Foursquare 1999, 22 years, Barbados edition No. 14
The Foursquare distillery in Barbados was founded by the Seale family in the mid-1990s. The Seales, having bottled rum in Barbados for over five generations, own a string of traditional brands which now feature Foursquare rum as their main component.
Barbados 1999 has been distilled by Foursquare on pot and column stills and matured in ex-rum American Oak cask for 22 years. This Foursquare spent 8 years in the tropics. The cask yielded 210 bottles containing spirit at 61% ABV. Only 210 bottles have been bottled.
The Foursquare distillery in Barbados was founded by the Seale family in the mid-1990s. The Seales, having bottled rum in Barbados for over five generations, own a string of traditional brands which now feature Foursquare rum as their main component.
Barbados 1999 has been distilled by Foursquare on pot and column stills and matured in ex-rum American Oak cask for 22 years. This Foursquare spent 8 years in the tropics. The cask yielded 210 bottles containing spirit at 61% ABV. Only 210 bottles have been bottled.
The Foursquare distillery in Barbados was founded by the Seale family in the mid-1990s. The Seales, having bottled rum in Barbados for over five generations, own a string of traditional brands which now feature Foursquare rum as their main component.
Barbados 1999 has been distilled by Foursquare on pot and column stills and matured in ex-rum American Oak cask for 22 years. This Foursquare spent 8 years in the tropics. The cask yielded 210 bottles containing spirit at 61% ABV. Only 210 bottles have been bottled.
Barbados 1999 edition no. 14
Region: Barbados
Distillery: Foursquare
Age: 22
Distillation: 06-1999
Bottled: 02-2022
Cask no: 16
Cask type: Ex-Rum (American Oak)
Still type: Column/Pot
Maturation: 8 years in the tropics
ABV 61%
Vol. 700 ml
No bottles: 210
Tasting Notes:
“The Colours of Rum have released a fine selection of well-aged Foursquare. Colour: rich gold. Nose: ultra-typical, even at 61% ABV, opening on nougat, maple syrup, and honey popcorn, with touches of coconut and a hint of diesel fuel. A fresh profile leading to notes of fresh sugarcane juice and violets. Truly very pretty and elegant. With water: lovely notes of fresh rubber, ‘new Nike’, brake fluid, orange zest, genever, etc. Mouth (neat): the high strength brings out a marked bitterness, artichoke liqueur, and very dark chocolate—it needs water. With water: loads of oranges of all kinds, including Seville oranges, with a pinch of salt and pepper, as well as ginger. Finish: long, but unchanged. That wasn’t needed anyway. Peppery aftertaste. Comments: extremely pretty, just as expected.”
SGP:651 - 89 points.
Source: whiskyfun.com
“Nose: quite fruity (plums, baked pears) and relatively soft in comparison with the previous rums. A raisin sweetness behind it, as well as some toffee and brown sugar. Dark tea and wee herbal notes.
Mouth: sweet bananas with honey and oak spice (cinnamon, nutmeg, pepper). Then some yellow apple. Also caramelized popcorn, vanilla and leather. In fact this reminds me of grain whisky of similar age, maybe because there’s most column still spirit in here?
Finish: medium, slightly spirity, with drier leafy notes and herbal touches as it fades.
This Foursquare has a rather whisky-like profile – column still whisky. It’s rounded, not hugely complex, as well as influenced by plain American oak.”
Note: - 84 points.
Source: whiskynotes.be
