Dandelion Geist?

I distill rum and neutral for gin and infusions.

I was looking into making my first fruit brandy, and was put off by the sheer amount of fruit required.

While searching, I discovered geist - macerating pretty much anything in neutral, then distilling in a pot still.

Another project on my list is to distill mead, but the consensus seems to be that the juice isn’t worth the squeeze.

Dandelions smell and taste like honey. I reckon dandelion geist could well be a poor-man’s honey brandy.

While I prepare some neutral and cross my fingers that there are still flowering dandelions nearby, has anyone tried it before?

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u/MaisonDeJupe — 2 hours ago

Large iron ball, 23kg, 18cm diameter, magnetic, flat spot to one side, pronounced cast seam with sprue mark on the seam

Hi all,

Purports to have been found in Cornwall a number of years ago.

23kg-ish, 18-ish cm diameter, casting mark and sprue mark on the casting mark line.

Flattened spot to one side, with crushing consistent with some sort of impact.

Looks like a cannonball to me, but closer to 50lb than the 42lb that standardised cannonballs seem to have maxed out at.

What do I have here?

u/MaisonDeJupe — 1 day ago