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Foursquare ECS XXIII Covenant 2005
Wood lovers are the real audience here — at 18 tropical years, this Foursquare leans hard into oak, tannin and toasted barrel, with coconut, vanilla, caramel and dried fruit underneath. Several tasters call out honey and milk chocolate, and the 58% sits well integrated. A couple find the cask almost too dominant, and it's less complex than the age suggests.
The community says- Well-integrated 58%
- Long warm finish
- Wood-forward
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How does Foursquare ECS XXIII Covenant 2005 taste?
Aggregated from 106 community reviews.
Oaky, dry 18-year Foursquare sipper Most find it a well-made, oaky sipper where the long tropical aging shows clearly. The recurring catch: strong cask influence and less complexity than 18 years might promise.
People who love heavy oak and long-aged Barbados rum
Anyone put off by strong tannins or wanting bold complexity
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What does the community say?
12% rate it between 6 and 8. 20 selected write-ups from 106 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Most helpful positive review
22.03.2025 Retasting at Whisky Watcher tasting. ---------------------- #4654 10.03.2024 Relaxing at bit at home while my wife is out with a friend. Nose Wood, light roasted, light coconut, dried fruit, faint glue, balanced. Palate Wood, roasted, spicy, medium dry, tannins, faint chocolate, dried fruit, light cherry. Finish Long and warm, wood, plum, spice, light chocolate. The empty glass has some light leather and caramel notes.
Review by Banana Joe
Most helpful mixed review
Scored worst in comparison with the 2011 and the Mystique. Alcohol not very well integrated, therefore a little too sharp. The wood influence and the tannins are too strong for me. Overall not as round as the other two.
Review by Dr.Django
Heute gibt es zwei Foursquare: 1. Covenant: Der schmeckt so, wie es aussieht. Viele dunkle Früchte, etwas ledrig und trocken am Gaumen. Der Fasseinfluss ist sehr stark, fast schon zu stark. Man muss wissen woraus man sich einlässt ind wenn man es mag, wird man hier nicht enttäuscht. Der Alkohol ist super eingebunden. Leckerer Foursquare, bei dem ich mir vorstellen könnte hin und wieder richtig Lust drauf zu haben! 2. Absolutio: Geiles Teil! Von den Aromen wird man hier auch keine Überraschungen an Nase oder Gaumen entdecken. Mundfüllend, startet seidig und zum Abgang hin angenehm ölig. Angenehm (trocken) holzig und schokoladig-fruchtig, tolle Balance. Der Abgang ist sehr lang und bietet ein Wechselspiel zwischen getrockneten in Schokolade gehüllten Früchten und Holz. Die Rums mit diesen lamgen tollen Abgängen mag ich ganz besonders und das macht diesen Rum für mich aus! Herrlich, jetzt heißt es: "Hunters must hunt" Vielen Dank an Schnubbii!
Review by Jakob
Schöner Foursquare mit durchaus breitem Aromenspektrum. Tolle Grundsüsse, frische Fruchtnoten, dezenter Tabak, Karamell, Schokolade. Am Gaumen tolle, ölige Viskosität. Auch der Alkohol sticht nicht über Gebühr. Alles in Allem für mich ein bemerkenswertes Release in der ECS-Serie, das hohe Alter funktioniert sehr gut.
Review by Johannes
Die lange tropische Reifung hat ihm wirklich gut getan. Schöne Milchschokolade, Kokos, geht schon fast in Richtung Belize. Wenn er jetzt noch ein reiner pot wäre…
Review by Joachim Guger
Sehr gute Nase. Typisches Fourquare-Profil, Fokus auf Karamell, zurückhaltendes Holz bzw. Würze. Heller Tabak. Tolles Mundgefühl, chremig, kräftig, sehr würzig. Der Abgang ist super, wärmt gut. Man muss jetzt nicht jedem Fourquare Release nachlaufen, aber will man einen schönen, sehr guten Sipper, liegt man hier richtig. Handwerklich top. Dank nach Bonn!!
Review by Basti
Hat an der Nase fast ein wenig eines tropisch gereiften Diamond. Klebstoff, getr. Früchte, Gewürze, Kokosnuss und eine angenehme Süße. Gefällt mir richtig gut. Am Gaumen jede Menge Gewürze, Holz und eine Bitterkeit, die auch im Abgang vorhanden ist. Bin gespannt auf einen direkten Vergleich mit dem Isonomy.
Review by zabo
Verkostet auf der Pueblo del Ron Nürnberg 2024. Überrascht gewesen, das man ihn schon auf der Messe probieren und sogar kaufen konnte. So ganz abgeholt hat er mich im ersten Augenblick noch nicht, deshalb werde ich ihn morgen nochmal mit etwas mehr Ruhe und Zeit im Glas probieren. Irgendwie finde ich hat er kleine Fehlnote. Deshalb erstmal etwas weiter unten eingeordnet. Edit: nochmal in Ruhe daheim probiert. Irgendwas finde ich störend. Besser als der Indelible, der mir zu dünn war, aber es gibt weit aus bessere ECS.
Review by Beancheese
Tried alongside Foursquare ECS 2009 XVII. Both are classic Foursquare offerings and along the lines of what you would expect. This one has a honey nose, along with some fruit, some spice and mild glue notes. On the palate this one is much smoother and more balanced - lacking the intensity of Covenant. Oak, spice and a nice viscous mouthfeel, this is a pleasant rum from Foursquare.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Sehr sehr leckerer Foursquare, rund und süffig. Ungewöhnlich floral und blumig dezent nach Sandelholz, Honig, Rose & Lychee, fruchtig nach Mango, Rosinen und Dörrpflaumen, würzig nach Milchschokolade, Karamell und scharfem Ingwer. Sehr vollmundig und ungewöhnlich Komplex. Endlich Mal ein etwas anderer Foursquare!
Review by mto75
mit 18 Jahren die längste Fassreife aus der ECS Reihe, die ich bisher verkostet habe (der Shibbo brachte es nur auf 16 Jahre). An der Nase irgendwie leicht säuerlich, wie Sanddorn, dazu ordentlich Gerbstoffe vom Fass, ein wenig gelbe Früchte und Karamellpudding. Am Gaumen getoastetes Fass, Tabak, Milchkaffee, Malz. Sortiere ich im oberen Drittel der ECSs ein. Der Sovereignty, Shibbo und Redoutable rangieren aber auf jeden Fall höher.
Review by Tim
Der älteste Foursquare aus der ECS-Serie, sogar ein Jahr älter als Isonomy, der mir leider zum Vergleich nicht mehr vorliegt. Dieser Rum weist die Merkmale einer langen Lagerung auf: Eichenholz, Leder, Gewürze, Trockenfrüchte. Nicht schlecht, aber auch nicht außerordentlich gut. Sprich, solider FS-Rum.
Review by Serge
Verkostet auf der Village in Nürnberg. Ordentlicher Foursquare. Ich habe in der Nase Assoziationen mit eingelegten Grünen Pfefferkörnern. Passt gut zum würzig pfeffrigen Profil am Gaumen. Aber insgesamt nicht so mein feel good Foursquare.
Review by Timo Groeger
First impression, immediately coconut on the nose. Over time, vanilla and caramel are added. On the palate it is very spicy, some wood is recognizable, but also vanilla and caramel again.
Review by SaibotZtar
Wieder einmal eine sehr typischer Foursquare Nase ... Kokosnuss, Schokolade Vanille, Karamell und etwas Rosine leicht Florale Blütennote. Am Gaumen keine Überraschungen.. solide wie so oft aber irgendwie schon sehr ähnlich zu den meisten Foursquare Abfüllungen... auch im Mund Schokolade etwas Kokosnuss Vanille, etwas Rosine und Karamell.
Review by Rum Watcher
Sweet & spicy... probably describes it best. The age does it good, otherwise the spiciness and yet very caramelly sweetness would clash too much. The alcohol is very well integrated. Perhaps not the most complex Foursqare of all time, but very tasty. Cheers
Review by Steffmaus🇩🇰
After a long day of digging out for a fireplace in a garden, it's time for something I've been waiting for. To date, the oldest Foursquare rum. In the nose it has the Barbados profile of tropical fruits and dried fruits, and in the notes it's very woody, with other notes of chocolate, spice and some tobacco
Review by abaker-rum
At first you get caramel and vanilla on the nose, but once you go deeper you get a very pleasant honey scent. The taste is classic Foursquare with caramel, spice, and vanilla, but an added dryness due to the age. You have a long finish with spices.
Review by Boletus
After 18 years of maturation, it is of course to be expected that the cask has a strong influence on the overall picture. Fortunately, there are not too many bitter substances in play here and the sticky note present immediately after pouring increasingly fades to make room for coconut, vanilla and dried fruit. However, there is an irritating, perfumed aftertaste right from the start, as if I've had a load of hairspray in my open mouth, which I know from many a scotch from the 60s and 70s, but have never had with a rum. This aroma doesn't bother me directly, but I would have liked the Covenant even better without it.
Review by MarcT
Foursquare is a solid rum every time, i have been rarely disappointed by a bottle or sample. This is quite old (18yo tropical) and bourbon casks only, and it shows. Even i get some vanilla, but also lots of wood and some caramel. I got rums in my reviews that are more roasted or have more tannins, and Barbados is always (for me at least) more to the milder side, but it has more cask going than expected.
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Details about Foursquare ECS XXIII Covenant 2005
A Pot & Column Still Rum from Barbados, distilled by Foursquare, at 58%.
Community purchases
217 bottles logged by 148 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
10% opened, 3 emptied and repurchased.
What does Foursquare ECS XXIII Covenant 2005 cost?
Community paid 109–179 €.
Current best price: 181.00 € – above the typical community range.
What members actually paid for their bottles. A typical range, not the current shop price. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
+10 purchases in the last 3 months.
Added to collections, last 12 months — dark bars are the last 3.
217 purchased · 106 tasted · 39 wishlist · as of
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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