the power of cloves

[rangaz]

I was steeping some vanilla in high proof the other day and decided to add some cinnamon and cloves. Unfortunately I had no recipe and didn't know how strong the cloves flavour is so I threw 5 buds in 700mL. After one day I realised the mistake I had made and tried to run it before it was worse. Needless to say that after I had run it, there was so much clove oil, it formed a scum on the top after distilling. I blotted that up with some paper and then watered down to 40%. After a day it was almost completely opaque from the oil coming out of solution and was overpowered by clove so badly it was undrinkable straight. When mixed 1:4 with coke with a few drops of lime it actually tasted alright though.