Professional 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)
