Foursquare Convocation Barbados 14 y Madeira cask strength 62 % vol. 0,7l ecs Rum

FOURSQUARE CONVOCATION is the latest limited release from the Foursquare Rum Distillery in St. Phillip, Barbados.  

This blend was distilled in the copper Double Retort Pot-Stills and Continuous Twin-Column Stills of the FOURSQUARE RUM DISTILLERY and matured for fourteen years in ex-Bourbon and ex-Madeira dessert wine caskss. For those who like to know the finer details; the blend actually consists of three mature rums: a fourteen-year-old ex-Bourbon cask, a fourteen-year-old ex-Madeira cask, and a combination of the dual maturation of a four-year-old ex-Bourbon rum and ten-year-old ex-Madeira dessert wine cask rum. Enthusiastic FOURSQUARE RUM fans appreciate this level of complexity and attention to detail. This strictly limited release of a Single Blended Rum* was distilled and matured at the FOURSQUARE RUM DISTILLERY before being blended and bottled. At 62% alcohol by volume, this rum has its own natural colour, as it was made without chill filtration, sweeteners, or other additives. * * SINGLE BLENDED RUM is a term from the Gargano classification. This basic structure aims to distinguish the rum category from the ineffective 'classification by color designation' widely used in the spirits world. The term SINGLE BLENDED RUM, advocated by the FOURSQUARE RUM DISTILLERY, refers to a rum made by a single producer using a blend of both batch-distilled pot still rums and continuously distilled traditional column still rums.

Tasting note by Peter Holland, Foursquare Brand Ambassador (UK) 

On the nose, juicy sultanas, pineapple, and spicy orange peel. Gentle notes of
butterscotch support delicate nutmeg, cinnamon, and ginger.  On the palate, the soft and sweet taste of unripe pineapple, green banana, juicy ripe plum, even more sultanas, and gentle toffee. On the finish, a warming embrace of oak notes with an abundance of spicy, almost tangible aromas of dates and raisins as well as cinnamon and ginger, which lingers for a very long time. Maturation: ex-Bourbon and ex-Madeira dessert wine casks Alcohol content: 62% vol Special feature: made without chill filtration and without sweeteners, flavourings, or colorings  STRICTLY LIMITED! natural, with no additives,  no sugar or coloring, no chill filtration.

The Foursquare Distillery, owned by the Seale family, can trace its roots in Barbados back to the 1650s and can look back on five generations of rum making. However, the founding of the Foursquare brand came much later. While the family could lay claim to one of the oldest trading houses in Barbados, Reginald Leon Seale, like other merchants, was forbidden by Barbados consumer law from selling rum directly to consumers. His solution to this issue was to found a distribution company in Bridgetown in the early 1900s - and that was the birth of the R. L. Seale brand. R. L. Seale was not the only merchant to adopt this approach, but he was one of the few successful ones. This prosperity provided the opportunity for expansion, and from 1962 to 1993 the rum portfolios of ESA Field and Alleyne Arthur were acquired, including Old Brigand, Taylor's Falernum, and D oorly's. In order to consolidate the various brands effectively, it was decided that ESA Field and Old Brigand would focus on the local market, where they had always performed well, while D oorly's was to become an export brand.

This remained the case until 1995, when under the leadership of Sir David Seale at the time, the company opted to purchase a sugar factory whose oldest building dates back to 1636 and was largely in ruins. However, his intuition paid off, and this site became the Foursquare Distillery. Today it is regarded as one of the most efficient and modern rum distilleries of all, complete with a state-of-the-art bottling plant on site. The distillery has a three-column column still, which it uses for lighter rums, and a modern pot still, which is used for heavier rums. Distillation is carried out from fermented molasses in small batches (usually 112 barrels) and then tropically aged. The rums are matured in small American white oak ex-bourbon casks in huge open warehouses, most of which come from an unnamed (but famous) distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee.