Schotman’s Barrel Selection Foursquare Barbados Rum 17

 Tried at the 11th GRF and perhaps the secret highlight. Tasty Foursquare with character at a reasonable and fair price. No finish or barrel experiments, plus a nice and sympathetic team behind it, has me excited!

 Oh wow, super intense tropical coconut aromas on the nose. More precisely, fine coconut milk. In addition, very light and in the background banana and orange. Slowly comes a little vanilla and the wood takes over, but very subtle and rather fragrant cherry wood. I also detect a very subtle note of marzipan. Smells good. Palate: equally fruity-spicy, with coconut and orange, but first comes a tart, dry, almost metallic and slightly bitter-sour-salty thrust, which then turns into lime zest with animal currant and some oak. Then at the back again coconut with orange and still slightly metallic. Am not a ⏹️ fan, but this one is not bad.

 Nice, smooth Foursquare. Has everything you expect in a pleasant drinking strength.

 Amazingly good Foursquare!

 Eine Nase von Lack und Aceton, Früchte, aber im Hintergrund Banane und Acerola. Der Einstieg in den Mund ist hohl, holprig und chaotisch. Der Lack/Aceton dominiert. Nach langen Sekunden übernehmen die Früchte die Führung und bilden einen korrekten Abgang mit braunem Zucker, Banane und Acerola. Dieses Finale rettet diesen Rum, den ich als unausgewogen empfand.

 Tasted quickly without expectations and had one of the best FS I know in the glass.

 Very pleasantly round and sweet. Almost an easy sipper. The strong spicy notes of other Foursquares are largely absent from this release - blind I would probably have been more with Belize. But of course the profile remains typical for Foursquare. Great release.

 Nice daily sipper, but doesn't sweep me off my feet. This rum also does not make me a Foursquare friend, it has nothing that makes me pay attention. For my taste also too expensive.

 Gut abgerundeter und holzbetonter FS.

 An extraordinary Foursquare that is ranked very high. Very balanced and complex.

 Have now tasted this rum at the second German Rumfestival in a row. And what can I say. I just like it. Class barrel selection. Not overlaid. Successful bottling. Am glad here again a larger sample at the bottler to have grabbed. This Foursquare is fun.☺️😋

 Wow, very fruity, coconut, banana, in addition pairs vanilla, caramel and chocolate. For me personally the best Barbados rum I have tasted so far.

 Nach dem einfüllen ins Glas nehme ich als erstes Kokos und etwas vanille wahr. Geschmack ist sehr dünn und süß, Kokos natürlich und ganz leicht Orange. Im Abgang dann dann sehr scharfkantig und leicht scharf. Kann man sippen, aber das PLV ist eher schlecht. Sample reicht hier.

 Tasted at the 11th GRF. A surprise of the festival for me. Very good tum from the house of Foursquare.

 Halfway tasty old foursquare but there are the "sister barrels" isonomy and royal Cane in my opinion much more harmonious and milder. This one is just too metallic and sharp for me...