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Habitation Velier Foursquare Barbados 2013
Surprise here is the age: just two years in cask, bottled at a full 64%. Expect vanilla, caramel and dried raisins over roasted nuts and oak, with banana and a varnish/solvent edge. The big catch most tasters name is the alcohol — young and not fully tucked in. A few drops of water pulls it together and lets the fruit and baking spice show.
- Typical Foursquare notes
- Rich dried fruit
- Tames with water
+10
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How does Habitation Velier Foursquare Barbados 2013 taste?
Aggregated from 128 community reviews.
Young, hot cask-strength Foursquare, needs water Opinions split. Many find typical Foursquare nuts, vanilla and dried fruit hiding under hot, poorly integrated alcohol from its young age; water helps. Some love the punch, others call it unbalanced.
Foursquare fans curious about a raw young pot-still cask-strength dram
Anyone wanting a smooth, well-aged sipper or sensitive to high ABV
How is Habitation Velier Foursquare Barbados 2013 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict , 8.0 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 83% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 3% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Selected write-ups from 128 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Based on 128 ratings
Review by Adam Rajchert
mleczny, rodzynkowy, wilgotny, mleczko kokosowe, ananas, cytrusy, zmywacz do paznokci, karmel, tropikalne owoce, przyprawy, orzechy, drewno Owoce, kokosy, mleczko kokosowe, żółte owoce, przyprawy, zioła, banany, gałka muszkatołowa, prażone migdały i wiórki kokosowe, chlebek bananowy, nerkowce, czekolada, ślad espresso, cukier trzcinowy, dojrzały ananas, liście pandan, herbata zielona, imbir, kandyzowane pomarańcze, oleisty, tytoń długi, oleisty, kokosowy, mleko orzechowe
Review by Johannes
Blind was the rum for me an absolute failure. Alcohol poorly integrated, too young, unbalanced, missing notes. Can not really be bottled so.
Review by Rumclub Latvia
Superb 2 (almost 3) years old rum
Review by Alexander Rasch
Brother Ewww.... what is it. Surprisingly thin on the nose. On the palate like a sugar cane schnapps and in the finish even really strictly alcoholic. It's a bit strange that a cask is bottled so unfinished. Perhaps exciting for friends of unaged rums. For me rather .... nope... not necessarily.
Review by Harald
Color: Gold Aroma: Alcoholic and fresh with vanilla Fruity - yellow fruits, pineapple Honey. Taste: Honeyed and vanilla in the mouth, oily and creamy. On the swallow alcoholic, spicy and fruity. Finish: Long and spicy. Vanilla, fruit, remains sweet (honey). Warms from deep inside Conclusion: Fruity, honeyed and delicious.
Review by Tschusikowsky
Still relatively new and not classic Foursquare for me.
Review by Hans
Einfach nur gut!
Review by Rhum Mirror 🇧🇪
The nose is very expressive, it's heavy in aroma ! No tongs, it's direct: vanilla, raisins, tropical fruits, olives ... all sweetened with marzipan! For a 2 years old, it's quite crazy as a nose. In the mouth, it is rum, real, intense. We feel that it is cruelly young, the alcohol is very present. It is mainly woody-chocolate. It is very creamy in the mouth. The finish is moderately long on the woodiness with a little disturbing final astringency. It's young, it's punchy, it's powerful, it's surprising ... it's nice to taste in a lineup.
Review by Mathieu C.
Powerful mouthfeel but very controlled especially given the titration at 64 degrees Woody and chocolate in the center of the tasting Successful for 2 years of age ... Reminds an agricultural ...
Review by Filip Heimerle
Typical foursqure. Very harsh need some drops
Review by Yves Remord
Un rum puissant en bouche qui cache bien son jeu. Les 64% sont bien intégrés. La noisette fraîche est vraiment très très agréable !
Review by Steffmaus🇩🇰
A rather young, light rum. Decent rum, but a rather bitter aftertaste. Could be given to the 64% ABV. In the nose I found some fruit and spicyness, and I got notes of tropical fruits, oak and hints of spices
Review by Michael Janek
23.5.2024 vůně je nevýrazná, jen nějaký jemnounky vánek , velmi pozvolna se rozvíjí a sílí chuť je fakt medová, ale rašplová
Review by John Coffey
Alcool très mal intégré et palette aromatique très limité à mon goût
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
This one carries a punch so a few drops of water will balance out the high proof. It is a rich rum with lots of flavour.
Review by Oliver
On the palate, one notices its young age. The alcohol comes across quite biting here. But one recognizes typical Foursquare notes. On the palate then still quite biting. But I would have blindly estimated it significantly older than 2 years. With a few drops of water, the alcoholic note is still there on the nose, but on the palate the bottling becomes more balanced and develops more flavors. But the bottom line is that the release is too alcoholic and unbalanced for me.
Review by Benoit Mahe
The alcohol is not integrated well enough but this Foursquare in extreme mode is original and could have been very appealing with a little reduction.
Review by David
Alcohol too present and too young for my taste.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,1:On the nose, a banana bumps into our nosetrils, then varnish, solvents, woody notes with vanilla, caramelized nuts. On aeration, dried fruits like raisins, figs arise, citrus with a lemon, the rum becomes more spicy. 8,3:On the palate, the attack is strong with roasted wood notes like nuts, spicy pepper, later baking spices, a bit smoky, as a molasses is honeyed.The fruits are dried with raisins, figs, there is some banana, citrus with a lemon peel, alcohol is not integrated very well, inspite that is tasty.We notice burnt sugar, perhaps caramelized. 8,2:The finish is dry and a bit smoky, spicy with a pinch of salt, the fruits are dried and citrus..
Review by TheRhumhoe
A very young Foursquare at the crossroads between alcohol and the acquisition of its typical aromas. On the nose, however, it is very shy, with oak, dried fruit, nuts and a few spices forming the main olfactory elements. It does, however, show a touch of alcohol at first sight. The attack on the palate is powerful. The alcohol makes itself felt, stinging the palate and biting the tongue. Razor-sharp, the rum reveals only a few dark, spicy, woody and empyreumatic notes. It doesn't reveal much, and doesn't necessarily want to after aeration. The finish is short and uninteresting, as it is equally strong, rough and closed to tasting. A difficult rum to approach on all levels. Assuming that the initial idea was to show that a young rum could have character, this is a fact, but there's clearly a casting error here, as the rum is aggressive and unbalanced.
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Details about Habitation Velier Foursquare Barbados 2013
A Pot Still Rum from Barbados, bottled by Habitation Velier, at 64%.
Community purchases
370 bottles logged by 291 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
22% opened, 12 emptied and repurchased.
What does Habitation Velier Foursquare Barbados 2013 cost?
Community paid €60–€120.
Current best price: €139.00 – above the typical community range.
What members actually paid for their bottles. A typical range, not the current shop price. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
+5 purchases in the last 3 months.
Added to collections, last 12 months.
370 purchased · 132 tasted · 29 wishlist · as of
About the Foursquare distillery
The Foursquare distillery is located in Barbados. Rums from Foursquare have been reviewed 13,816 times with an average of 8.3/10.
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