Category: Barbados

Foursquare, Mount Gay, WIRD, Cockspur, St. Nicholas Abbey

Mount Gay XO Triple Cask Blend (2020 Edition)

Posted in Barbados, Mount Gay, Rum, Single Blended Rum, XO3 Comments

REVIEW of Mount Gay XO Triple Cask Blend.

A Barbadian modern classic, re-packaged with a new blend for 2020.

https://rumshopboy.com/?p=15564

Lockdown Rums

Posted in 1931, Aged In Whisky Casks, Agricole Rhum, Antigua, Appleton, Barbados, Colombia, Cuba, Don Q, Doorly's, England, English Harbour, English Spirit, Finished in Sherry Casks, Foursquare, Havana Club, Jamaica, La Hechicera, Lockdown, Madeira, Martinique, Mount Gay, Muscat Cask Finish, Nobiliary, Puerto Rico, Pure Single Rum, Rum, Rum (From A Modern Multi Column Still), Rum from a traditional column still., Santa Teresa, Signature Blend, Single Blended Rum, Spiced, St Lucia, St. Nicholas Abbey, St. Piran's, Sweet Vermouth Cask "Finish", Venezuela, William Hinton, Worthy Park, XOLeave a comment

Lockdown Rums

Fancy some rum while we are drinking at home?
Try these…..

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Foursquare 1985 Distilled

Posted in 16 Year Old Rum, 1985 Distilled, Barbados, Foursquare, Luca Gargano, Richard Seale, Rum, Single Blended Rum, VelierLeave a comment

Foursquare 1985 Distilled:

A little piece of Foursquare/Barbados rum history in a bottle.

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Foursquare Plenipotenziario

Posted in 12 Year Old Rum, Barbados, Foursquare, Luca Gargano, Plenipotenziario, Richard Seale, Rum, RumFest, Single Blended Rum, Velier4 Comments

Foursquare Plenipotenziario

After a week with Foursquare’s new collaboration with Velier, here are my thoughts.

http://www.rumshopboy.com/2020/04/11/foursquare-plenipotenziario/

2018’s Best Rums and Opinions on Rum’s Current Position

Posted in 2005, Antigua, Appleton, Barbados, Cane & Bean 1870, Compagnie des Indes, Dominus, Don Q, England, English Spirit, Foursquare, Hampden, Jamaica, Kill Devil, Luca Gargano, Martinique, Mhoba, Mount Gay, Neisson, Neptune Rum, Plantation, Premise, Principia, Rhum, Rhum Depaz, Rhum JM, Richard Seale, Ron, Rum, SMWS, VelierLeave a comment

Opinion on rum’s current position in the UK.

Are spiced rums good for rum?
Favourite rums from 2018.
Rum in 2019.
Is rum the new gin?
My top 3 rums of 2018.
My top 3 distilleries in 2018.

Foursquare ECS I “1998”

Posted in 10 Year Old Rum, 1998 Vintage, Barbados, Exceptional Cask Selection, Foursquare, Richard Seale, Rum, Single Blended Rum5 Comments

Foursquare ECS I “1998 Vintage” – REVIEW of Foursquare’s FIRST edition of the Exceptional Cask Selection.

https://rumshopboy.com/2018/11/30/foursquare-ecs-i-1998/

Rhum Depaz XO

Posted in 100% Column/Coffey Distilled Rum, 8 Year Old Rum, Agricole, Agricole Rhum, Martinique, Rhum, Rhum Depaz, Rum Fest 2018, Rum from a traditional column still., XO2 Comments

REVIEW of superb Agricultural Rhum from Martinique.

Rhum Depaz XO

https://rumshopboy.com/2018/11/08/rhum-depaz-xo/

SBS Barbados 2008 Rum (Foursquare)

Posted in 1423 Single Barrel Selection, Aged in Marsala Cask, Barbados, Foursquare, Richard Seale, Rum, Single Blended Rum2 Comments

REVIEW of Foursquare Rum “finished” in Marsala Casks and bottled by SBS at 55%.

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The Duchess: Barbados 13yo (Foursquare)

Posted in 13 Year Old Rum, Barbados, Foursquare, Richard Seale, Rum, Single Blended Rum, The Duchess, The Duchess Barbados 13yo Rum2 Comments

REVIEW of The Duchess Barbados 13yo Rum (Foursquare).

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Mount Gay Peat Smoke Expression Rum

Posted in Barbados, Blended Rum (a mixture of column and pot), Islay Peated Whisky Casks, Mount Gay, Rum, Single Blended Rum, The Peat Smoke Expression, XO3 Comments

REVIEW of Mount Gay’s new XO Peat Smoke Expression Rum offered at 57%.

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