Dogwood brandy??

[Fishleg]

Hey all,

Has anyone ever made a brandy/raki from the fruit of a dogwood tree?
I was just around at my mums house she has a dogwood tree that is fruiting ATM, my son picked one and we tried it. They have a subtle flavour, but quite nice and sweet.

Did a google search and there is a few different dogwood wines and brandies

So I'm going to wait a week or two for the fruit to ripen a bit and give it a crack
If anyone else has tried this and has any tips. Please let me know.

Otherwise I'll let yas know how it turns out

[Doubleuj]

Never heard of a dogwood tree, give it a go and let us know :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Make a bigger fores cut with fruit washes than sugerheads, if you didn't know already

[Sam.]

Had to google it. Looks like "cornus" is made into wine in parts of Europe so I reckon you should be able to distill it.

Might have to be a sugar head though :think:

[copperhead road]

I had to do a google search also as I had never heard of such fruit, reminds me of dragon fruit you see a lot in Bali.
Very interesting and cool to think outside the box. Keep us up to speed on the results and flavour profile created :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[Fishleg]

Never heard of a dogwood tree, give it a go and let us know :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Make a bigger fores cut with fruit washes than sugerheads, if you didn't know already

Yeah I think I'll have to add some sugar the fruit has a nice taste but not overly sweet.
I'll probs try 2/1 fruit/sugar