July 21, 2019

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The Real McCoy 3 Year

The Real McCoy 3-Year is the first marque in the brand line. Produced in Barbados by Foursquare Rum Distillery; this rum (much like its cousin Probitas) is an ode to rums produced in the early 20th Century/Prohibition Era. A blend of column and pot still rums (and I assume a higher ratio of column still rums given the profile), The Real McCoy Three-Year earns its age statement by spending three years in very old ex-bourbon barrels. It is then lightly...

Foursquare Empery

EMPERY noun pl. em·per·ies Absolute dominion or jurisdiction; sovereignty. In the past two years since I began drinking Foursquare rums, I have been able to enjoy it while planning, executing and celebrating milestones in my life. Criterion was there when I took a work transfer that ultimately allowed me to shape my own professional identity as a sort of “Champion of Rum” in Chicago. Dominus was the first rum I cracked open to celebrate when Erika and I moved to Nashville...

Rhum Clément Binny’s Single Barrel #50

If it comes to Rhum Agricole, you shouldn’t be surprised that I think that Habitation Clément is the best in the game. You can read more about their history and all of the wonderful things that they are doing in a previous write up I did here. So, when I found out that I was going to be able to get my hands on a single barrel selection of one of their rhums, I became all the more excited. Even...

Rhum J.M. Binny’s Single Barrel #158

Sometimes it is hard to not look back at the could’ve should’ve beens and wonder how things could have been different. That is exactly how I feel right now as I hold this bottle of Rhum J.M. Single Barrel Rum Reserve Speciale Rhum Agricole Vieux. To think that a year ago, with the help of my Rhum buddy (Rhummie? Rhumddy? Rhum BFF?) Melissa Pinkerton, I pulled together the Evening of Funk-n-Rhum in Chicago before departing for Nashville. Never once did...