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Foursquare ECS XXVII Equidem 2010
First thing people notice is the color — startlingly dark for a Foursquare, almost Oloroso-like. That comes from a Black Muscat cask finish over the usual bourbon-aged base, and it layers dark berries, plum jam and cassis over the classic caramel-vanilla-cocoa DNA. Full, oily body, a peppery ginger kick, and a long dry-tannic finish. The 61% shows some bite young, so a few drops of water help.
The community says- Dark berries, plum
- Oily, full body
- Slightly hot young
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How does Foursquare ECS XXVII Equidem 2010 taste?
Aggregated from 164 community reviews.
Dark, berry-rich Foursquare with cask-strength kick Many call it the best ECS in years — the Black Muscat cask adds real dark-fruit depth. A handful find it a touch too sweet or the alcohol slightly hot when young.
Foursquare fans wanting a darker, fruitier ECS to sip neat
Beginners and anyone wanting a light, gentle pour
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What does the community say?
4% rate it between 6 and 8. 20 selected write-ups from 164 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Jack M
Fantastic and complex rum. Needs time to open up and improved by adding a bit of water to take some bite away. The nose is rich, with jam, palm and dark fruits and dark chocolate. On the palate, there is leather dried fruits, chocolate and caramel. The finish continues the berries, and chocolate with some spice.
Review by mto75
I was very excited about this rum after all the positive reviews. The dark color is already very impressive. On the nose I get plum jam, chocolate or rather dusty cocoa powder, in the background also slightly sour (papaya, bitter orange...), blackcurrants. On the palate, the high ABV pushes quite hard, but not yet to the point of being biting. Notes of leather, cherry wood, barrel (tannins), dark chocolate. The experiment with the Black Muscat cask was a real success! For me, it's on a par with the Pleni, Raconteur and Absolutio (all of which I had at 88 points)
Review by Dr.Django
What a color! The Equidem is very dark in the glass and literally screams chocolate, dried fruit, leather, plums and blackberries. And that's exactly what it delivers. Oily and pleasantly warm on the palate, with more cocoa, chocolate and wood on the long finish. This Foursquare was already very hyped before its release in Germany. And rightly so!
Review by LukaŽiga
8,7:On the nose, spiciness with medicinal notes, is the first impression we get, toasted coconut, roasted wood with nuts, leather, caramel and cocoa and dried fruits like apricots, raisins. On aeration, black tea might be present, some other vegetal tones, then a lot of fruits as plum, black currant, dark berries and citrus fruits from wine finish and dark chocolate, a whiff of smoke. 9:On the palate, the attack is delicious with variety of black muscat finish fruits like dark berries with black berry, perhaps, prunes, raisins, dried apricots, fresh plum and main Bajan mark, toasted coconut.The wood is roasted with leather, caramel, dark chocolate, creamy, slightly resinous and tannic, spicy with cinnamon...so bourbon&black muscat notes.Citrus&banana pastry joins, when the rum is well oxidized. 8,9:The finish is great, long and tannic, dry, syrupy like dark fruits marmelade, with sweet roasted wood notes and baking spices... Edit:8.8.2025, 5.10.25, 17.4.26
Review by Basti
Die Nase ist sehr einladend und relativ süß. Schokolade, getr. Früchte, Karamell, Vanille, Kokosnuss und diverse Gewürze. Gefällt mir sehr gut. Im Mund dann sehr ölig/cremig, jede Menge Gewürze, die ich nicht alle zuordnen kann, vielleicht sogar Kardamom und Muskat. Dazu Schokolade und holzige Noten. In Summe ein sehr guter und süffiger Foursquare, ohne das Rad jedoch neu erfunden zu haben. Edit: Erstbewertung bestätigt. Sehr leckerer Foursquare, aber dennoch knapp hinter dem Absolutio und dem Plenip. Dafür deutlich besseres PLV 👍
Review by Banana Joe
Wow, wow. Insanely complex, powerful Foursquare. The finish in the Black Muscat barrel fits like a glove on the Foursquare eye. This combination is really amazing. I'm not really a sweet person, but the sweetness of a summer jam is just perfect here. This creamy complexity is second to none. For me, this is the best Foursquare I've had in a glass so far, a touch ahead of the Absolutio. Alcohol perfectly integrated. Stands out from the standard Foursquare mash. Doesn't have to hide behind the Velier bottlings.
Review by Tim
Alter Bourbon-Foursquare trifft dunklen Rotwein. Zusammen mit Velier Absolutio verkostet und es gibt viele Gemeinsamkeiten. Vielseitig fruchtig (z.B. typisch Orange, Banane, Kokos), Gewürze, Karamell a la Foursquare, aber dann viele dunkle Früchte und Kakao. Sehr gut, einer der besten ECS.
Review by SaibotZtar
It is very dark ... Nose dark dried fruits, blackberries, pepper, chocolate, some clove and baking spice. Pleasant sweetness on the palate... Alcohol slightly biting and sharp-edged on the tongue (should have given it more time) Dried fruits also here clearly with chocolate some coconut ... something peppery hot comes again and again with but does not interfere at all but makes it then but something special . I don't see a 90+ here, it's just not different enough for that, at least for me.
Review by BTHHo 🥃
This is not a high value rum in the sense that it is an obvious buy or an absolute must-have, but if you have the money to buy it, you are 100% getting value for money. In terms of the rum, this rum is fantastic. Equidem is a great example of taking the Foursquare DNA that we all know and love and honing in on all the rich, dark and savory notes. After adding a few drops of water it really opens up, doesn't quite evolve into a completely different rum, but it feels much more cohesive overall. 🤩🤩
Review by Stefan Persson
Tasted this unique rum during Sweden Rumfest 2025. It’s a blend of rum distilled in a copper double retort pot still and a twin column still. This bottling from Foursquare is also a blend of two rums where one of them partly was aged in Black Muscat casks which is the first time for Foursquare. The nose is intense, complex, juicy, fruity, sweet and spicy with aromas of raisin, nectarine, plum, lemon, clementine and with a hint of marzipan, ginger and turmeric. At the palate it’s complex, full bodied, creamy, smooth, fruity and sweet with flavors of caramel, jam, peaches and plums. The finish is rather long, bitter and spicy with flavors of black tea and ginger.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
This bottling has the hype quite rightly with the quite extraordinary Black Muscat Cask Finish! It has strong parallels to the Velier Foursquare Absolutio (comparison to come) but seems almost better balanced and has an incredibly beautiful mouthfeel. Very creamy, heavy and simply a great viscosity. Aromatically, port and red wine notes meet dark chocolate, caramel, some typical coconut and banana, but also rather atypical notes of cassis, blackberry and plums, which are complemented very pleasantly in the finish by a slightly spicy ginger kick (ginger sticks dipped in dark chocolate). Really great bottling and highly recommended!🇧🇧👏🏼 Update: in a direct comparison with Absolutio, it comes out on top. Significantly sweeter, more caramelly and the alcohol is not quite as well integrated in direct comparison. But that's complaining at a high level!
Review by zabo
Wow, finally another ECS Foursquare that stands out from the others, which are usually very high quality. The alcohol is more than super integrated. I'm thrilled. Of course, I'll still have to try how it fares against the Absolutio. That's why one or two points may change in the rating.
Review by Schnubbii
I've been looking forward to this release for a long time. One of the darkest Foursquare in the glass that I have tasted so far. On the nose, I find leather or old leather armchairs, dark chocolate and dried fruit, plus some spices such as clove. Incredibly intense on the palate. Sweetness at first, then a jammy fruitiness, followed by dark chocolate and some leather. However, the alcohol is already pushing quite a bit out of the freshly opened bottle. Like almost all Foursquare ECS releases, the Equidem also benefits greatly from a little (1-2 tsp water to 2 cl) water, which opens it up and takes away the sharpness. Then it's just a heavenly marmalade, the fruitiness comes to the fore and the darker aromas recede somewhat. The finish is medium-long with a heavy sweetness and jam. A really nice release and for me in direct comparison on the same high level as the Absolutio, whereby the Absolutio for me has more of a port fruitiness with more dried fruit and the Equidem more of a velvety, jammy fruitiness in line with its maturation.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#5644 08.09.2025 Enjoying some samples after an extended workday helping a colleague. Nose Fresh, round, wood, vanilla, light leather spice, cherry, light caramel, light earthy. Palate Oily, wood, light tannins, roasted, spice, light cherry, light citrus, banana, light chocolate, light smoke, faint cinnamon. Finish Long, wood, light tannins, faint smoke, light coconut, light chocolate, light berries, spice. Empty glass Vanilla, chocolate, banana, light coconut, light berries. The colour of this rum surprised me a lot because it's extremely dark compared to the other releases.
Review by TheJona'Spirits
Wow, this ECS really stands out in this iconic collection from Richard Seale's distillery. Among the best I've ever tasted. All the typical and classic FS markers are present on the nose and palate; various declensions of caramel (cream, candy, fudge), honeyed character, brown sugar, sore throat syrup, alcohol that kicks just right (lively nose and warm palate), woody presence (cask, vanilla, dark chocolate, spices). Dried coconut, of course, but also magnificent dried fruits (currants, dates, plums, figs) and dehydrated dark berries (blackcurrant, elderberry), all of which come from the black muscat cask. 💡Tasted again and I affirm that this Equidem is among the very good RQPs of the moment at the release price (~99🍒). On a par with some of Velier's Foursquare selections from his black bottle collaboration.
Review by RumTaTa
The nose points towards Foursquare or Belize with a very round, pleasing impression, I would say. Palate: au-yes, very round, alcohol 55-60%, lots of dried fruits, bourbon, I can imagine tasting a port or sweet wine finish Finish: medium long finish with bourbon and roasted notes I like it very much, my guess is Barbados/Foursquare. Resolution: RX22143 Foursquare Equidem!
Review by Joachim Guger
Insanely deep, beautiful color. Chocolate, coffee, spices. The Fourquare coconut is recognizable, but in the background. Tobacco, spice. Not very complex, but well melted. Perfection in the integration of the alcohol. In the mouth, peppery spiciness, wood, dried fruit, caramel and spice. Full-bodied, warm and very strong. Lots of milk chocolate. Long, spicy finish. The Equidem - a simple name by Foursquare standards - certainly ranks at the top end of Seale's oeuvre. Not quite typical, the profile looks strongly towards 🇬🇾. Agree with Michael, certainly a top companion to a cigar. 🙏 for this beautiful sample!
Review by Julien Ries
👃🏼Beaucoup de fruits noirs et rouges, quelque chose qui se rapproche d'un vin cuit. Du raisin mûr, un côté Porto. Le tout est très complexe et équilibré. De la prune, un peu de cassis, qui lui apporte une astringence perceptible à l'odeur. On a aussi des traces d'orange amère, au milieu des épices légères. Le boisé des 14 ans passés en fût est bien là, mais délicat. 👅 Elle est chaude mais bien intégrée malgré le taux d'alcool le plus élevé de toutes les bouteilles. Beaucoup d' épices et il serait compliqué de toutes les nommer. La vanille se mêle à l'orange amère, et il possède un côté très tanique qui laisse une grosse opulence sur la langue et le palais. C'est ample, huileux, sec. La rondeur est apportée avec cette prune et ce vin cuit, plus discret que dans le nez, et elle est compensée par l'amertume du chocolat noir. 🎆 La finale est très longue, âpre, avec beaucoup de tanins.
Review by Louis Zimmermann
A real pleasure from start to finish. This Foursquare reveals a remarkable concentration of aromas, with power that's present but always under control. Very fat and oily, it expresses itself through a purée of ripe fruit, dominated by plum and accompanied by a touch of chocolate. A mixture of wood and caramel enrich the whole. The finish prolongs the tasting experience, with a long-lasting sweetness that coats the palate (+ a slight freshness). An experience I simply adored.
Review by Oliver
Excellent Foursquare!
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Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
Read full review →This truly is a “sipping rum” you really should take your time with this and appreciate it. It’s not a rum that I would look to mix (use Doorly’s XO if you want a more “Premium” mixer). I feel that this release is offering something a little different to the...
Details about Foursquare ECS XXVII Equidem 2010
A Pot & Column Still Rum from Barbados, distilled by Foursquare, at 61%.
Community purchases
370 bottles logged by 261 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
17% opened, 17 emptied and repurchased.
What does Foursquare ECS XXVII Equidem 2010 cost?
Community paid 100–145 €.
Current best price: 149.00 € – 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+ →
+23 purchases in the last 3 months.
Added to collections, last 12 months — dark bars are the last 3.
370 purchased · 171 tasted · 165 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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