Foursquare Mandamus – Exceptional Cask Selection Mark XXIX Rum | 700ML

Rum: Foursquare Mandamus – Exceptional Cask Selection Mark XXIX Rum | 700ML

Rum enthusiasts will tell you that Foursquare is simply sublime when treated to Port cask maturation, and they are not wrong! It’s a fact that you can confirm for yourself with this addition to the Barbados distillery’s Exceptional Cask Collection, laden with notes of jammy cherries and berries.

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Size: 700ML

Proof: 114 (57%ABV)

Origin: Barbados

Distillery: Foursquare Rum

Rum enthusiasts will tell you that Foursquare is simply sublime when treated to Port cask maturation, and they are not wrong! It’s a fact that you can confirm for yourself with this addition to the Barbados distillery’s Exceptional Cask Collection, laden with notes of jammy cherries and berries. Mandamus combines pot and column distilled rum, initially matured for a decade in bourbon casks, followed by a further six years in tawny Port casks before bottling at a robust 57% ABV.

Foursquare Mandamus – Exceptional Cask Selection Mark XXIX Rum | 700ML Tasting Notes

Nose: A rich rush of blackberries, ripe pineapple, tart plum, and cherries. Lots of sultanas, vanilla caramel, along with hints of ginger, hazelnuts, walnuts, and blackcurrant vines.

Palate: Soft and sweet onto the palate, lots of juicy ripe black cherries, raspberries, and Victoria plums. More sultanas and a hint of zesty orange.

Finish: Bitter chocolate and black tea. White pepper and a hint of chilli pepper warmth in the long-lasting, toasty, gently smoky oaky grip.

Distillery Information

The owners of Foursquare Distillery, the Seale family, can trace its roots on Barbados back to the 1650s, and can reference five generations of rum-making expertise dating back to 1820. The establishment of the Foursquare brand, however, came much later. While the family could lay claim to one of Barbados oldest trading houses, Reginald Leon Seale was prohibited, like other traders, from selling rum directly to consumers under the Barbados Excise Law. His method around this issue was to establish a distribution business in Bridgetown in the early 1900s – and this was the birth of the R. L. Seale brand. R. L. Seale was not the only trader who took this course of action, but he was one of the very few successful ones. This prosperity provided the opportunity for expansion, and from 1962 to 1993, the rum portfolios of ESA Field and Alleyne Arthur, including Old Brigand, Taylor’s Falernum and Doorly’s were acquired. In order for the multiple brands to be effectively consolidated, a decision was made that ESA Field and Old Brigand would focus on the local market, where they had always done well, while Doorly’s would become an export brand This was the state of affairs until 1995 when the company, then led by Sir David Seale, gambled on the purchase of a sugar factory whose oldest building dates back to 1636 and was mostly decrepit.