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The Origin
Foursquare at cask strength. Undiluted and without additives.
51.61% went to the angels. 10 years of tropical ageing on Barbados.
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Presale on Friday, 28 August 2026, 10:00 CEST, for RX+ members and the Wagemut Member Club.
Public sale starts Monday, 31 August 2026, 10:00 CEST, while stocks last.
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Provenance
Distilled at Foursquare, Barbados.
Pot and column still. 100 % tropical ageing in ex-bourbon casks. No added sugar, no filtration, no colouring.
“You will be pleased.”
Richard Seale, master distiller at Foursquare
Richard Seale runs Foursquare Distillery in Barbados. On this bottling he said exactly four words.
In the studio
Nicolas and I present it together.
I went over to Nicolas in Vienna. We put The Origin next to its two predecessors and talked about what holds the series together and where it parts ways.
The family
Three bottlings. One ingredient less at every step.
It all started with the PX-Cask, Nicolas Kröger's bestseller. What came after is a story of leaving things out.
Three bottlings compared. The PX-Cask contains Foursquare rum, PX sherry and water and comes to 40.3 percent. In the PX-Cask Cask Strength from June 2026 the water is omitted, it comes to 58.7 percent. In The Origin both PX sherry and water are omitted, leaving the pure Foursquare rum at 64.1 percent.
| Bottling | Base | PX sherry | Water | ABV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
PX-Cask
Where it started | Foursquare | included | included | 40,3 % |
PX-Cask Cask Strength
June 2026 | Foursquare | included | omitted | 58,7 % |
|
The Origin
28 August 2026 | Foursquare | omitted | omitted | 64,1 % |
This is not the PX-Cask turned up. The PX sherry is missing here: neat, dry, powerful.
Most people who know the PX-Cask have never tried a pure Foursquare at cask strength. Those who took the step rate it 8.4 out of 10 on average.
881 of 1,145 RumX members with a PX-Cask entry, as of August 2026. The 8.4 comes from 107 self-selected ratings of existing Foursquare bottlings, not of The Origin.
Why here
Why The Origin is here
On most shop pages nearly every bottle sits at four or five stars. That helps you neither at 40 euros nor at 400. So we collect reviews from people who actually tasted the thing, the critical ones included.
With the PX-Cask we make the recipe just as visible: Foursquare rum and PX sherry are blended, which is why the EU calls it a rum-based spirit rather than rum. It carries no added sugar according to Wagemut; the sweetness comes from the sherry. All of it on its brand page, and it has been for a long time.
When Nicolas sent us a sample of The Origin, it did not take us long. Neat, transparent, ten years of full tropical ageing: pretty much what RumX stands for. What it costs has been public since 25 August: €59.90 for 0.7 litres.
Details
All figures from the label. The price excludes shipping.
The price
€59.90
0.7 l · €85.57 per litre · incl. VAT, plus shipping
Comparable Foursquare bottlings
These bottles are available in Germany right now: Foursquare, 9 to 11 years, from 55% alcohol. They show the company The Origin keeps. It is not a ranking, and the table says nothing about taste.
Comparison table: The Origin and comparable Foursquare bottlings currently available in Germany. Each row shows bottler, age, strength and price. Sorted by age and strength.
| Bottling | Bottler | Age | Strength | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Origin | Wagemut × RumX | 10 years | 64.1% | €59.90 0.7 l |
| Foursquare Rumclub Private Selection Ed. 57 Barbados (Saint Philip Parish) 2016 | Spirit of Rum | 9 years | 64.2 % | €75.00 0.5 l |
| Foursquare The Nectar Of The Daily Drams Barbados 2013 | The Nectar | 10 years | 64.9 % | €111.00 0.7 l |
| Foursquare Wagemut The Origin (RumX Co-Bottling) 2026 | N. Kröger | 10 years | 64.1 % | €59.40 0.7 l |
| Velier Foursquare 2006 | Velier | 10 years | 62.0 % | €731.55 0.7 l |
| Foursquare Wagemut PX-Cask Cask Strength (01 Edition 2026) | N. Kröger | 10 years | 58.7 % | €55.50 0.7 l |
| King Cask Foursquare Barbados Rum 2011 | King Cask | 10 years | 58.0 % | €62.95 0.7 l |
| CDI Foursquare Barbados 2011 (#BH322) | Compagnie des Indes | 10 years | 57.3 % | €89.00 0.7 l |
| CDI Foursquare Barbados 2011 (#FBD15) | Compagnie des Indes | 10 years | 57.2 % | €133.68 0.7 l |
| CDI Foursquare Barbados 2011 (#FBD14) | Compagnie des Indes | 10 years | 57.2 % | €133.68 0.7 l |
| Single Cask Nation Foursquare Barbados Rum 2010 (#28) | Single Cask Nation | 10 years | 55.9 % | €120.40 0.7 l |
| Pellegrini Foursquare Origini Rum da barili unici 2008 | Pellegrini | 11 years | 65.1 % | €76.08 0.7 l |
| CoR Foursquare Barbados No. 18 2010 | The Colours of Rum | 11 years | 61.1 % | €109.95 0.7 l |
| Cadenhead's Foursquare 2010 | Cadenhead's | 11 years | 55.0 % | €93.28 0.7 l |
The Origin is new and has no ratings yet. How it does is your call, same as for every other bottle.
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The series
We have done this before.
From Rum Artesanal 2020 to Savanna 2026: 6 bottlings we picked before this one.
Presale on Friday, 28 August 2026, 10:00 CEST, for RX+ members and the Wagemut Member Club.
Public sale starts Monday, 31 August 2026, 10:00 CEST, while stocks last.