Foursquare ECS VIII Premise 2008
A solid stepping stone Foursquare for those building their palate: 10-year Barbados rum at 46% with natural sweetness, vanilla, coconut, chocolate and gentle sherry/port oak. Widely praised as an easy, balanced sipper by 102 RumX members.
- Easy drinking
- Well balanced
- Sherry/port influence
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How does Foursquare ECS VIII Premise 2008 taste?
Aggregated from 102 community reviews.
Balanced, easy Foursquare sipper A solid stepping stone Foursquare for those building their palate: 10-year Barbados rum at 46% with natural sweetness, vanilla, coconut, chocolate and gentle sherry/port oak. Widely praised as an easy, balanced sipper by 102 RumX members.
Rum fans wanting a naturally dry, easy-drinking Foursquare with gentle sherry/port sweetness and coconut-chocolate notes, and whisky drinkers curious about balanced Barbados profiles at moderate strength.
Lovers of high-ABV power, very intense profiles or heavy funk; anyone wanting big cask-strength Foursquare impact or pronounced sweetness from dosed rums.
How is Foursquare ECS VIII Premise 2008 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 8.2 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 96% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
Rum reviews
A selection of the most popular reviews from our community. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Florentin
Senzational
Review by samuel cutullic
Doux et agréable en bouche
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 Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
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 Louise Rosenkrands
A bit simple. Alcohol well integrated.
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 Richard Krupa
Velice prijemny vzorek, predni pozice u me mezi foursquary
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 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 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 Michal S
A solid, smoother rum from Foursquare that is permeated with vanilla and wood.
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 Rum Runner Labs - Will
Floral, spicy, and oak driven. Bright and juicy. Gently on the palate, strong on the finish.
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 Filip Šikula
Kombinace staření v sudu po portském a sherri rumu velmi prospěla. V chuti pořád klasický foursquare, ale sud po sherri mu dodáva sladkost, která jde s nižším abv pěkně dohromady. Jemné, komplexní s kratší závěrem.
Community purchases
473 bottles logged by 52,000+ RumX members. The ratio of closed / opened / emptied, indicates whether this rum is meant to be drunk or is a collector's item.
Also on the wishlist of 46 members.
About the Foursquare distillery
The Foursquare distillery is located in Barbados. Rums from Foursquare have been reviewed 12,700 times with an average of 8.3/10.
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