Racked to secondary today onto 1 oz broken cinnamon sticks and 4 whole cloves that were soaked in spiced rum. Gravity check was at 1.004, placing ABV at 8.66%. Aroma of fresh apples. Taste of slightly sweet apples giving way to a clean tart apple finish. I like the flavor of the cider overall better than the experimental batches which seemed to have more esters/phenols leaving a mineral-like finish. This cider finishes clean which to me is a lot more palatable. We'll see where the spices take it in a week or more.
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