Get to know: Foursquare Exceptional Cask Series Magisterium 16YO

Tasting Note

We were very excited to be able to offer a very limited amount of a very special Foursquare rum bottling.

Nose:Rich fudge and dark chocolate, dried raisins and sultanas. tart dried mango and banana chips. Gentle notes of Seville orange peel, and a hint of coffee.

Palate: Silky on the palate, soft and oily in the mouth. Rich salted caramel and toffee up-front, with a note of creamy vanilla ice cream. Dried dates, raisins and pineapple. Tart black cherries at the back end.

Finish: More dried pineapple, and tart dried mango. gingerbread, and zesty lemon peel. Gentle grippy-oak and anise at the very end. Warming.

Producer Info

MAGISTERIUM represents the latest bottling from Foursquare Distillery, Barbados. The twenty-sixth release (Mark XXVI) in the award-winning Limited Edition Exceptional Cask Selection series. A name that conveys the Mastery of fine-aged Rums that experts and enthusiasts have come to expect from the tram at the Foursquare Rum Distillery.

It contains a blend of Rums, distilled in the copper double retort pot-still and the continuous twin column stills of Foursquare and aged for sixteen years in ex-bourbon ad ex-sherry casks. more specifically, it is a blend of three aged Rums, a sixteen-year-old ex-bourbon cask and two dual-maturations: the first comprising three years in ex-Bourbon followed by thirteen years in ex-Oloroso Sherry cask, with the second comprising nine years in ex-Bourbon and seven years in ex-Oloroso Sherry. A level of detail appreciated by enthusiasts of Foursquare Rum.

Presented at 58% ABV, Magisterium may be summarised in a single word: soft. It’s complex and evolving on the nose, silky over the palate, with an evolving profile that lingers a long, long time. A Rum that rewards those who take their time exploring this fabulous long-aged expression of mastery by Foursquare.

International Spirits Challenge Rum Producer of the Year 2024