Barbados is considered the home of rum, but the Rum Duty Act from 1906 shaped its industry as we know it today. The act allowed distilleries to sell rum only in bulk therefore a lot of trading companies became bottlers and blenders acting as a buffer between the producers and the buyers. Names like Martin … More Review: R.L. Seale’s 10 Year Old (46% ABV)
Mount Gay, one of the rum producers in Barbados, and arguably the oldest running distillery in the world, has recently updated its core range. MG Eclipse, MG XO and MG Black Barrel all got a modern new look, with the last two having their recipes tweaked by the fairly new Mount Gay Master Blender – … More Review: Mount Gay Black Barrel vs Mount Gay Black Barrel Double Cask Blend
The very first collaboration between Foursquare Distillery and Velier, Richard Seale and Luca Gargano. Molasses based, pot and column still blend, aged for 3 years in ex-Bourbon casks and further matured for 6 more years in ex-Cognac casks all in the tropical climate of Barbados. Bottled at 62% ABV with a limited number of 2400 … More The Barrel Sample: Foursquare 2006 – Velier
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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