Foursquare 2010 Exceptional Cask Selection XXI 12-Year

Foursquare 2010 Exceptional Cask Series is awesome. It hits all the right notes for me. Someone suggested it tasted alcohol. Bottled at 120 proof I would expect a little hint. I actually found this release to be a little less alcohol than my other favorite Redoubtable. It's great, enjoy.

I'll admit, I'm not a huge fan of the Foursquare rums. They're generally a bit dry with a too much bourbon aging. But this is above their average.

This rum has a strong bourbon flavor. Strong at 60%abv, but decent.

An above average rum from Foursquare, but I prefer their 2004, as it's a tad sweeter. :-)

Purchased a bottle of FS 2010 yesterday and sampled it tonight. Had I blind tested this one I would without a doubt have guessed Foursquare rum. Familiar aroma and taste, similar to the 2007 & 2008. Can never go wrong with FS ECS rums. Another great rum by Richard Seale. 👍

Sweetness, spices, full bodied but never overpowering. Right up there with one of the best years yet and a little different to 07, 08 and 09 which is nice :)

Wow what a great rainy day in Barbados. Visited Foursquare this morning and was offered a sample of 2010 their newest release that’s not distributed yet even in Barbados.

The tasting went on for over an hour and just before leaving the right hand man came in with the two cases and I was able to leave with the first 3 bottles sold in the world. One to drink now 2 to bring home.

Now on to the meat and potatoes, 2010 is aptly named as it carry’s on the tradition of 2008, 2009 with the classic Foursquare Bourbon notes just damn good solid lingering rum.

Purchased this and as usual, was not disappointed. Although it's very similar to the 2009, this is still a fantastic rum, always ready to please the pallet. Highly recommend!

This is my first full bottle of Foursquare. I've had the chance to taste a few different Foursquare bottles at tastings, and always rated them super high, but this is the first bottle I get to enjoy at home, and I'm in love. I was beginning to get worried because I recommended Foursquare to a friend and they didn't enjoy the high proof, but man are they wrong. This is one of those special bottles where the proof means more flavor, not more ethanol or bitterness. Strong notes of burnt sugar, very well balanced flavor, no overpowering wood or bitterness that I get from some other aged Barbados rums. Excellent.

Had some fun doing side by side comparisons between Doorly XO, Doorly 12, and R.L. Seale 12. This one blows the other three right out of the water. Unfortunately, I couldn't really do a blind tasting because the proof makes this one obvious, but the flavor is just amazing.

For a 120 proof rum, this is exceptionally smooth. One of the best sipping rums I've tried.

Coconut, cocoa, dark chocolate in aroma; sweeter caramel start, spices (clove and cinnamon) and wood barrel in body; warming barrel tail.

This rum introduced me to high proof spirits, took awhile to get used to the hotness. , Anyway now they are the only spirits I buy. This is a Bourbon drinkers rum. molasses hint, caramel, oak, vanilla, dark fruits, sorta like a Pepperidge Farm Bordeaux Caramelized Crisp Cookie. I liked it so much I went back and bought 3 more bottles. I probably would've given it a 10 but this is my first review,