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Barbados | Aged | 40% ABV | Pot and Column Still
The Real McCoy is a blend of rum produced from the distillation of blackstrap molasses, using a combination of both column and pot stills. The rum is aged for 5 years in Kentucky bourbon barrels, then blended with Bajan spring water.
The Real McCoy rum's heritage is based on the story of Bill McCoy, the pioneer rum runner of the prohibition era. McCoy fueled the Roaring Twenties by delivering over 2 million bottles by sea to New York speakeasies. He became well known for always delivering undiluted alcohol, unlike other rum runners who cut the liquor with prune juice, wood alcohol, or even turpentine, That is why he and his product became known as "The Real McCoy."
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My wife liked it more than me. I found the after burn to be pretty strong; mixed was far less so (as it should be). No standout flavor, but what was there was decent.
Sometimes age lends an advantage. This is certainly true regarding the McCoy 5 year versus 12 year.
Nose - Butterscotch, Toffee, Chocolate
Palate - Brown Sugar, Spice, Ginger
The finish is where the fumble occurs.
Close to being great, but as the old men say, "Close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades and slow-dancing."
Of the 50 or so rums I have sampled, this is the one I say tastes like a quintessential rum.
It is just a little too harsh to be a sipping rum but I enjoy tasting it as I am mixing drinks ... a little rum for the cocktail ... a little rum for the bartender. And whenever I taste it I think "that tastes like what I imagine the pirates drank!"
I'm not that great at describing tastes and it is difficult with this one because it is not too complex.
It is not super smooth like an expensive sipping rum and likely doesn't have much, if any, caramel added to it. I get a bit of charcoal and smoke on the finish of this one, too.
I suspect whiskey lovers could take to this rum.
A good, inexpensive($27 for750mL) aged rum. Sweet caramel and oak flavors with just a little heat.
Just cracked open the RM5 tonight to sip. Has some sweetness to it. I could see this being used as a mixer some times. It isn't as sweet as the Bumbu that I had the other night. Does have a little bite but not much. Anxious to try the 12...
($52CAD) My first endeavour into the Foursquare Distillery that I’ve read so much about. Hard to find their stuff up here so I was glad to see this and the 12 year.
Smells sweeter than I would’ve thought, initially anyways. Taste is just a tad sweet but mostly oak. The warmth comes in and the finish with more oak. It’s a clean flavour, nothing unwanted or harsh, just a good clean rum. Feels like a great platform for the 12 to develop some more complexities. I’m hoping this is the case as the 12 is a good $20 more a bottle.
Either way, good first impression of the Distillery. Great bottle for those that want a good clean rum.
My first Foursquare rum. The nose has nice aromas of oak and brown sugar that remind me more of aged Canadian whisky. The palate has more oak, along with butter, vanilla, and spice. The mouthfeel is round until a touch of spicy heat appears on the finish. It’s good but not great.
Nothing overly spectacular. Just a very solid, aged blend. Great price point. Great for mixing, okay for sipping.
The nose tasty and pretty smoth but finishes hard with a real oak burn.
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Ce rhum de mélasse n à rien d exceptionnel. C est un rhum moyen. Le goût sur des notes caramélisées est mal maîtrisé et avec une faible complexité et puissance. Si vous êtes débutant il ne sera pas trop desagreable. Pas pour les confirmés. Note 6.0.