User:Leborgnew/Geist (spirit drink)

Geist (German term for « spirit ») is a type of spirit drink obtained by maceration of unfermented fruit or other raw materials in neutral spirits, followed by distillation.

European Union
Within european legislation on the definition of spirit drinks, geist (supplemented by the name of the fruit or the raw materials used) is a spirit drink produced by maceration of unfermented fruits and berries or vegetables, nuts, other plant materials, such as herbs or rose petals, or mushrooms in ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin, followed by distillation.

The minimum alcoholic strength by volume of geist is 37,5 %.

Geist can also be named « Spirit obtained by maceration and distillation  » only if it has been produced from the following fruits, berries or nuts :


 * 1) chokeberry
 * 2) black chokeberry
 * 3) chestnut
 * 4) citrus fruits
 * 5) hazelnut
 * 6) crowberry
 * 7) strawberry
 * 8) sea-buckthorn
 * 9) hollyberry
 * 10) cornel cherry or cornelian cherry
 * 11) walnut
 * 12) banana
 * 13) myrtle
 * 14) prickly pear
 * 15) passion fruit
 * 16) bird cherry
 * 17) sloe
 * 18) blackcurrant
 * 19) white currant
 * 20) redcurrant
 * 21) gooseberry
 * 22) rosehip
 * 23) arctic bramble
 * 24) cloudberry
 * 25) blackberry
 * 26) raspberry
 * 27) elderberry
 * 28) rowanberry
 * 29) sorb apple
 * 30) wild service tree
 * 31) ambarella
 * 32) hog plum
 * 33) high bush blueberry
 * 34) wild cranberry
 * 35) bilberry/blueberry
 * 36) cowberry

Elderberry geist can therefore be named elderberry spirit obtained by maceration and distillation but elderflower geist cannot be named elderflower spirit obtained by maceration and distillation.