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The Barrel Sample: That Boutique-y Rum Company – Foursquare 12 Year Old (Batch 1)

April 5, 2020

A Master of Malt sample I’ve had laying around for a while now. This The Boutique-y Rum Company sample hails from Barbados, more exactly the well acclaimed Foursquare Distillery. Molasses based, a blend of column and pot still distillates, aged for 11 years in the tropics and an additional year in the UK all in … More The Barrel Sample: That Boutique-y Rum Company – Foursquare 12 Year Old (Batch 1)

Review: Foursquare 2013 – Habitation Velier

April 3, 2020

I couldn’t be locked in my house with nothing to do and not reach for a bottle from one of my favourite rum producers in the world – Foursquare Distillery, Barbados. This bottle is released in collaboration with Velier and it’s part of their Habitation Velier range. Dubbed as The House of Pure Single Rums … More Review: Foursquare 2013 – Habitation Velier

Review: Thameside Signature Blend

March 27, 2020

Thameside Rum Company is a fairly young rum brand on the English market. Their inspiration is drawn from the good ol’ Navy rum ration that supposedly was blended in the Dockyards along the river Thames (therefore the name) after being brought from the Caribbean. Following the ‘tradition’, Thameside is comprised of rums sourced from the … More Review: Thameside Signature Blend

Review: Foursquare Port Cask Finish – Mark II

January 18, 2020

A lot of Barbados talk lately, with the Barbados rum GI being (unfortunately) a matter of debate as the West Indies Rum Distillery (owned by Maison Ferrand that produces the Plantation rums) opposes the GI proposed by the other three rum producers on the island: Mount Gay, St. Nicholas Abbey and Foursquare. More on the … More Review: Foursquare Port Cask Finish – Mark II

Review: Doorly’s 3 Year Old vs El Dorado 3 Year Old

December 12, 2019

A bit of a ‘white’ rum match-up, this is the first time I’m doing two rums from different countries so it should be fun. Wasn’t planning on it, but found myself with a bottle of each so why not. I know both of these are good… as good as aged and then filtered rum can … More Review: Doorly’s 3 Year Old vs El Dorado 3 Year Old

Review: Foursquare Sagacity – Mark XI

December 3, 2019

Foursquare Distillery, owned by R.L. Seale & Co was opened in Barbados on the 17th of November 1996 and in the past years it has won numerous awards, the latest being Rum Producer Of The Year 2019 at the International Wine and Spirit Competition – this is no small feat. Now the 17th of November … More Review: Foursquare Sagacity – Mark XI

Review: Mount Gay Pot Still Rum

November 29, 2019

Established in 1703 in Barbados, Mount Gay is the oldest commercial rum distillery in the world. The newest MG release comes from Trudiann Branker, their new Master Blender who took over from Allen Smith earlier this year. What makes this rum special is the fact that is pure pot still rum, not blended with any … More Review: Mount Gay Pot Still Rum

Review: Foursquare Principia vs Foursquare Empery

November 22, 2019

With World Foursquare Rum Day on the way (17th of November) I decided it would be appropriate to write about Foursquare (again?), this should be a close one. Principia is one of those fairly rare bottles nowadays, a collaboration between Richard Seale and Luca Gargano, and, if my memory serves me well, the very first … More Review: Foursquare Principia vs Foursquare Empery

Review: Foursquare Clifton Hall Great House 12 Year Old

November 22, 2019

This unique bottle can only be found in Barbados, available, as the name suggests, at the historical Clifton Hall Great House or in the Barbados Airport duty free. To my embarrassment I didn’t have any time to visit the Clifton Hall while I was on the island so I purchased mine from the airport. The … More Review: Foursquare Clifton Hall Great House 12 Year Old

Review: Black Tot Finest Caribbean

November 22, 2019

31st of July 1970, also known as the Black Tot Day, was the last day on which the Royal Navy issued the daily rum ration to the sailors. Not to be confused with the Black Tot: Last Consignment (£650) which is supposed to be the remaining Royal Navy rum stock since the day that lent … More Review: Black Tot Finest Caribbean