work for a bit, but been looking for my next brew day for when i get back home. so tentatively going to brew this on the 29th. this sounds like a fun and tasty experimental beer to work on as you can't really add the cider, timing and what will happen to it in beer smith.
hope i didn't take over the original thread, but i think we're all looking for the same thing! thanks and i'll keep you updated when it gets closer to brew day for me!
cheers!