Gin Berries

Actually Eastern red cedar (red juniper) Juniperus virginiana.

I was hunkered down in a clump of these observing an active deer trail this afternoon before sundown. 

These berries are actually the cones of this tree.

You can use them to flavor neutral spirits to make gin.  This is useful to know when the Mayan apocalypse arrives in a week.  I can build a still to process my garden potatoes and use these cones to make gin.