Aroma visualization from community tastings
Foursquare Private Cask Selection (V&B) 2012
Tell me when it gets cheaper
Tell me when it's back in stock
Price alert in the RumX app
Open in the app
Got the app? Open this bottle
Opens this rum in the RumX app
Here's the twist: this 12-year Foursquare leans tart, not just sweet. Alongside the usual vanilla, coconut and caramel, several tasters flag a "sour red berries" and pepper note that some found a bit off-profile. At 48% it reads slightly thin on the palate with a short finish, but it's oily, well-rounded and dry-ish. A good everyday Barbados sipper rather than a big event bottle.
The community says- Vanilla and coconut
- Oily, rounded body
- Keep in mind: Thin mouthfeel
Offers & prices
View price history
Returns & cancellation Shopping safely on RumX
- Secure payment. You pay via RumX with PayPal, Klarna or card. Your payment data is encrypted and we never store your full card details.
- Clear seller. Sold and shipped directly by the partner shop. And you're never on your own: RumX handles support and communication with the shop, so you always get excellent service, whichever shop you order from.
- Honest shop ratings. The stars show your service experience with the shop, not the rum score. They come from RumX users, and critical ones stay visible.
- Returns & cancellation. Your purchase contract is with the shop, so returns and cancellations run through them under their own policy and your statutory rights. If anything goes wrong, RumX helps you sort it out.
10 more payment methodsLive auctions
Offers & prices
No shop currently delivers to Germany.
Auction results: 79–114 € (15 sales in 24 months, incl. buyer's premium, latest 09/2026). How the range is built ›
Buying advice
These ship to you
Yes, if you're after characterful, mature, oaky rums for sipping neat.
Similar in style and available now.
More intense
Foursquare Private Cask Selection Hereditas (The Whisky Exchange)8.4/10 (68)182.60 €
Woodier
Foursquare ECS XI Sagacity 20078.4/10 (157)243.00 €
Drier
Foursquare Private Cask Selection Elysium8.4/10 (56)189.00 €
The look inside the bottle
How does Foursquare Private Cask Selection (V&B) 2012 taste?
From community reviews · summarized with AI
Oily, sweet Foursquare with a tart berry edge Well-liked but not a peak Foursquare. Most find it oily, sweet and rounded with an unusual tart berry-and-pepper edge; a few call it thin and a touch flat compared to the series.
Foursquare fans who like a dry-ish, oily Barbados sipper
Those chasing big complexity or a long finish
Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat
Full aroma profile Aroma families · nose & palate · top aromas
Relative to this rum's strongest aroma family
14 of 44 left detailed tasting impressions · Click an aroma to explore similar rums
Which glass for which rum? The community guide ›
What does the community say?
44 community reviews
Rating scale & review checks
On RumX, 7 means “Good” and 8 means “Very good”.
See the full rating guideHow ratings are made and how we check them ›The website shows a selection of written reviews. The distribution also includes ratings without text. All published reviews are available in the RumX app.
10 selected written reviews
The distribution above includes all 44 ratings, including those without text.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Most helpful positive review
Not the best of the series but not the worst either. I'd say that the price at release matched the quality. A well rounded, oily and sweet rum with fruit and light wood with sprinkles of caramel and molasses.
Review by Serge
Most helpful mixed review
Strange Foursquare ... a little thin on the palate for the alcohol content, but still OK. What I don't like so much is the fruit acidity and a pepper note, which somehow doesn't give me that Foursquare feeling. Or I've got a cold and my palate is deceiving me 😂
Review by Chrischi78
Small comparative tasting of RX2192, RX7623 and RX7158. Overall, 7158 lands in first place. All have a very similar profile. All very pleasant. But I can't really identify real quality outliers except for ABV and different intensity...
Review by Rumpalumpa
To my perception a typical Forsquare, especially on the nose. Spicy woody aromas, somehow dusty. On the palate then an interesting note of sour red fruits/berries appears. You can also notice the dilution.
Review by Pavel Ungr, RumRock
Vintage 2012. I rate it 8.5 out of 10, an excellent rum that ranks high even among my more than 1,300 ratings.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Solid Foursquare with a pleasant, well-chosen drinking strength, rather dry. Unusually intense notes of slightly tart raspberries, vanilla and oak. Little complexity and the mouthfeel is somewhat "thin" and the finish rather short. I would have hoped for more.
Review by Alessandro
As with the ECS line, I find that the single cask line is also not offering many new things, flavors almost always the same or slightly different. Maybe spacing out the releases could be the start of a new direction.
Review by Ondra RumRunner
This rum from Barbados is characterized by a rich and intense aroma with notes of glue, coconut, spices, and subtle alcoholic traces. The taste is strong, oily and peppery, with undertones of vanilla, coconut and a slight sweetness complemented by spicy aromas.
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 looking for a smooth, sweet rum full of coconut, vanilla, chocolate and caramel. Simply pleasant and not aggressive flavors.
Review by Richard Krupa
Such an ordinary FQ, which didn't impress much
This selection contains no written reviews in this rating range.
Foursquare Private Cask Selection (V&B) 2012 at live auctions
A bid is not a final price: the house sets the buyer's premium, shipping and any customs duty.
All live auctions ›Community shelf
119 bottles logged by 85 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
15% opened, 8 emptied.
What did the community pay for Foursquare Private Cask Selection (V&B) 2012?
Community paid 71–151 €.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 62 €. Price history with 15 auction results in RX+ ›
119 purchased · 46 tasted · 15 wishlist · as of
Details about Foursquare Private Cask Selection (V&B) 2012
A Pot & Column Still Rum from Barbados, distilled by Foursquare, at 48%.
Read on in the RumX Guide
You may also enjoy
Rum enthusiasts who like this rum have also given the following rums high ratings:
Foursquare ECS XIV Détente 2010
Foursquare Private Cask Selection (Warehouse #1)
Velier Chelo Clairin Vieux Sajous - First Release 2016
Velier Chamarel Blend 2014
Set a target price in the app, and we'll let you know as soon as the rum becomes available at that price from one of our partner stores. This works for any rum on your wish list.
Oliver · FounderBy rum lovers, for rum lovers
I'm Oliver, and RumX began in 2018 as a small passion project in Stuttgart, back then under the name Rum Tasting Notes.
Oliver, Stuttgart
About RumX ›YouTube channel (German, English subtitles)
