Whinbush flowers

[ManseMasher]

Different olfactory sensitivity. I get coconut. It has worked in the brew. Subtle, but definitely there.

[Leann ull]

Kids wouldn't be familiar as not too many coconut trees around here but vanilla pods stripped into homemade ice cream they know

[Shanna]

Kids wouldn't be familiar as not too many coconut trees around here but vanilla pods stripped into homemade ice cream they know

I guess they are smelling what they know. I definitely get a strong aroma of coconut off them. Might actually collect the flowers & make a syrup for future use. On the lookout for a local source but nothing so far. Otherwise off to the garden county to raid it Might get my mother to do a sweep of her family homestead in the Kingdom as she would probably make the syrup also.

Shanna

[ManseMasher]

They've never had a Bounty?!

[googoomuck]

Some smell coconut, some smell vanilla. I remember reading something before about cucumber as well, if you can get a smell from cucumber you can get the coconut scent from gorse.

[Will_D]

In my experience Furze/Gorse comes in two variants a bit like Elderflower:

ElderFlower: 2 variants on the nose; One smells of cat piss, one smells much sweeter. However BOTH make for a very nice white wine with no hint of Tom!

Furse: Also I think has two variants: One is defo. more coconut than other. Also IIRC it flowers twice a year! And they may be different on the same bush

HTH Will

[ManseMasher]

Even though I say it myself - a cracking pint. I'll be doing this one again. A lovely floral note with a slight but detectable flavour from the flowers. Very nice!

[Shanna]

Managed to collect a kilo or so of gorse flowers last weekend and made them into a sugar liquid. Hoping to use it up over the next few months.

Shanna

[Leann ull]

Showing Gordon Wicklow with gorse in full bloom, we stopped and crushed some, I was telling him I got vanilla but he was definitely saying coconut, pin cushioned ourselves in the process.

[Shanna]

Showing Gordon Wicklow with gorse in full bloom, we stopped and crushed some, I was telling him I got vanilla but he was definitely saying coconut, pin cushioned ourselves in the process.

Must be a genetic capability. My kids got coconut all the way Will made a reference to the same plant being able to produce both. I did notice also that some plants had flowers that were far more aromatic than others. They could be further along in the blooming process.

Shanna