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Foursquare Sagacity

sagacity noun the quality of being sagacious sagacious adjective 1a: of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : DISCERNING sagacious judge of character I have to say; there is nothing I look forward to more than a new release of the Exceptional Cask Selection series from Foursquare Rum Distillery in Barbados. So many people clamor over Pappy Van Winkle and Buffalo Trace’s Antique Collection and consistently overlook one of the best values on the liquor shelves today. This doesn’t come from the lips of a fanboy, but...

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...

Foursquare Premise

This review is long, long overdue. Perhaps that is a good thing though. Perhaps some opinions are best left to formulate overtime. Perhaps somethings best reveal themselves in due course. Foursquare Premise is one of those things. The 8th Release in their Exceptional Cask Series and perhaps, the most controversial. I will be the first to admit; as a lover of Foursquare Distillery, I was not a fan. When I first tried this in April of 2018 at the Chicago...

Foursquare Dominus

dominus noun do·mi·nus | \ˈdämənəs\ plural domini \-ˌnē, -ˌnī \ Definition of dominus 1  : an owner as distinguished from a user 2  : a principal as distinguished from an agent History and Etymology for dominus Latin, lord, master   In the midst of chaos, I have found something that resembles peace. As I sit on my patio surrounded by the sounds of birds chirping and a squirrel running through leaves two floors below me, I take in the sunshine on the 57-degree...

Foursquare 2004

FOURSQUARE 2004   STYLE: RUM ABV: 59% DISTILLER: Foursquare Rum Distillery, St. Philp, Barbados AGE: 11 Years   The 2004 vintage from Foursquare Rum Distillery in Barbados comes in as Mark III of the Exceptional Cask Series. Released in September of 2015, is a single blended rum  produced by Foursquare from their pot and  traditional twin column (Coffey) still and was aged in the tropics for 11 years in a combination of 1st, 2nd and 3rd fill ex-bourbon barrels. Because...