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Foursquare The Real McCoy Limited Edition Rum (Virgin Oak) 2017 70cl bottle
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Aged rum · 10 years · 46%

Foursquare The Real McCoy Limited Edition Rum (Virgin Oak) 2017

Most people land on this as a dependable, spice-forward Foursquare — oak, vanilla, toffee and burnt sugar, with a woodiness the virgin oak clearly leaves behind. A few call it their easy way into Barbados rum; others find it a bit too woody or too smoothed-out, and one taster was plainly let down by the virgin-oak direction. Honest, drinkable, not exciting.

The community says
  • Warm spice
  • Vanilla and toffee
  • But: Can read woody

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60.60 €incl. VAT
incl. VAT 70cl · 86.57 €/l
Total 66.50 € + 5.90 € shipping
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How does Foursquare The Real McCoy Limited Edition Rum (Virgin Oak) 2017 taste?

Summarized by AI from community reviews.

Spicy, oaky everyday Barbados sipper Well liked as a spicy, oak-and-vanilla everyday sipper at 46%. Some feel the virgin oak makes it a touch too woody and reduced; one member found it flat and underwhelming.

Perfect for

People easing into Foursquare and Barbados oak-and-spice rums

Less suitable for

Anyone wanting bold, unusual or funky character

Experience level · Explorer (3/5)

Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat

Full aroma profile Aroma families · nose & palate · top aromas
Flavor profile
Sweet & dessert
Spice
Wood
Dried fruit
Roasted & dark
Funk & ester
Vegetal & floral

Relative to this rum's strongest aroma family

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What does the community say?

7.7/10 Good

58 community reviews
12 selected write-ups on this page, all of them in the RumX app

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Distribution of all 58 ratings
9–10 2%
8–9 12%
7–8 78%
6–7 7%
5–6 0%
4–5 0%
0–4 2%

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Positive from 8.0 · Mixed 6.0–7.9 · Critical below 6.0

Review by Stefan Persson

Most helpful positive review

Stefan Persson
Mar 2025794 reviewsSweden
8.0/10

Overall a rum that can’t disappoint anyone in my opinion. We were some friends teaming up at Cane Rum Society in Stockholm to celebrate Foursquare Appreciation Day. One of the rums I tasted was this Real McCoy which is a blend of rums 10-12 years old aged in American Virgin oak and former Bourbon casks. It’s a Limited edition of just 3000 bottles, bottled in 2017 at ABV 46%.

Review by zabo

Most helpful mixed review

zabo
Aug 20241,983 reviewsGermany
7.5/10

The good starter rum in the Barbados Foursquare world. Nothing necessarily outstanding or unusual, but still a solid bottling with good quality as usual. A little too reduced for me in the meantime.

Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Mar 20227,227 reviewsDenmark
7.6/10

This rum has a very good price to quality and a good rum for beginners as well. The nose has oak, fruit and spices from the start and then there is a hint of caramel. This is easy to pick up if you leave the empty glass for a few hours and then nose it. The palate is lightly dry and sweet with oak and fruit vith some vanilla and then chocolate and caramel is trailing behind. The finish is medium long with oak and spice trailed by chocolate and caramel.

Expert reviews

2 critics scored it, averaging 6.6/10. Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum.

Expert review by RumRock

RumRock
9.1/10
Foursquare rums have been experiencing a real boom over the past year. It's hard to get new bottles because once they are stocked in online shops, they are practically gone immediately. That's why it's necessary to look for suitable substitutes that are still available, reasonably priced, and of similar quality.
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Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate

I didn't get a great deal of complex spices or much else unfortunately. I don't think Virgin Oak is the way forward for me. I'll be honest had I tried a sample of this, I doubt very much I would have bought the bottle. A very rare disappointment. This just...
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Community shelf

66 bottles logged by 60 collectors.

Both drunk and collected.

24% opened, 8 emptied.

50 sealed 8 open 8 emptied

What does Foursquare The Real McCoy Limited Edition Rum (Virgin Oak) 2017 cost?

Community paid 51–80 €.

Current best price: 60.60 € – within the typical community range.

Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 73 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›

66 purchased · 62 tasted · 27 wishlist · as of

Details about Foursquare The Real McCoy Limited Edition Rum (Virgin Oak) 2017

A Pot & Column Still Rum from Barbados, distilled by Foursquare, at 46%.

DistilleryFoursquare
CountryBarbados
CategoryPot & Column Still Rum
Raw materialMolasses
ABV46%
Age10 years
Vintage2017
Limited edition3,000 bottles
Sugar0 g/L
Volume70cl

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Avg Rating 8.3/10 over 630 Rums

Few distilleries inspire the devotion Foursquare does. Bought by Sir David Seale in 1995, distilling since 1996 and run by master distiller Richard Seale, it has become the most awarded and most collected rum producer of the modern era. Its cask-strength Exceptional Cask Selection releases sell out in minutes.

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