LohRum Foursquare Barbados 8Y
Caramel, dark chocolate and mocha sit on a young, woody base here — a 63% cask-strength Foursquare from LohRum with an extra stretch in cognac cask. The trouble most tasters hit is the alcohol: hot, not fully tucked in, and it tends to bulldoze the nicer notes. Several found the Foursquare character only faintly recognizable. Give it lots of air.
- Caramel and mocha
- Dark chocolate notes
- Cognac cask twist
+10
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How does LohRum Foursquare Barbados 8Y taste?
Aggregated from 17 community reviews.
Hot young Foursquare, cognac-finished, needs air Most land around "ok but hot" — caramel, mocha and chocolate are there, but the alcohol stays sharp and the cognac finish adds harshness rather than smoothing it out. Needs serious time.
Cask-strength drinkers who like adding water and waiting
Anyone wanting a smooth, well-integrated Foursquare
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How is LohRum Foursquare Barbados 8Y rated?
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100% rate it between 6 and 8. Selected write-ups from 17 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Tom Buteneers
RumXmas 2022, #25, Bonus A & B: I poured the samples during Christmas dinner with family, so it wasn’t really the occasion for a lot of analysis up front. A is the original 8YO Foursquare and B is this one (extra 9 months in cognac cask). So far I’m not always a fan of cognac finishes because I often find it adds a sort of “harshness” to the rum, what I also find in this case. Both samples needed a lot of time to open up and even after a couple of hours the alcohol is stil present. It’s interesting to taste these two samples next to eachother. The A sample was more round to me and the B a little less sweet. After a lot of time some Foursquare notes were present, more detectable in A. I’m glad that the situation caused me to take a lot of time, it did justice to the rum.
Review by Galli33
#25th B dec RumXCalendar Blind tasting: Nose: spicy, roasted Mouth: spicy, roasted, mocha Finish: long, astringend, mocha, roasted, oak, cognac This is one of the few rums I personally don't like. The alcohol could be integrated better, but for a foursquare it’s such OK This is super hard… i think this is from Monymusk ca.60% approx. 15 Years
Review by zabo
Nachdem ich nun Batch#2 probiert habe, also back to the Roots und Batch#1 probieren. Die Bewertungen die ich schon vorher mal gelesen hatte, kann ich so nicht bestätigen. Vermutlich liegt es daran, das mein Sample das ich von Flo bekommen habe, aus einer Flasche ist, die schon länger geöffnet ist. Die typischen Foursquare Noten kann ich hier schon schmecken, genauso wie das Cognac Finish. Finde den Rum eher kräftig, der Alkohol ist zwar nicht perfekt eingebunden, aber denoch erträglich. Für den ersten Versuch, nochmals riesen Respekt an euch.
Review by Tropheus80
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Review by Thunderbird
Vielen Dank für die Zugabe im RumX-Kalender an Jarek👍🏻! Auf Foursquare wäre ich hier nie gekommen! Insgesamt überwiegt die alkoholische Schärfe, es sind jedoch schöne Ansätze von Schokolade und Mokka wahrnehmbar!
Review by Tschusikowsky
Junger und recht stechender Rum. Selbst wenn man weiss dass es FS ist, kann der Charakter nur schemenhaft herausgeschmeckt werden. Kokosnuss, Schokolade und Karamell kommen raus. Im Abgang dann getrocknete Aprikose und Nuss. Alkohol aber recht heftig. Coole Aktion dennoch! Danke für die Spende im Kalender.
Review by Christian Rudt
Danke in die Community für diese Zugabe im Kalender. Das Finish gibt hier etwas mehr her, während die typischen FS-Noten dominant bleiben kommt das Cognacfass vor allem im Finish zu tragen. Am Ende sind dann beide Rums etwas zu alkoholisch bzw. scharf, die richtige Balance und den richtigen Zeitpunkt für eine Abfüllung zu finden ist eben eine Kunst die man erlernen muss.
Review by TheRhumhoe
Un jeune Foursquare assez direct, qui dévoile des notes de noix de coco, de chocolat, de caramel et des épices douces avec une touche subtile de bois. Le profil olfactif typique de Foursquare est ici terriblement sommaire, simpliste et même un peu agressif avec l’alcool, dont on ressent les effluves. En bouche, l’attaque est encore plus alcoolique. La piqûre de l’alcool est assez désagréable et empêche d’apprécier les quelques arômes (déjà peu nombreux) que présente ce rhum. On peut ressentir une légère influence du fût de Cognac, mais cela ne va pas plus loin avec le caramel, le chocolat, le bois jeune, quelques fruits secs et les épices. La finale est tout aussi peu mémorable, assez courte avec ces notes caramélisées et épicées, sans grand spectacle. Un rhum malheureusement très instable et qui ne convient ni à un palais averti, ni aux néophytes.
Details about LohRum Foursquare Barbados 8Y
A rum from Barbados, bottled by LohRum, at 63%.
Community purchases
11 bottles logged by 3 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
72% opened, 6 emptied and repurchased.
11 purchased · 17 tasted · as of
About the Foursquare distillery
The Foursquare distillery is located in Barbados. Rums from Foursquare have been reviewed 13,971 times with an average of 8.3/10.
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