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Lighter and quieter than most Foursquare fans expect — that's the running theme here. You get the familiar vanilla, caramel, coconut and milk chocolate, with red-fruit and cinnamon notes from the Zinfandel cask. At 48% it drinks easy, but many tasters wished for more punch and body. Pleasant and well-balanced, just not the most memorable ECS release.
The community says- Nice balance
- Zinfandel red fruit
- But: Feels thin
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Light, balanced Foursquare that wants more punch Well-made and drinkable, but repeatedly called thin and a touch bitter. Fans enjoy the balance and Zinfandel fruit; many rate it among the weaker, less exciting ECS bottlings.
Aroma profileFoursquare fans wanting an easy, red-fruit ECS sipper
Anyone chasing bold, punchy, high-complexity rum
Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat
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216 community reviews
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Positive from 8.0 · Mixed 6.0–7.9 · Critical below 6.0
Review by BigFlax
A sweet creamy nose right off the bat, sliding to notes of baking spice and suggestions of the Zinfandel cask. On the palate, mildly creamy body with natural sweetness; banana, spice, and wine barrel notes. Lingering warm finish with hints of oak and dried fruits.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Most helpful positive review
Very nice sipping foursquare. The zinfandel red wine barrel brings nice notes of red fruits, cinnamon and tannins and harmonizes very well. Yummy! Could only have a tad more steam...But probably the best what was foursquare rums so far in zinfandel casks gefinished!I like surprisingly well! It does not always have to be barrel strength ...
Review by Stefan Persson
Most helpful mixed review
Overall a much lighter Foursquare than usual that could be a good start to explore their ECS series. We were some friends teaming up at Cane Rum Society in Stockholm to celebrate Foursquare Appreciation Day. We started up with tasting of the four different ones seen at the added photo under lead of the Swedish importer Lars Renbjer. First out was the Touchstone which I have reviewed earlier and rated at 8,8. Next out was the Indelible (ECS XVIII) which is a blend of 11 year old molasses rums distilled in pot- & column stills and aged on site in ex-Bourbon and ex-Zinfandel Casks. The nose and palate is light, would even say weak for an Foursquare. Had to warm it up a little to recognize the aromas and tastes. Picture: The four Foursqures tasted this evening at Cane Rum Society in Stockholm.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
24.10.2025 Finishing my sample and I find it pretty OK. Have a few bottles on the shelf just in case 😅 ---------- A nice release and almost up to par with its predecessors. Very fruity with chocolate and vanilla. Brown sugar can also be found in the back. Medium long finish with a light touch of wood.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,5:On the, the first impression is nose light and fruity with all Bajan characteristics, peaches and barely ripe exotic fruits, with very beautiful passion fruit, butterscotch, sweet spices, where cinnamon is strong, toasted coconut and wood. On aeration, spices are a bit stronger, there is wood and creamy nuts with dried fruits, bourbon notes come out. 8,2:On the palate, the first attack is with toasted oak, coconut, banana, some caramel, a bit roasted. They mingle with spices as cinnamon and vanilla. It is rather dry and light, a bit salty, rhe yellow bourbon fruits are buttery and light. 8,4:The finish is long, woody and dry with bourbon yellow fruits, orange peel and butterscotch, vanilla...
Review by MarcT
The low ABV makes this an easy drink, the profile does remind me a bit of a good spanish style Rum.
Review by Mirko Frosini 🇮🇪
Good, but Barbados rums are not really in my wheelhouse.Alcohol not well integrated for its 48 degrees. Hints of chocolate and lychee.
Review by TheRhumhoe
For a titration at 48% like Doorly's 14 years old but with 3 years less aging, this Foursquare Indelible does not offer a clear difference. On the nose as on the palate, we find the same notes of dried fruits, vanilla and spices. The Zinfandel adds notes of wine and prunes that give roundness, but it is not enough to provoke ecstasy. The finish is moderately long and fairly linear, falling short of expectations. While not bad, this rum could have been better with more aging and a higher alcohol content.
Review by Pavel Spacek
... Foursquare is a distillery from Barbados producing amazing rums for everyday sipping. It's a rum especially appreciated by rum lovers who are fed up with sugar and are looking for a gentle, sweet rum full of coconut, vanilla, chocolate, and caramel. Simply pleasant and not aggressive flavors.
Review by Rick Meyer
Fantastic burst of flavors in this rum. Wow!
Review by Jakob
The 48% unfortunately seems somewhat tamed - what remains is a primarily spicy-smoky rum with hints of fresh and dried red fruits and the classic melange of oak, vanilla, caramel and light minerality. Not a bad rum, but in my opinion only conditionally convincing and just in view of the large amount of other, very comparable Foursquares simply no more than average.
Review by Timo Groeger
A quite pleasant Foursquare, nothing special, but I find it tasty. Coconut is clearly noticeable here again, otherwise it has a slight sweetness, vanilla, chocolate, and caramel stand out.
Review by Jarek
Unlike the previous Zinfandel, I can hardly taste the finish here. The Indelible is more on the spicy side and not as thin as the predecessor. Ideally, I would want the previous Zinfandel with the power of the Indelible.
Review by Marcel.
Like most Foursquare stuff this is a good drink. It has a lot of complexity but somehow feels quite flat for some reason. I’m a bit disappointed with this bottle as I bought it with a markup without realizing it has only 48abv. I wouldn’t recommend this bottle even at msrp.
Review by mto75
not particularly present on the nose, what comes next goes towards vanilla, caramel, cherry wood. On the palate similar notes, especially caramel. The finish is short. One can describe it benevolentlyas round, but ratherlicherweise for me a FS that does not leave a particularly lasting impression. Then rather at a more moderate price the Doorly's 14.
Review by Adde
very weak smell and taste, very friendly, weak alcoholic sensation
Review by Tim
If you approach this rum with dampened expectations (low ABV...), you will be all the more positively surprised. Red fruits and spices (cinnamon!) dominate this rum. Along with chocolate, vanilla, wood. Quite round and tasty. A few more percent would have been good.
Review by DomM
For me definitely on the lower end of the ECS / IB Foursquare Universe. It’s not terrible, but just a little unassuming. There are plenty of better FS bottles out there.
Review by Louis Zimmermann
A Foursquare with little wattage. A nice roundness from start to finish, vanilla blends with a very fine woodiness. Some spice notes to add depth to the tasting. Very gourmand and accessible.
Review by Maxime Clr 🇫🇷
Nice nose really reminding the Foursquare markers. In mouth it's not so good, it's bitter and we lose the greediness of the nose. Very short finish. Disappointment on this FS.
Review by tojo
Pleasing FS with notes of fruit, vanilla, wood.
Review by Pierre-Antoine RVT
Woody on the nose and palate. A comforting rum after a good day's work, with autumn coming on and the cold too... I can see it with a fire in the fireplace and snow falling outside! Suitable for all types of connoisseurs
Review by Julien Ries
Le nez nous emmène tout de suite sur les marqueurs typiques de la Barbade et de Foursquare en particulier. A savoir une vanille très présente sur fond de caramel mou gourmand. Un léger boisé des plus racé est présent, nappé d'un vernis là encore assez caractéristique, mais très discret. Ce nez est très marqué par un fond de fruits confits, des abricots, un peu de prune. Il y a aussi un côté gourmand et patissier de frangipane et de chocolat au lait en second nez. Les 48° degrés sont là, mais bien intégrés. La bouche est sèche, ronde, envahie par la coco et ce chocolat au lait encore très présent. Il y a un fond de raisin sec et de cannelle qui abreuve le côté très gourmand de ce rhum. La finale est longue, un peu mentholée, et le chêne revient nous hanter un bon moment de sa noblesse avec une pointe d'amertume. J'ai passé un excellent moment avec ce rhum et je ne peux que le conseiller à ceux qui veulent changer du rhum agricole sans s'aventurer trop loin de leurs repères.
Review by zabo
Edit: Nachdem ich nun einige Foursquare Abfüllungen mehr probiert habe, muss ich diesen leider nach unten korrigieren. Für mich die schwächste Abfüllung aus dieser Reihe. Schade eigentlich, weil ich sonst immer sehr angetan war von dieses ECS. Auch hier wieder das typische Foursquare Profil, das ich mag, aber ein paar Prozente hätten ihn vielleicht besser getan. Für mich auch ein sehr guter Daily für zwischendurch.
Review by Alessandro
I liked it, I finished a bottle at home. Both on the nose and taste, fruity, a good rum to offer guests ✌🏻
Review by Rowald Sweet Empire
Very different than the Zinfandel. More modern Foursquare and thus more in line as their recent outputs (it is possible you're a bit bored by that). Less wine/fruity more dry and full of spices. Glue. More burn (more abv 43 vs 48%). I sort of like em both but find the old Zinfandel a bit more interesting because it is different...if only that one was 48%. Cool juice still. The fans will love it.
Review by Portman
I'm happy to have gotten another bottle. Typically excellent ECS rum!
Review by Leo Krüper
Light, shallow, summer. Hazelnut and sweetness. Not a great, complex hammer, but simple sipping rum. Whether this justifies the prices and especially the stress of sourcing.... I am unsure.
Review by Philip M. 🇧🇪
30/01/2026: tasting at home. I like the flavours that are presented together with the zinfandel influence, but it lacks some punch. For this reason it feels somewhat thin on the palate. Really drinkable though. Not sure if it's worth the extra price compared to the Doorly's 14.
Review by Cinci
Very nice drop from the house of Foursquare. The influence from the red wine cask is clearly noticeable but does not overpower the rum. Could be a bit more powerful in body. Classic cask aromas like vanilla, spices, or chocolate in the aroma, paired with dried fruit notes.
Review by Abrahan Reyes
Everything from Foursquare is synonym of quality and this one is not an exception. On the nose lots of berries and the typical caramel that I always get with Foursquare. On the palate the the caramel is there as also some dark chocolate and cherries
Review by Johannes
For me, a rather weak FS.
Review by Ian Gilman
After revisiting Foursquare (and developing a taste for whiskey), I really love this stuff. Need to do a full review again!
Review by Rhum Mirror 🇧🇪
WEEKEND BOTTLE KILLER Foursquare Indelible – 48% A name that promises a lot... Indelible, literally indelible, something that leaves a lasting mark. But is that really the case? 🤔 The Foursquare Indelible is the 18th installment of the legendary ECS – Exceptional Cask Selection series, a series that has just come to an end with the Mark XXXI, aptly named... Epilogue. A Foursquare not quite like the others 11 years – 48% Blend of pot still and column still rums, aged in ex-Bourbon and ex-Zinfandel casks. And it's precisely the Zinfandel that brings its little special touch here. Indelible is directly linked to the Foursquare Zinfandel – ECS IV: part of this previous blend, which had benefited from 5 years in ex-Bourbon then 6 years in Zinfandel casks, was kept and reassembled with another 11-year-old rum aged in ex-Bourbon. On the nose: elegant, sweet, red fruits and gourmand notes. On the palate: red fruits, chocolate, spices and wood, with a more pronounced winey and tannic influence than on a classic Foursquare. A Foursquare more fruity and winey than average, while retaining the distillery's DNA. An accessible, elegant and pleasant Foursquare, more about finesse than power. But personally... A nice Foursquare, but nothing more. Contrary to its name, Indelible did not leave me an indelible mark! 😂 🔥 And for the undecided... Don't wait to sign up for Thursday's tasting restart! 👉 Only ONE spot left before the tasting is full. You've been warned!
Review by Martin Mihaly
A good Foursquare offering, not as good as I expected. Wet sweet, vanilla with coconut, intense, caramelized sugar and polish. On the palate woody with coconut, some cherry-vanilla notes, alcohol is well integrated. On the finish nicely woody, oak wood, coconut.
Review by Jakob Mmmmhhh
Huh? What happened there? Watered down, thin, bitter... a good but not very good rum, and definitely not what I expected from FS otherwise. The first FS that has disappointed me, and there even very much, but maybe I just did not understand him. Let me gladly enlighten what the artist wanted to aim here :)
Review by Michal S
One of the weaker Foursquare rums, relatively poor in aroma and taste. Similar to the classic profile, but subdued.
Review by hulk banner
Excellent rum, as per from foursquare
Review by Maurice Martin
The Indelible impresses me less with spectacular aromas than with its great balance. On the nose, I find vanilla, caramel, a bit of cocoa, and with some air, dry wine aromas and strawberry compote. On the palate, the fruit remains and is accompanied by dried fruits, dark chocolate, and mocha. The finish is clearly noticeable and brings pleasant tannins as well as a dry, elegant note. The alcohol initially feels a bit stronger than expected but integrates very well quickly. In the finish, strawberry compote, mocha, and dry oak wood linger. Very harmonious for me.
Review by Kéké
Good but a bit below the other ECS I've tasted. Maybe too young but still quite soft and round with the typical notes of coconut, cocoa and vanilla from the FS.
Review by Enriko Špinler
I was not very impressed with this Foursquare. It is definitely a rum that will find its fans, but I was looking in vain for something that could keep me with this rum. Aroma - vanilla, caramel, chocolate, cherry, hints of wood and spices Taste - caramel, red fruit, wood, chocolate Finish - dry, vanilla, fruit, chocolate
Review by Vojta
Very pleasant rum Lots of wood coffee and chocolate Little more abv could make it even more interesting Alcohol is very well integrated Medium finish
Review by maxlasvegas
I am not sad to have bought this one. Might not be for everyone everyday, but it is worth trying. Nudging thr bar a bit higher.
Review by Solidfunk
Softer and smoother than the 2011 12-year or the Covenant. This is like sweet fruit--very pleasant but not as complex as those two, which I just had in a flight. Doesn't stand significantly better than the much more affordable Doorlys, so while this is very good, I'm glad I didn't buy a whole bottle. Mango and some grapes, though the wine vibe is very subtle. Golden copper pour. A hint of spice in the finish. Foursquare flight at Green Zone. Great entry for my 100th rating.
Review by Mirco
Rum Club Switzerland Tasting Set. Thanks Denis for organizing. Nice, rather classic Foursquare with good balance. On the nose vanilla, coconut, some oak and a light fruitiness. On the palate soft and spicy with caramel, wood and some dried fruit. Round and pleasant to drink, without being particularly loud or complex. Solid bottling with a nice Foursquare character.
Review by Kieron Wood
Tasting notes Nosing As soon as I cracked the sample the room was filled with the delightful smells of barbados . Butter and macadamia nuts dominate my nose initially strong oak smell which I don't mind given the quality of the rum .. I get a faint cherry nose after letting it settle for a while ... Tasting Wow on the intial tasting the oak is prominent and then is smashed with fruity notes from the zinfandel finish ...
Review by George P Burdell
Vanilla and coconut on the nose, adds in some caramel on the palate, chocolate on the finish. Like a Samoa Girl Scout cookie
Review by Adrianv
Average Foursquare, bit bitter and woody, but okay sipper
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5 critics scored it, averaging 8.8/10. Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum.
Expert review by RumRock
Read full review ›As I wrote in the introduction, we have been waiting a long time for the new aging style and it's great that Richard listened to our requests. We might be in for big things if Foursquare continues to revisit older rums and casks and create new and new pieces thanks to them. It's not bad to sometimes go back a bit even in terms of % alcohol.
Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
Read full review ›For me it drinks way beyond its ABV and has a remarkable depth and complexity. It's dangerously drinkable and all in all a pretty stunning rum. I've really enjoyed this and I hope I can find another.......sadly unlike its name its been rather easily removed from most retailers........
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563 bottles logged by 387 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
12% opened, 37 emptied.
What does Foursquare ECS XVIII Indelible cost?
Community paid 66–119 €.
Current best price: 148.00 € – above the typical community range.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 98 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›
+10 additions in the last 3 months.
Additions per month over the last 12 months; dark bars: the last 3.
563 purchased · 225 tasted · 82 wishlist · as of
Details about Foursquare ECS XVIII Indelible
A Pot & Column Still Rum from Barbados, distilled by Foursquare, at 48%.
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