Foursquare 2011 Exceptional Cask Selection Rum

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Foursquare 2011 Exceptional Cask Selection Rum is part of the latest highly anticipated releases from the renowned Foursquare Rum Distillery, including the Covenant and Touchstone Exceptional Cask Selection release.

The Foursquare 2011 Exceptional Cask Selection Rum (Blend of Traditional Column and Pot Still Rums) aged for 12 years in ex-bourbon casks. The 24th release (Mark XXIV) for the Exceptional Cask Selection series, Foursquare 2011 is bottled at cask strength 60% ABV. Exceptional Cask Selections represent the unique, and rare offerings of Foursquare Rum Distillery that master distiller and blender, Richard Seale, has hand selected — his personal projects only released when he feels they are of exceptional quality. These are one of a kind, limited release expressions, available on the global market for a relatively short period of time, and showcase truly unique approaches to both Rum blending and maturation.

Foursquare’s Exceptional Cask Series represents the most unique and coveted rum from this celebrated distillery. No added sugar, colouring, or other additives and non-chill filtered.

Tasting Notes: Hand selected by Richard Seale himself, the 2011 release offers a bouquet of caramelised grapefruit, dark cocoa, butterscotch, clove, and allspice, then morphing into notes of sandalwood, brine, overripe pineapple, candied banana, and molasses, with hints, in the background, of apricot and plums. The palate is big, expressive, and rich, serving up, amid the almost unctuous unfolding, an array of tropical fruits and dried berries; there is an intricacy here, too, a kind of embroidered quality, with notes of black tea, citrus peel, and baking spices all making themselves felt. The finish is dry and lengthy, with a marvellous and subtle tannic quality.


Classification: Single Blended Rum (Blend of Traditional Column and Pot Still)
Country: Barbados
Aged: 12 Years (Tropically Aged)
Distillery: Foursquare Rum Distillery
ABV: 60% / 700ml

$184.00 inc. GST

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Foursquare 2011 Exceptional Cask Selection Rum is masterfully distilled, tropically aged and blended at the renowned Foursquare Rum Distillery on the gentle southern slopes of the St George Valley, St Philip, Barbados.

R.L. Seale is one of Barbados’ oldest trading houses, a family-owned business whose involvement in rum making extends from father-to-son since 1820. Current head distiller, Richard L. Seale, is one of the region’s most innovative distillers and blenders and has a passion for producing exceptional authentic rum from what is considered the birthplace of rum – Barbados!

The Foursquare Distillery occupies the site of a former sugar factory that dates back to 1636 and, as one of the most modern and efficient rum distilleries in the world, is designed to be both highly energy efficient and environmentally friendly. The distillery produces light rums in a three-column vacuum still and heavier rums in a modern pot still.

Foursquare Rum Distillery, with its outspoken master distiller, Richard Seale, has quickly vaulted to the forefront, having been dubbed the “Pappy of Rum” in a nod to the hysteria surrounding it.

In 1926, the Seale family began buying rum from Barbados distilleries, blending and selling it under the R. L. Seale name, eventually acquiring other brands like Doorly’s (one of the cornerstone brands of the family’s rum business to this day). Then, in the mid-1990s, Richard Seale, the fifth generation in the family business, worked with his father to renovate a shuttered sugar factory into a modern Bajan distillery. Today, the Foursquare Rum Distillery’s capacity rivals that of Mount Gay, its island neighbor.

Although Richard Seale was the first in his family to distill rather than purchase rum, he had the advantage of learning in an environment exceptionally well-versed in how great rum should taste. As both master distiller and master blender, Seale sets forth a vision of honest rum—distilled in pot and traditional column stills and unadulterated with any added sugar or sweet wines.

“In the early days […] lots of additives were in play for local brands,” he says. “When we acquired the Doorly’s brand and learned the formulas, I was very influenced by the discovery that Doorly’s was pure.”

Seale’s rise to prominence began a handful of years ago with strategic missives posted in Facebook forums, like the Ministry of Rum and Global Rum Club, calling out the widespread practice of brands spiking their rums with sweeteners. He went on to cement his notoriety (or infamy, if you ask some show organizers) by his visiting rum festivals with his digital density meter in hand, taking ABV measurements of competitors’ spirits on the fly from the show floor. (One can make a reasonably accurate assessment of how much sweetening was added post-distillation by comparing the metered versus label-stated ABV.) Enthusiasts soon followed his lead, compiling their own lists of estimated sugar levels for popular rums.

Foursquare Rum Distillery is renowned for producing premium rums from Barbados, including Doorly’s, R.L. Seale and Exceptional Cask Selection ranges including this latest release, the Foursquare 2011 Exceptional Cask Selection Rum along with  Covenant and Touchstone Exceptional Cask Selection releases.

Foursquare Rum Distillery

Weight 1.3 kg

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