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TWO JAMES: DOCTOR BIRD RUM

Ever so often you come across a spirit that catches you off guard and seemingly; captures your heart. One of those for me is the overly pungent and striking Doctor Bird Jamaican Rum bottled for Two James Distillery in Detroit, Michigan. Named for the national bird of Jamaica (Red-Billed Streamertail); Doctor Bird is a heavy pot still rum produced by Worthy Park Distillery. While I do not have the exact numbers on hand; from what I have found out, it...

WORTHY PARK SPECIAL CASK RELEASE MADEIRA

Wow. Sorry for the lackadaisical posting folks. Nearly two months since my last post is pretty inexcusable; regardless of how busy I may or may not have been throughout the month of April. Turns out that even when you are writing about something you love; there can still come a feeling of monotony. I will try to be better about that going forward. It has been a week since I was at the Chicago Rum Festival. I have to say...

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...