Rolling Fork Single Cask Barbados

This is really good!

This was awesome. Super unique rum.

Cask #48, aged 8 years in ex-bourbon casks in Barbados (Foursquare distillery) before being moved to KY where it was aged another 13 months in ex-high-rye bourbon barrels. Priced at around $75 this seems reasonable considering a 12 year Foursquare exceptional cask release comes in around $100. So, how does it hold up? Golden color. Very quick, sheets of legs. The high-rye bourbon influence is clear from the get go. Caramel, banana, caraway, burnt sugar, rye, peppermint chocolate, faint papaya and tobacco. Mouthfeel is thin and is definitely more rum than bourbon on the front in but the tail whips around with a bit of those rye elements. Molasses, salted caramel, sweet oak, grilled pineapple and papaya and then the rye, flash of Andes mints and tobacco. The finish fades a little abruptly for my liking but a bit of burnt sugar sticks to the roof of the mouth. I’m gonna call this a win. I think that the initial ex-bourbon casks and lack of added sugar will appeal to any Foursquare fan. I don’t miss the bits of rancio that sherry tends to add. That flash of rye toward the end of the palate though, man that really works for me. Nice step up from Doorly’s 12 - a bit more chalky in texture (though nothing to write home about) + rye, mint and chocolate. Now - we need to put this against it’s bigger brother…