The Real McCoy 5 Year Rum

I’m slowly getting into rum. I’m a whiskey drinker, as I’d imagine most people on this app are. I was told that foursquare is a good entry into the rum genre. I agree; four square is fantastic. But then, I found a store pick of this for $30, remembered someone saying once that it was good, and picked it up. It wasn’t until after I first tried this that I saw that it also comes from the Foursquare distillery. Tasting this - I can totally see that. This rum is super well-balanced. Right amount of sweet, tropical notes mixed with those deep caramels and tobaccos you find in whiskey. Neither one is over-powering, but rather complementing. Great slightly-oily mouthfeel. For $30, the Real McCoy 5 makes its >$70 big brother not look so impressive. Definitely worth a pickup if you are looking to enter the rum genre.

Beautiful. This one is nice in cocktails but also stands alone nicely as a sipping rum. Notes of vanilla and caramel. I foresee this being in regular rotation at our home tiki bar!

I keep going back and forth on this like I’m Joe Manchin over here. Sometimes aim like “Ayyyy we got ourselves a contender!” And sometimes I’m like Ayyyy what is this upstart juice?” Overall it’s solid if a tad on the thin side . It’s also so complimentary to the super woke super sketchy super racist brand of Coke it’s the only label I’ll blend with it when no ones looking but the cat.