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Foursquare ECS VIII Premise 2008
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Vanilla, coconut and dark chocolate sit on a base of sherry-soaked oak here — the classic Foursquare balance, just softer and more subtle than the cask-strength ECS bottlings. Most call it a very easy sipper with natural sweetness and roasted, nutty depth. The recurring gripe: at 46% some find it a touch thin and short on excitement, so it charms more than it grabs you.
The community says- Trademark balance
- Coconut and vanilla
- Keep in mind: Can feel thin
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How does Foursquare ECS VIII Premise 2008 taste?
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Balanced, easy-sipping sherry-cask Foursquare Loved as a gentle, well-balanced Foursquare with sherry warmth and coconut-vanilla ease. The catch a few name: it can read thin and simple, and the heavy sherry oak isn't for everyone.
Aroma profileFans of balanced, sherry-influenced sipping rums
People who want bold, high-intensity rum
Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat
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Yes, if you're after characterful, mature, oaky rums for sipping neat.
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108 community reviews
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Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Most helpful positive review
27.10.2025 Finishing the last sample I have, next time it's the bottle I have. Retasting and I still find it well balanced and nice. ---------- If you know the Foursquare Port Cask Finish, then this one is similar but more subtle in general. A nice complex rum with natural sweetness to it.
Review by Timo Groeger
Most helpful mixed review
Really a nice Foursquare, it's really good for sipping. Pleasant sweetness, we have vanilla, caramel, dark chocolate and coconut here. Also quite roasty. But unfortunately too thin, otherwise it would be better.
Review by Jakob
For me, this is one of the best sipping rums from Foursquare. Various other releases at cask strength have already shown that Foursquare harmonizes well with ex-sweet wine casks, and here is proof of this at reduced drinking strength.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,7:On the nose, roasted wood notes and sherry barrel, sweet, with leather, caramel, chocolate, pastry, spicy vanilla, buttery, raisins, toasted coconut, some varnish, molasses with tobacco, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, citrus and dried apricots arise, metallic patina and hints of sulphur, brown sugar and roasted nuts. 8,7:On the palate, the attack is sweet with roasted oak notes, sherry barrel finish, like caramel, burnt sugar, dark chocolate, nuts, leather, syrupy, creamy, full bodied, fruity with dried, citrus fruits, coconut, balanced, spicy with baking spices, vanilla. 8,7:The finish is long, sweet, dry&tannic, round, buttery, as roasted oak notes with dark chocolate, macaroons, pastry, nuts, spicy, pair mineral molasses with licorice and tobacco, fruits like coconut, citrus, cherry and grapes. Edit:5.8.26
Review by cigares
A varnish blended with fruit on the nose, marzipan. Discretion and elegance, a fresh, pastry-like quality. A soft, balanced, woody and slightly diluted attack on the palate. A short but still elegant finish. Pineapple and monoi in the empty glass. A rum that's no competition beast, but one that knows how to seduce. I love it!
Review by Johannes
Some port influence, light orange note, marzipan, alcohol not particularly well integrated despite the dilution. Seems a bit young.
Review by Oliver
Very good easy-sipping Foursquare. The reduction to 46% does not dilute it at all — on the contrary: great intensity and aroma density. Perfect drinking strength. I really like the sherry influence.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Very very tasty easy sipping foursquare. The 48% are ideally chosen. Nice combo of coconut, milk chocolate, grape jelly and some caramel with salt.
Review by Tim
Solid rum, I think you can place it quite well next to a Doorly 14y. Sherry finish is noticeable but well integrated. Delicious aromas on nose and palate, very pleasant to drink, though it lacks a bit of intensity.
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
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Review by Jussi Piirainen
Having a Foursquare rums tonight. First one was the Sagacity and now Premise. On the nose: Sherry notes come forward as the rum sits in the glass. Vanilla. Coconut. Dried fruits. That Foursquare trademark balance is there. Roasted. Offers more on the nose than the Sagacity. Taste: Balanced and soft. Vanilla, coconut and caramel notes up front. Then you get more oaky, roasted flavours with spices. Finish: Woody. Vanilla. Hints of citrus and grapes in there. Semi-dry finish. Another easy sipper with a little more bigger palate than the Sagacity. That "trademark" Foursquare balance is there. Just as i expected, good quality rum, but misses intensity and exitement which drops the score for me. Good inoffensive rum for someone new to rum world.
Review by La Brute de Futs
incredibly fruity, perfectly balanced, hints of coconut, nuts, and woods. No wonder Foursquare is a top notch distillery with awesome and price-worthy products. Clearly it's a must have for any rum lover.
Review by Michal S
A solid, smoother rum from Foursquare that is permeated with vanilla and wood.
Review by Skyfly
In today's Foursquare cross tasting (with ECS X, XI and XII) unfortunately the weakest version. The typical flavor profile is present but generally seems diluted, while the alcohol could be better integrated. Drinkable as an easy sipper, but nothing more.
Review by Henry Davies
It’s a rum that builds. At first taste the relatively low ABV was a bit uninspiring but the longer I took with it the more I enjoyed it. The nose is delicate but refined, with a sweet vanilla, cooking spices and a cut of green apple. On the mouth it is surprisingly savoury, with green olives and brine mixed with chocolate and warm spices. The finish is soft and medium length with milk chocolate and nuts in front of a backbone of warming spice. It’s a rum which needs time to be appreciated but brings a lot of interesting notes to the party. More refined than the bourbon cask ECS bottlings and a good option if willing to take some time
Review by Richard Krupa
Velice prijemny vzorek, predni pozice u me mezi foursquary
Review by Mirco
Rum Club Switzerland Tasting Set. Thanks Denis for organizing. Round and straightforward Foursquare with a nice balance. On the nose vanilla, caramel, a bit of coconut and wood, plus a light spice. On the palate soft and pleasant with sweet oak, spices, and some dried fruit. Not particularly complex, but well made and very harmonious.
Review by Steffmaus🇩🇰
Likely my first taste of Foursquares ECS edition, and I've been a fan since. Back then, it was a good price for the quality. It's very easy to drink. Sweetness to the nose, and notes of fruits, jam and subtle sherry
Review by Filip Šikula
The combination of aging in port and sherry casks benefited the rum a lot. The taste still classic Foursquare, but the sherry cask gives it a sweetness that goes nicely with the lower ABV. Gentle, complex with a shorter finish.
Review by Louise Rosenkrands
A bit simple. Alcohol well integrated.
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 alexbool
Deep, high intensity and somewhat dark, mature aroma. Caramel, vanilla, oak on the nose. Honeycomb aroma in the empty glass. Wonderful. Classic Barbados palate with oak, vanilla, also beeswax and some fruit. Overall very nice.
Review by Mr. B
A very easy sipper
Review by Rum Runner Labs - Will
Floral, spicy, and oak driven. Bright and juicy. Gently on the palate, strong on the finish.
Review by Rummiamo
It would be a great everyday rum if it weren't for the price of these Foursquare releases, a bit flat if we want to find a flaw, but very pleasant and extremely easy to drink, the bottle lasts really shortly.
Review by samuel cutullic
Sweet and pleasant on the palate.
Review by Florentin
Sensational
Review by Tomas Mileris
Nice "cheap" FC. Worth every $. :)
Review by Kieron Wood
This is a large disappointment , four square did several exceptional cask releases and awesome this is one . The flavour notes are very heavy sherry oak flavours due to the years in the cask, this was not to my liking and I would avoid it
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Expert reviews
2 critics scored it, averaging 9.2/10. Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum.
Expert review by RumRock
Read full review ›I've been leaning more towards drier and stronger rums for some time now. I've found my favorite representatives there and only occasionally venture into sweeter ones. And I owe that mostly to the rums from Foursquare Distillery.
Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
Read full review ›Maybe picking your favourite Foursquare rum is a bit like picking your favourite child? All I will say is spend as much time with all of them as you possibly can. This is stellar stuff. PS Photos will be updated when my bottle arrives.
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434 bottles logged by 318 collectors.
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19% opened, 42 emptied.
What does Foursquare ECS VIII Premise 2008 cost?
Community paid 50–118 €.
Current best price: 196.70 € – above the typical community range.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 99 €. Price history with 21 auction results in RX+ ›
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Details about Foursquare ECS VIII Premise 2008
A Pot & Column Still Rum from Barbados, distilled by Foursquare, at 46%.
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