Foursquare Rum Distillery tour
On a balmy Bajan afternoon driving through St. Phillip parish we headed to Foursquare Rum Distillery. As soon as we arrived there it began to rain, then as quickly it stopped. Typical Caribbean weather, it wets your skin just enough to feel the coolness of water, then the sun takes back over.
Luckily we'd just made the last scheduled tour of the day. Our guide began the tour by taking us into the fermentation room. Inside that room there were three life-sized, beautiful, black & white archival photos of cane workers. Really lovely and evocative.
The next stop was the distillation room. The copper pot still, where the rum is distilled, was very impressive and still quite shiny. After distillation Caribbean rum is aged in old whiskey barrels, and in the barreling room we saw the re-charred Jack Daniel's bourbon barrels that had been dated for 2014 rum. Recycling well done! In the far corner of the barreling room there were huge silver vats full of a particularly well-known rum brand that Foursquare also produces.
We then moved into the tasting room where I tried R.L. Seale, 3 varieties of Doorly’s, Foursquare, E.S.A.F and Spiced Rum. All neat with water as a chaser.
I left the tour with a few small bottles of Foursquare Rum to give as gifts. Rum is a great gift from travelers, so much better than a t-shirt! Unless the t-shirt says "I've been rumming...!"