Foursquare 2010, 11 years, Barbados edition No. 18
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 2010 has been distilled by Foursquare on pot and column stills and matured the first five years in ex-bourbon cask and ex-whisky cask for another subsequent five years. This Foursquare spent 5 years in the tropics. The cask yielded 259 bottles containing spirit at 61,1% ABV.
Barbados 2010 edition no. 17
Region: Barbados
Distillery: Foursquare
Age: 11
Distillation: 12-2010
Bottled: 2-2022
Cask no: 3
Cask type: 5 years Ex-Bourbon & 5 years Ex-Whisky
Still type: Column/Pot
Maturation: 5 years in the tropics
ABV 61,1%
Vol. 700 ml
No bottles: 259
Tasting Notes:
“Same cask-bill, first bourbon in Barbados, then ex-malt in Scotland. Colour: light gold. Nose: very close, only a tad straighter and fatter at the same time, but at 60+%, who would tell? With water: very similar. Also touches of asparagus, wild leek… Mouth (neat): hot, grassier than its bro, with more lemon as well. Coconut, vanilla, cane juice, grapefruit. With water: citrus-led, pomelos, more grapefruit… It is a little zestier than the lovely Dram Mor. Finish: medium, pretty complex now, on various herbal teas, liquorice… And citrus of course. Comments: I like this one a notch better because of the citrus. I also have the feeling that more breathing would do it much good.”
Note: SGP:530 - 86 points.
Source: whiskyfun.com
