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Barbados's cult distillery — critically acclaimed, limited release, and the rum world's most coveted bottle.

ABV
56%
Region
Barbados
Character
Overripe banana, Baked pastry

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Mount Gay XO Triple Cask Blend
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Mount Gay · The Whisky Exchange

A Barbados single traditional blended rum aged 5–17 years in American whiskey, ex-bourbon, and ex-Cognac casks, bottled at 43%. Spicy and fruity with a creamy, smooth palate and layered oak complexity. Like Criterion, this is a single traditional blended rum from Barbados built on the same pot-and-column-still philosophy that defines the island's finest expressions. The multi-cask maturation mirrors Criterion's own bourbon-and-Madeira layering, delivering that same interplay of rich fruit, warm spice, and refined oak you love. Mount Gay is Barbados's other great distillery — in fact, one of the oldest rum producers in the world — and the XO Triple Cask shows exactly why the island's blended tradition is so revered. If you're drawn to Criterion's depth and balance, you'll find the same disciplined, additive-free craftsmanship here.

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St Nicholas Abbey 15 Year Old Rum
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St Nicholas Abbey · The Whisky Exchange

A long-aged single cask Barbados rum from the historic St Nicholas Abbey estate, bottled at natural cask strength. Rich notes of tropical fruit, brown sugar, and toffee apple with serious depth. Criterion is all about what long tropical ageing in quality casks does to a Barbados rum — and this 15-year-old from St Nicholas Abbey delivers exactly that, with even more time in wood for an extra layer of richness and concentration. The distillery uses a unique hybrid still (affectionately called Annabelle), giving its spirit a distinctive character that still sits squarely in the refined Bajan tradition you enjoy. St Nicholas Abbey is one of only four active rum distilleries in Barbados, and its rare single-cask releases are as collectible and uncompromising as anything in Foursquare's lineup. The toffee apple and tropical fruit notes are a direct echo of Criterion's own profile, just pushed further by the extra years in barrel.

Wildcard pick 03
Barbados (Foursquare) 15 Year Old Rum Sponge Edition 19
Barbados (Foursquare) 15 Year Old / NAS 5 / Decadent Drinks
Rum Sponge · The Whisky Exchange

An independent bottling of 15-year-old Foursquare distillate by Rum Sponge, drawn from two refill barrels (2005 & 2007 vintages), bottled at 57.1%. Concentrated and tropical with vanilla toffee, coconut, and rich medicinal depth. Here's the wildcard twist: same Foursquare distillery DNA as Criterion, but filtered through the lens of an independent bottler with a very different philosophy. Rum Sponge selected these casks specifically for their extra age and concentration — five more years than Criterion — revealing what the spirit becomes when left to run deep and funky in refill wood under tropical heat. If Criterion made you wonder what Foursquare's distillate looks like pushed to its absolute limit, this is your answer. A collectors' bottling from one of the rum world's most respected independent voices, it's the same brilliant base spirit viewed through a completely different prism — and a genuinely thrilling discovery.

What makes Foursquare Criterion Single Blended Rum distinctive?

ABV
56%
UK price
~£60
Region
Barbados
Character
Overripe banana, Baked pastry

Foursquare Distillery under master distiller Richard Seale has become the benchmark for serious rum connoisseurs. The Exceptional Cask Selection releases — of which Criterion is a celebrated example — are uncoloured, unsweetened, and unchillfiltered rums that showcase what Barbados pot and column still distillation can achieve. Criterion, aged in American oak and Madeira casks, delivers remarkable complexity: overripe banana, baked pastry, dark toffee, and intense dried fruit with a warming, long finish.

Tasting notes
Overripe bananaBaked pastryDark toffeeDried fruitWarming complexity

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What makes Foursquare Criterion Single Blended Rum distinctive?

Foursquare Distillery under master distiller Richard Seale has become the benchmark for serious rum connoisseurs. The Exceptional Cask Selection releases — of which Criterion is a celebrated example — are uncoloured, unsweetened, and unchillfiltered rums that showcase what Barbados pot and column still distillation can achieve. Criterion, aged in American oak and Madeira casks, delivers remarkable complexity: overripe banana, baked pastry, dark toffee, and intense dried fruit with a warming, long finish.

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