Extra extra! Read all about it, fresh off the presses! The 2nd edition of The Rum Barrel Awards is here! This is my way of showcasing my personal highlights of the year by adopting a spirit format competition with awards by category. As I was going through my scores I noticed this year has been … More The Rum Barrel Awards 2023
Although this year I couldn’t attend the UK RumFest properly, I did work at the event on the Trailer Happiness cocktail stand – and it was busy! But no matter what, I will always make some time to go see Peter Holland at his Foursquare boutique. It was early on a Monday, just before RumFest … More Review: Foursquare Covenant – Mark XXIII
Mount Gay is known as, arguably, the oldest running rum distillery in the world with a deed stating that distillation took place on their site since 1703. It’s also a quintessential Barbadian rum brand and, despite being owned by a big company such as Remy Cointreau, they are making rum using traditional practices. I really … More Review: Mount Gay Black Barrel Cask Strength
Someone emailed me asking if I would consider reviewing the new Foursquare Clifton Hall and frankly I couldn’t resist. This might be the first time I’m writing a requested review and I’m happy to do more if anyone has any other rums they want to see on the blog. The Clifton Hall Great House is … More Review: Foursquare Clifton Hall Great House 12 Year Old – 40% ABV vs 46% ABV
Foursquare Distillery is always praised for its Exceptional Cask Selection limited releases, but sometimes it overshadows their main continuous brand, Doorly’s. I have previously reviewed Doorly’s bottlings at various points in time so I decided to revisit the whole range and write a comprehensive review about their expressions. Doorly’s is an important brand in the … More Review: Doorly’s Rum Range
As a (London based) reviewer getting to write about a rum bottling before its official release in the UK is very useful and frankly, really exciting. On that note in my glass today I have the 22nd Exceptional Cask Selection from Foursquare Distillery which has yet to have arrived to the UK market. Not a … More Review: Foursquare Touchstone – Mark XXII
The Cocktail Barrel is back! I recently improved the format of the recipe page and I also got some more ingredients so you can expect more recipes to come soon! If there is a rum you’d like to see in a cocktail please get in touch with me! A rum Mint Julep is a favourite … More The Cocktail Barrel #7
Another year, another Foursquare vintage, another review and another opportunity to have some great rum. I was able to purchase this bottle via the regular means, just placed an order online as it was released, which was a relief. To my knowledge, this release has around 30.000 bottles available so hopefully more rum drinkers get … More Review: Foursquare 2010 – Mark XXI
Here’s a rum I only got to try thanks to the benevolence of a fellow rum enthusiast and, well, the Rum Show. By the time I got to the Foursquare stand at Rum Show to say hello to Peter Holland I was already a bit… over-sampled – hence the not-so-good pictures, so I apologise about … More Review: Foursquare LFT White – Habitation Velier
Hope everyone is having a good start of the year! I’m starting off strong with some rum distilled at Foursquare Distillery (Barbados) that was bottled by The Good Spirits Co. (Glasgow). The Good Spirits Co. is a Glasgow based specialist drink retailer that was founded in 2011. They have three branches in the city and … More Review: The Good Spirits Co. – Foursquare Barbados 2006