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Schotman's Barrel Selection Foursquare Barbados Rum 17 2005
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Sipped neat at cask strength, this is a fruity, coconut-forward Foursquare — coconut milk, banana and orange up front, with light oak and vanilla underneath. Most drinkers find the alcohol well integrated for 58.4%, though a few notice a metallic, bitter-sour edge on the palate. Rounder and softer than the spicier Foursquares, with less of their usual pepper punch.
The community says- Coconut & orange
- Well-integrated proof
- But: Metallic edge
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How does Schotman's Barrel Selection Foursquare Barbados Rum 17 2005 taste?
Summarized by AI from 51 community reviews.
Rounded, coconut-forward cask-strength Foursquare One of the better Foursquares by consensus — balanced, coconut-heavy and easy for the proof. If you want the spicier, deeper Exceptional Cask style, this leans softer than that.
Foursquare fans who like coconut and fruit
anyone after spicy, deep, wood-driven FS
Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat
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Positive from 8.0 · Mixed 6.0–7.9 · Critical below 6.0
Review by cigares
Most helpful positive review
Un nez de vernis et d’acétone, des fruits, des pâtisseries mais en arrière plan, banane et acérola. L’entrée de bouche est creuse, heurtée et chaotique. Le vernis/acétone domine. Après de longues secondes les fruits prennent le relais et forment une finale avec sucre brun, banane et acérola correcte. La finale, amère, mais plus équilibrée sauve ce rhum. Un des moins bon Foursquare que j’ai eu dans mon verre. Bien meilleur pourtant qu’à ma première dégustation.
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
Most helpful mixed review
Nice daily sipper, but doesn't sweep me off my feet. This rum also does not make me a Foursquare friend, it has nothing that makes me pay attention. For my taste also too expensive.
Review by Lukas Jäger
Tried at the 11th GRF and perhaps the secret highlight. Tasty Foursquare with character at a reasonable and fair price. No finish or barrel experiments, plus a nice and sympathetic team behind it, has me excited!
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
03.06.2026 Retasting and I still think it is pretty good. ----- 02.03.2023 Enjoying some samples at home. Colour Medium dark in colour. Nose Round, balanced, wood, light roasted, fruity, light banana, faint coconut, faint caramel, spice. Palate Round, wood, light roasted, fruits, light orange, faint chocolate, nutmeg, light coconut, light banana, spice. Finish Medium to long, wood, light roasted, light banana, light orange, spice, light caramel, faint chocolate.
Review by Jakob
Very pleasantly round and sweet. Almost an easy sipper. The strong spicy notes of other Foursquares are largely absent from this release - blind I would probably have been more with Belize. But of course the profile remains typical for Foursquare. Great release.
Review by Frank
Oh wow, super intense tropical coconut aromas on the nose. More precisely, fine coconut milk. In addition, very light and in the background banana and orange. Slowly comes a little vanilla and the wood takes over, but very subtle and rather fragrant cherry wood. I also detect a very subtle note of marzipan. Smells good. Palate: equally fruity-spicy, with coconut and orange, but first comes a tart, dry, almost metallic and slightly bitter-sour-salty thrust, which then turns into lime zest with animal currant and some oak. Then at the back again coconut with orange and still slightly metallic. Am not a ⏹️ fan, but this one is not bad.
Review by Leo Krüper
Nice, smooth Foursquare. Has everything you expect in a pleasant drinking strength.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Halfway tasty old foursquare but there are the "sister barrels" isonomy and royal Cane in my opinion much more harmonious and milder. This one is just too metallic and sharp for me...
Review by Johannes
Amazingly good Foursquare!
Review by Timo Groeger
Whisky Fair Rhein-Ruhr Düsseldorf April 2026. Schotmans Barrel Selection Foursquare Barbados Rum 17 2005. Jedenfalls wieder so ein fruchtiges Teil mit viel Kokosnuss, etwas Vanille und Karamell, aber da gibt es echt schlechtere.
Review by Christoph
Tasted quickly without expectations and had one of the best FS I know in the glass.
Review by DomM
Well rounded and wood forward FS.
Review by Piotr Ignasiak
Smells great, I get a typical pleasant Foursquare profile then with coconut, vanilla, coffee, some spices. On the palate a lot of coffee, red fruit and also this bitter sour and then metallic salty note in the background that I can't really call. Overall quite fine though I prefer the ECS releases that I have tried before, also that one note on the palate was a bit disturbing.
Review by Sebastian Kornett
An extraordinary Foursquare that is ranked very high. Very balanced and complex.
Review by Christian Rudt
Have now tasted this rum at the second German Rumfestival in a row. And what can I say. I just like it. Class barrel selection. Not overlaid. Successful bottling. Am glad here again a larger sample at the bottler to have grabbed. This Foursquare is fun.☺️😋
Review by Andi
Wow, very fruity, coconut, banana, in addition pairs vanilla, caramel and chocolate. For me personally the best Barbados rum I have tasted so far.
Review by Master P
After pouring into the glass, I first perceive coconut and some vanilla. The taste is very thin and sweet, coconut naturally and very slight orange. The finish is then very sharp-edged and slightly spicy. You can sip it, but the price-performance ratio is rather poor. Sample is enough here.
Review by Richard Krupa
caramel, softer. Light tail at the end
Review by Agricoler
Good Foursquare. My comparison of the Nobillary. This one seems even more concentrated. What is very pleasant, however, is the orange note. This is rarely found in the nose alongside the light floral notes. A very successful bottling with perfectly integrated alcohol.
Review by Michael Schillheim
Tasted at the 11th GRF. A surprise of the festival for me. Very good tum from the house of Foursquare.
Review by Jarek
Eigentlich ganz gut, aber der Alkohol ist ein kleines Bisschen zu dominant. Nachverkostung am kleinen Foursquare-Abend. Inzwischen etwas länger offen und vielleicht mehr oxidiert. Hat dem Rum gut getan, im Bezug auf die Alkoholintegration.
Review by Pavel Spacek
... Foursquare is a distillery from Barbados producing amazing rums for everyday sipping. This is a rum especially appreciated by rum lovers who are fed up with sugar and looking for a gentle, sweet rum full of coconut, vanilla, chocolate and caramel. Simply pleasant and not aggressive flavors.
Review by Anonymous
+ soft, smooth, warms the stone
Review by Mentalo
One of the better Foursquare rums, but even here it lacks depth and if you're not the biggest coconut fan. Slight barrel note makes it a bit more interesting, but it's just not my profile.
Review by Basti
Fair rating. On a par with most ECS bottlings. Unfortunately not as attractive in terms of price.
Review by Michal Jurka
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Review by Sebastiaan Linssen
This an excellent rum. I have discovered this brand at Rum Depot. Pleasant surprise. I tasted the rum together with the 19. Fantastic balanced taste. I prefer the 17 over the 19, the alcohol seems better integrated.
Review by Pavel Ungr, RumRock
Ročník 2005. S 8,1 z 10 jde o velmi dobrou lahev, byť ne špičku mého žebříčku.
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12 bottles logged by 12 collectors.
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16% opened, 2 emptied.
What did the community pay for Schotman's Barrel Selection Foursquare Barbados Rum 17 2005?
Community paid 125–161 €.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 157 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
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Details about Schotman's Barrel Selection Foursquare Barbados Rum 17 2005
A rum from Barbados, bottled by Schotman's Barrel Selection, at 58.4%.
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