Doorly S 12 Year Old Rum

Rums from the foursquare distillery in barbados and we started with this doorlys 12 year old rum.

Doorly s 12 year old rum.

Tasting note by the chaps at master of malt nose. The 12 year old doorly s rum has finally made it to our shores. Surprisingly delicate and light on its feet for 12 years of age. Doorly s 12 year old rum is a blend of rums 90 aged for 12 years in kentucky bourbon and 10 aged for 12 years in madeira cask.

This is a seriously tasty rum that i found i was really happy to sit and sip and could happily sit with all night. The largest macaw and largest flying parrot of all the hyacinth sadly finds itself on the endangered list due to habitat loss and trapping for the pet trade. The rum presents itself in the glass as a lovely coppery red colour. The awesome 12 year old barbados rum from doorly s distilled at foursquare.

To represent the exquisite blend of 6 to 12 year old rums found in doorly s xo rum only the grand hyacinth macaw would do. Barbados aged in small american white oak casks for a full 12 years doorly s 12 year old rum has a complex character with a delicate aroma that can come only from time. Doorly s 12 year old is a blend of pot still rum which brings complexity and depth and column still rum adding a balance of aroma and flavor. This is rich and sweet with notes of tropical fruit and toffee apples.

Doorly s rum is made at the foursquare distillery in barbados. The perfect sipping rum. Doorly s 12 year old rum. Over a decade of ageing has done this rich tipple rather well as it s full of chewy toffee tobacco and tropical fruit notes.

Ninety percent of the rum is then aged in kentucky bourbon barrels while the other ten percent is aged in madeira casks for 12 years. Doorly s fine old barbados rum aged 12 years posted on october 19 2015 by thefatrumpirate 10 comments offerings from foursquare distillery this year have been a little like buses. Punches well above its price. Bourbon biscuits red wine and butterscotch.

This edition has been bottled at the slightly higher strength of 43 abv. The rums are blended and allowed to marry together for a short period so the rums fully integrate. Eminently sippable and fun to ponder over. I ve taken to drinking dark and stormy s recently so sitting sipping a lovely easy going rum like this made a big difference to me.

Tasting note by the chaps at master of malt.