Foursquare The Duchess 21 Years Old Cask 4 60.2% 1999

Distileerderij	Foursquare
Bottelaar	The Duchess
Serie	TROPICAL REEF FISH SERIES
Gebotteld voor	X
Gedistilleerd op	1999
Gebotteld	2021
Land	Barbados
Leeftijd	21
Cask Type	Bourbon Barrel
Vatnummer	4
Alcohol %	60.2%
Inhoud	0,70
Conditie	Perfect
Etiket	Perfect
Voorraad	6

Professionele reviews

Malt Fascination (89)

Sniff:
Rather funky and sweet on the nose. Lots of oak, some brimstone and even a hint of pencil, both graphite and cedar. Stewed strawberries, but also something more tropical. More like papaya. Cocoa powder after some time.

Sip:
Intense on the arrival, with its 60%. Bell pepper, oak and some wood shavings. Quite hot, but not uncomfortable, fried chili peppers. Tropical sweetness of papaya, mango. A lot of oak, quite whisky-like in that regard.

Swallow:
The finish is, although quite a bit more oak driven, more typically foursquare. Less funky and a tad sweeter, lots of tropical fruit syrup, molasses.

Foursquare is ridiculously popular in the part of the rum world I can see. And that’s justified. Their rums strike the right balance between funky and sweet, with a lot of great fruitiness that is very well loved by whisky fanatics.

I think this one will be loved by these whisky fans even more, because the prolonged aging has imparted some rather recognizable wood flavors that apparently also mix well with rum.

Very different from regular foursquare, less smooth and sweet, more funky. Lots of oak, and less sugarcane than I expected.

BOW (92)