This Basil Hayden 10 year rye is incredibly smooth and easy to sip but my seared taste buds are partly to blame. After first pour I’m looking forward to trying it again later after letting it sit.
Overpaid by a decent amount, but I’ve been eyeing this baby for months. Decided to pull the trigger after receiving a modest pay raise.
Picked up this one today and a bond and Lillard I’d been staring at for about a year. I’ve heard good things about the WP
I grabbed that the other day. My general disdain for WP aside I thought it was a decent bottle for 40ish bucks.
Thats not bad. I paid 125 for the first one I got, 90 for the second and 110 for the third. I love that bottle.
I think MGP took over the Seagrams rickhouses. Maybe? That bottle is probably pretty interesting. Welcome to the Foursquare fam!
Oh ok, thanks for the heads up! I haven’t bought one, mainly because I was worried the Flintstones profile was too prevalent in it
I would buy both of them. Its delicious and if secondary is your thing you could flip easily however secondary is the devil
I may buy them & sit on them unless one of you fellas wants one - I’ll report back if I make it to that store in the next week
B519 fucks Still enjoying the Wilderness Trail single barrel, good wheater, don’t @ me WillieHuff we should drink whiskey when you get your new gig, no homo, not that there’s anything wrong with that
So weird. I ordered the Foursquare from those guys at Continental. Today they sent an email advertising it. If anyone is interested. Not sure if these prices are good, but they didn’t seem outrageous to me from what I’ve seen. Foursquare Date: 05/30/2020 FOURSQUARE RUM..... Try something different this week as the weather heats up. Foursquare has been dubbed as the "Pappy of Rum" and just some background history on this amazing distillery. In 1926, the Seale family began buying rum from Barbados distilleries, blending and selling it under the R. L. Seale name, eventually acquiring other brands like Doorly’s (one of the cornerstone brands of the family’s rum business to this day). Then, in the mid-1990s, Richard Seale, the fifth generation in the family business, worked with his father to renovate a shuttered sugar factory into a modern Bajan distillery. Today, the Foursquare Rum Distillery’s capacity rivals that of Mount Gay, its island neighbor. Although Richard Seale was the first in his family to distill rather than purchase rum, he had the advantage of learning in an environment exceptionally well-versed in how great rum should taste. As both master distiller and master blender, Seale sets forth a vision of honest rum—distilled in pot and traditional column stills and unadulterated with any added sugar or sweet wines. The first Foursquare-branded Exceptional Cask Series release, 1998, landed in the market in 2009. The pipeline began to spin up with the 2014 release of the Port Cask Finish and Zinfandel Cask Finish expressions, which were well received by rum insiders. However, it wasn’t until his full-proof, ex-bourbon 2004 bottling, released in 2016, that he began to convert bourbon fans.....we have 6 expressions on offer today 2005,2007, Dominus, Empery, Premise & Sagacity, check them out now Foursquare - Dominus Rum An astonishingly good 10-year-old blend of pot- and column-still rums, aged for three years in ex-bourbon barrels and seven years in ex-Cognac casks. Fragrant and decidedly moreish. TASTING NOTES FROM THE PRODUCER NOSE Rounded and fruity with touches of sweet, fragrant spice. PALATE Seductive. Crème caramel, mocha, treacle and Turkish spices sparkle on a bed of fruit and beautifully integrated oak. Very easy drinking for the strength. Captivates your senses. $199.99 Foursquare - Empery Rum Matured in a combination of ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks for 14 years, Foursquare Empery is a blend of pot and column-still rums from Barbados. The ninth release for the Exceptional Cask series, Empery is a rich and fruity rum, with notes of dried fruits, dark chocolate and fudge. $98.99 Foursquare - Exceptional Cask Selection Bourbon Cask 2005 A blend of pot- and column-distilled rum, aged in ex-bourbon casks for 12 years. Winner of the International Spirits Challenge Supreme Champion award 2018 – the spirit voted best across the entire competition. TASTING NOTES FROM THE PRODUCER NOSE Intense, with a classic Bajan profile of vanilla and dried fruits with a touch more smoke and spice due to the high ABV. PALATE Rich, deep notes of oak and spice at first, followed by some vanilla and dark chocolate and touches of baked banana. Warming. With water, a little less oaky spice and more dried fruits. Entices you back to the glass for another sip. $74.99 Foursquare - Exceptional Cask Selection Bourbon Cask 2007 This single-vintage rum from Foursquare distillery in Barbados, a blend of pot and column still rum has been aged in ex-bourbon casks for 12 years, creating a rich character with notes of vanilla, spice and sweet dried fruits. $79.99 Foursquare - Premise Rum Very easy to drink, this new rum from Foursquare was aged in both bourbon and sherry casks for a decade, adding layers of vanilla, brown sugar, tropical fruit and spice. A blend of both pot- and column-still rums, this is destined to be another classic from rum maestro Richard Seale. $58.99 Foursquare - Sagacity Rum A blend of 12-year-old rums from Foursquare distillery in Barbados, matured in ex-bourbon and ex-Madeira casks. This single traditional blended rum (a blend of pot- and column-distilled rums from the same distillery) is part of the wildly – and deservedly – popular Exceptional Cask Selection series, which also includes notable bottles such as Foursquare 2005, Dominus, and Empery. $69.98
Yes, I know. These are the guys that I brought to the board when I didn’t know, but the four square prices didn’t seem crazy and I can’t find it anywhere else locally.
Any of the others that you recommend? I compared the 2005, which I own to the 2007 you sent me and the 2007 is much better for me.
Those are the same prices I pay here at specs (goat chain). Everyone is different but for me 2007>2004>zin cask (really it's a three-way tie for #1 they're all three so different I just like higher proof) > sagacity> 2005 > dog poo > empery
Yes, when I saw the reviews and the price, I decided not to even bother with that. I really loved the 2007 that pperc sent me. I like the 2005, but the 2007 is on another level. I like the balance of the sweet and oaky.
Look out for 2008 and Nobiliary I’d say. I think I sent you some Zin Cask but that’s also an older, discontinued bottling.
I just tasted Mellow Corn. Young, accurate to the name... Groundbreaking taste profile and complexity? No. Good for $9 a bottle? Yes.
So, lets take a minute to talk about something that’s never discussed ITT. The inarguably best aspect of enjoying whiskey is doing so safely and responsibly. I love God, my wife, and coffee. I’d drop whisky in a heartbeat if it meant giving up any of those three (unless you’d sell my Lot B at the same price I pay for a weeks worth of coffee beans, then we can talk.) If any of you have even the slightest inkling that you’re struggling with alcoholism, please talk to someone. It doesn’t have to be a counselor, your pastor/imam/rabbi/spaghetti monster in the sky, but you have to talk to someone. This isn’t just off-the-cuff... I have a friend that has gone into treatment; I’m helping him move his collection on the secondary. With every bottle I sell, I get a little more enjoyment out of knowing he’s where he needs to be and his family will have a fat stack of cash waiting for him. Spoiler
He has two kids and the bills are adding up. I’m getting him full secondary. Sorry. $1,200 for ER17 type bullshit.
Added another Michaels 10 to the fam today. My William weller is about to have a twin which is really nice.
absolutely go for it. I hope you get top dollar for everything. Hope things get better for him. Is this the big bankroll guy you have been buying for?
I’m not going to say it’s not. This is what I’m posting at starting tomorrow. Ask is 10% over sell because every idiot on the secondary has to haggle.