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Review: Foursquare 15 Year Old Private Cask Selection – Nickolls & Perks 225th Anniversary

January 3, 2024

Happy New Year everyone! Once again I’m starting the year with a rum from Foursquare Distillery – some would say it’s good luck. This is a private bottling made by Foursquare for Nickolls & Perks. Nickolls & Perks are wine and spirit merchants based in Stourbridge, England and were established in 1797 making them the … More Review: Foursquare 15 Year Old Private Cask Selection – Nickolls & Perks 225th Anniversary

The Rum Barrel Awards 2023

December 27, 2023

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

Review: Foursquare Clifton Hall Great House 12 Year Old – 40% ABV vs 46% ABV

May 8, 2023

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

Review: Doorly’s Rum Range

March 23, 2023

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

Review: Foursquare Touchstone – Mark XXII

March 9, 2023

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 #7

February 22, 2023

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

Review: Foursquare 2010 – Mark XXI

February 5, 2023

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

Review: Foursquare LFT White – Habitation Velier

January 25, 2023

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

Review: The Good Spirits Co. – Foursquare Barbados 2006

January 3, 2023

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

The Barrel Sample: Dram Mor Barbados 15 Year Old – Foursquare Distillery

September 5, 2022

The final bottling from Dram Mor’s Summer 2022 Releases is this 15 year old cask strength from Foursquare Distillery, Barbados. ‘Nuff said, let’s get onto tasting the sample. This Dram Mor Barbados from Foursquare is molasses based, pot and column distilled and aged for 8 years in an ex-Bourbon cask in Barbados and the rest … More The Barrel Sample: Dram Mor Barbados 15 Year Old – Foursquare Distillery