Foursquare Master Series


From our friends at Total Wine & More

FOURSQUARE RUM DISTILLERY, MASTER SERIES EDITION NO. 1, 12-YEAR PRIVATE CASK SELECTION

ST. PHILIP, BARBADOS

Labeled the ‘Pappy of Rum’ by Wall Street Journal bestselling author and rum authority Fred Minnick, Foursquare Rum Distillery has produced some of the rarest, most highly sought-after rums in the world and has been honored as ‘Rum Producer of the Year’ an unprecedented four years in a row by the prestigious International Spirits Challenge. After news broke that owner and master blender Richard Seale would be releasing Foursquare’s first ever Private Cask Selection for the U.S. this year, it would be an understatement to say the anticipation among spirit enthusiasts has been sky-high. We are happy to report the wait is over. Minted their ‘Master Series’, this collectible from Foursquare is a first edition like no other and today we are giving our Concierge customers first crack at one of the most anticipated prized possessions in the world of aged spirits.

Foursquare Rum Distillery is located in Barbados on a former sugar plantation dating back to the early 1700s, which the Seale family purchased in 1995, and is one of the last independent family-owned distilleries in the Caribbean. Taking the lead on capturing the purity of the spirit, Foursquare does not manipulate their rums with any additives, including coloring, and uses both traditional pot and column stills. Although rums are perceived as being sweet, this reputation is largely due to other producers adding wine, sugar, honey, or other sweetening agents to their product. For owner Richard Seale, crafting his spirits is an artform focused on the unique maturation and blending process, including “tropical aging” in which the spirit can mature two to three times faster than spirits from Europe. This allows for greater evaporation, and thus a greater concentration of flavors.

Seale began his aging experiments at the distillery, selecting some of his best ex-Bourbon and ex-Sherry casks to showcase the art of rum maturation and blending. This venture turned into the one-of-a-kind expressions that Seale designated as his Exceptional Cask Selections which connoisseurs anxiously anticipate each successive release. Yet today marks a new chapter for Foursquare as Seale has taken his art a step further by producing a Private Cask Selection—a single blended rum that has an even more limited production than the Exceptional Cask series and only available through Total Wine. A first for the U.S., this Master Series Edition No. 1 is a blend of three rums all aged 12 years through a combination of ex-Broubon and ex-Sherry barrels. Available for a limited time at special Concierge pricing, this debut is not to be missed—so be sure to add a few bottles to your collection today before they’re gone forever!