Tag: Barbados

  • Foursquare Detente (Port Cask) Exceptional Cask Selection Mark XIV – 51%

    Foursquare Detente (Port Cask) Exceptional Cask Selection Mark XIV – 51%

    Note: I pulled this review from my archive. It was written nearly two years ago but never published. After getting on a routine of posting new reviews each week I suffered fatigue and wasn’t enjoying the process. Analyzing rum for the sake of a schedule became a chore and my passion for sitting down and…

  • 5-Star Rums of 2022!

    5-Star Rums of 2022!

    My 5-Star Rums of the Year! This past year I purchased or sampled well over 100 rums, reviewed 30 of those, of which I gave eight a 5-star rating, indicating I enjoyed it enough to want a back up bottle. For the sake of this list, I’m only including rums that were new to me…

  • Foursquare 2009 Barbados Exceptional Cask Selection Mark XVII – 60%

    Foursquare 2009 Barbados Exceptional Cask Selection Mark XVII – 60%

    Foursquare 2009 Barbados Exceptional Cask Selection Mark XVII – 60% Stats: Blend of pot and column distillates aged a minimum of 12 years in ex-Bourbon casks. This is the 17th release in the ECS and the sixth “vintage” release, indicated by its distillation year. It was bottled at 60% ABV without chill filtration or additives. Conditions: Enjoyed…

  • Foursquare Dominus Single Blended Rum – Exceptional Cask Selection Mark VII – 56%

    Foursquare Dominus Single Blended Rum – Exceptional Cask Selection Mark VII – 56%

    Foursquare Dominus Single Blended Rum – Exceptional Cask Selection Mark VII – 56% Stats: The 7th release in the Exceptional Cask Selection series from Foursquare Distillery in Barbados, featuring a blend of pot and column distillates that aged 3 years in ex-Bourbon casks followed by 7 years in Cognac casks and released at 56% ABV. 12,000…

  • Gregarious Grump 2001 Non-Disclosed Barbados (Mt Gay) 20 Year – 53.8%

    Gregarious Grump 2001 Non-Disclosed Barbados (Mt Gay) 20 Year – 53.8%

    Gregarious Grump 2001 Non-Disclosed Barbados (Mt Gay) 20 Year – 53.8% Stats: Independent bottling of rum from Barbados distilled in 2001 and aged 20 years in ex-Bourbon American oak, bottled at 53.8% with no filtration or additives. It is labeled “ND” (Non-Disclosed) distillery, but presumed to be from Mount Gay and 100% pot distillate. All GG…

  • Black Tot “Last Consignment” British Royal Navy Rum – 54.3%

    Black Tot “Last Consignment” British Royal Navy Rum – 54.3%

    Black Tot “Last Consignment” British Royal Navy Rum – 54.3% Background: July 31st, 1970 is known as Black Tot Day, marking the abolishment of the British Royal Navy’s several hundred year tradition of a daily rum ration. While the sailors daily allowance had been radically reduced over time before it was finally outlawed, it’s worth noting…

  • Foursquare 2021 High Ester White Rum – 62%

    Foursquare 2021 High Ester White Rum – 62%

    Foursquare 2021 High Ester White Rum – 62% Stats: This rum is a blend of unaged, pure pot distillates made from 100% local cane by Foursquare in Barbados. One of the distillates is the product of a several week long natural fermentation of fresh cane juice, while the other is a 72 hour ferment of…

  • Foursquare Master Series, Edition No. 1 – Total Wine Concierge – 62%

    Foursquare Master Series, Edition No. 1 – Total Wine Concierge – 62%

    Foursquare Master Series, Edition No. 1 – Total Wine Concierge – 62% Stats: Limited Edition release sold exclusively through Total Wine stores of a pot and column blend of 12 year old rums aged in ex-Bourbon and ex-Sherry casks. Bottled at 62% ABV with no additives. Conditions: Drank neat in a Glencairn over the course…

  • Bristol Classic 1986 “Rockley Still” Barbados Rum 26 Year Sherry Finish – 46%

    Bristol Classic 1986 “Rockley Still” Barbados Rum 26 Year Sherry Finish – 46%

    Bristol Classic 1986 “Rockley Still” Barbados Rum 26 Year Sherry Finish – 46% Stats: From what I’ve gathered on the internets… This was a 2012 release from Bristol Classic Rum of a 1986 Rockley-style distillate that was made at the West Indies Rum Distillery in Barbados. While the original Rockley pot still resided at WIRD during…

  • Holmes Cay Single Cask Rum Barbados (Foursquare) 2006 – 58.5%

    Holmes Cay Single Cask Rum Barbados (Foursquare) 2006 – 58.5%

    Holmes Cay Single Cask Rum Barbados (Foursquare) 2006 – 58.5% Stats: Independent bottling of a 14 year old blend of pot and column distillate from Foursquare. It was tropically aged in Barbados in ex-bourbon casks for 3 years before spending 11 more years in the UK. It is bottled at 58.5% ABV with no additives. Source: Sample…