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TRES HOMBRES BARBADOS 2018

A few weeks ago, I was wrapping up a 3-month backpacking trip throughout Europe. The last leg of the trip brought me to Germany. I was initially there to participate in a work exchange program and then would be traveling down to southern Germany to visit some of Erika’s family outside of Munich. Somewhere in between, we decided it would be a crime to not visit Berlin and rearranged travel plans to spend five days in Berlin. Best. Decision. Ever....

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 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...