| Rating | 96 |
| Style | Rum |
| Produced In | Barbados |
| ABV | 62% |
| Availability | Limited |
| Price | $173.00 |
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| Review Updated | 2025-09-02 |
Foursquare Rum Distillery Exceptional Cask Series 'Convocation' Review
Foursquare’s Exceptional Cask Selection series features limited, one-off releases, each highlighting a unique experiment in blending and maturation from the Barbados distillery. Convocation, the 28th entry in the series, is no exception.
At $173, this release lands on the more expensive end of the price spectrum. Bottled at 62 percent ABV, it’s a brooding, burly proposition. Those numbers translate to understandable intensity and — in a certain sense — unexpected value: you could proof it down to stretch the bottle further, though the alcohol is so well integrated you don’t need to.
Convocation blends two 14-year-old rums: one aged fully in ex-bourbon barrels, the other in ex-Madeira casks, before the two batches are married and bottled on site. The influence of fortified wine is unmistakable, adding richness and oxidative complexity to the distillery’s familiar vanilla and coconut core.
Expect additional waves of cocoa, candied citrus, and toasted nuts, wrapped in a chewy toffee richness that extends deep onto the finish. A high point in Foursquare’s Exceptional Cask Selection series, Convocation rewards enthusiasts who seek out rum’s most noteworthy releases.
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