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Schotman’s Barrel Selection Foursquare Barbados Rum 17 2005
Sipped neat, this 17-year Foursquare leans heavily on coconut — coconut milk, vanilla, caramel, and a welcome orange note several tasters singled out. Behind that sits light oak and, for some, a metallic, bitter-salty edge on the palate that not everyone loved. Cask strength but mostly well-integrated. Fans of the classic Barbados profile enjoy it; coconut skeptics found it thin and a touch sharp.
The community says- Coconut and vanilla
- Nice orange note
- Metallic palate note
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How does Schotman’s Barrel Selection Foursquare Barbados Rum 17 2005 taste?
Aggregated from 51 community reviews.
Coconut-heavy, well-aged Foursquare sipper Most rate this a very good Foursquare — round, coconut-forward, nicely balanced. The catches: a divisive metallic note on the palate for some, and coconut fatigue if that's not your thing.
Foursquare fans who like coconut-forward, fruity Barbados rum
Coconut skeptics and anyone wanting bold, deep complexity
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How is Schotman’s Barrel Selection Foursquare Barbados Rum 17 2005 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.2 sits in the “Very good” band. 98% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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What does the community say?
29% rate it between 6 and 8. 20 selected write-ups from 51 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by cigares
Most helpful positive review
Un nez de vernis et d’acétone, des fruits, des pâtisseries mais en arrière plan, banane et acérola. L’entrée de bouche est creuse, heurtée et chaotique. Le vernis/acétone domine. Après de longues secondes les fruits prennent le relais et forment une finale avec sucre brun, banane et acérola correcte. La finale, amère, mais plus équilibrée sauve ce rhum. Un des moins bon Foursquare que j’ai eu dans mon verre. Bien meilleur pourtant qu’à ma première dégustation.
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
Most helpful mixed review
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.
Review by Lukas Jäger
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!
Review by Jakob
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.
Review by Leo Krüper
Nice, smooth Foursquare. Has everything you expect in a pleasant drinking strength.
Review by Frank
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.
Review by Johannes
Amazingly good Foursquare!
Review by Christoph
Tasted quickly without expectations and had one of the best FS I know in the glass.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
02.03.2023 Enjoying some samples at home. Colour Medium dark in colour. Nose Round, balanced, wood, light roasted, fruity, light banana, faint coconut, faint caramel, spice. Palate Round, wood, light roasted, fruits, light orange, faint chocolate, nutmeg, light coconut, light banana, spice. Finish Medium to long, wood, light roasted, light banana, light orange, spice, light caramel, faint chocolate.
Review by DomM
Well rounded and wood forward FS.
Review by Sebastian Kornett
An extraordinary Foursquare that is ranked very high. Very balanced and complex.
Review by Christian Rudt
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.☺️😋
Review by Andi
Wow, very fruity, coconut, banana, in addition pairs vanilla, caramel and chocolate. For me personally the best Barbados rum I have tasted so far.
Review by Master P
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.
Review by Michael Schillheim
Tasted at the 11th GRF. A surprise of the festival for me. Very good tum from the house of Foursquare.
Review by Agricoler
Good Foursquare. My comparison of the Nobillary. This one seems even more concentrated. What is very pleasant, however, is the orange note. This is rarely found in the nose alongside the light floral notes. A very successful bottling with perfectly integrated alcohol.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
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...
Review by Jarek
Actually quite good, but the alcohol is a little too dominant.
Review by Mentalo
Einer der besseren Foursquares zwar, aber auch hier fehlt es an Tiefe und wenn man dann nicht der größte Kokosnuss Fan ist. Leichte Fassnote macht ihn zwar etwas interessanter, aber es ist einfach nicht mein Profil.
Review by Piotr Ignasiak
Smells great, I get a typical pleasant Foursquare profile then with coconut, vanilla, coffee, some spices. On the palate a lot of coffee, red fruit and also this bitter sour and then metallic salty note in the background that I can't really call. Overall quite fine though I prefer the ECS releases that I have tried before, also that one note on the palate was a bit disturbing.
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Details about Schotman’s Barrel Selection Foursquare Barbados Rum 17 2005
A rum from Barbados, bottled by Schotman’s Barrel Selection, at 58,4%.
Community purchases
12 bottles logged by 12 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
16% opened, 2 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for Schotman’s Barrel Selection Foursquare Barbados Rum 17 2005?
Community paid 125–161 €.
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About the Foursquare distillery
The Foursquare distillery is located in Barbados. Rums from Foursquare have been reviewed 14,076 times with an average of 8.3/10.
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