Real McCoy Single Blended 12-Year

Really Nice and enjoyable rum. Great value for the money.

Having sampled a variety of rums I started to find I was liking Barbados the most and was excited to try an offering come out of Four Square. The price on The Real McCoy 12 is certainly not entry level but I had been burned by another rum in this range so it took me awhile to give it a go.

Wow, what a treat. To be honest in my tasting experience it reminds me a lot of my Privateer Queen's Share. The barrel notes on the nose give me a light firewood feel and the taste finish is buttery to me. I'm not great at picking out flavors but I really feel like occasionally I get some coconut taste in this one. I think the standard vanilla, and brown sugar notes are there in taste also.

So far, in my 20 or so rums tasted this is my second best rum ever. Very excited to try more from the Four Square distillery including branded Four Square offerings.

It was interesting taste testing this against Plantation 5 as another aged blended rum. Side by side the depth of this rum stands out as well as the sugar added to the Plantation. I also tried it against Flor De Cana 12, although I realize that is column only, and man does that rum seem thin next to this. Even at the same age.

Like many folk, I really enjoy Foursquare's special releases but it's getting very hard to get them, and at £75 and up, I could really do with a cheaper and more easily available alternative, which has led me to this.

Smell is pretty subtle - caramel, brown sugar and toffee - not as distinctive as most foursquare products.
Taste is similar, with a sweetness coming from the barrel char, a bit of burn and a long finish.
Much simpler in character than Elysium or any of the ECS, it reminds me more of R L Seale 10 year old. That's no bad thing, but I wouldn't say it was any better and it's quite a bit pricier.

Rum was probably made in honor to Cpt. Bill McCoy who was a rum smuggler. I guess that Foursquare identifies with Bill McCoy cause of the lack of additives, sugaring etc.

Something different than other Foursquare's rums like Doorlys or regular Foursquare
It's more dry on the palate, bourbon cask is very noticeable.
Voltage is too low for me. Slightly watery rum.

Very dark color

Nose:
typical smell of bajan rum, spices, toffee, caramel, demerara sugar, dark molasses, vanilla, dried fruits, bourbon, oak

Taste:
Very dry, oaky, woody, leathery, piquant, plenty of spices, mostly nutmeg, black pepper supported with cider wood, cigar notes, Maduro&Habano cigar leaves

Finish: short to medium

too watery for me, finish is too short nevertheless one of the driest bajan rums that I had an opporunity to try.

Cheers

Slight oak aroma. This is a very nice rum that tastes very similar to a whiskey or bourbon. Slight charred oak taste on the front end. Very smooth and taste that dissipates slowly.

OK, I stayed away from this easy to obtain rum because of the name. It just seemed a little campy to me. I wasn't ready to spned $45 on a gimmicky name. I waited too long. This is indeed "some good stuff". If i had known is was produced by Foursquare I would have tried it a long time ago. Great distillery. So this has a tremendous vanilla and cinnamon nose. Very inviting. The opening is warm and loaded with toasty brown sugar and cinnamon. You can taste the charred barrels flavor in the background. Superb. It is sweet but not too sweet. very balanced with molasses and hints of clove. Nice mouthfeel, a little on the thin side. Warm vanilla and butter sets in. A light and spirited rum here. Bite is like silk. very sippable and in auspicious balance. Finish is long and gentle spice. I mean the finish is very long. Always the sign of fine craftsmanship. This is a fine sipping rum ladies and gentlemen. If this is what Bill McCoy was smuggeling in to the desperately thirsty, prhibition stricken Americans in the 1920's he must have bordered on the divine.

Definitely taste the bourbon influence here. Very sippable rum and my very first.

Smells of brown sugar and vanilla. Robust body on the palate, smooth with the same flavors from the nose as well as some milder baking spices. Excellent sipper.

For $45 it's amazing. On the nose I get light and bright fruits, with an odor of char and bite. The taste finished medium with many different flavor profiles: I get a typical Barbados rum thatnis fruity and bright with sweet and bitter notes. I get the deeper bourbon taste and char from the oak barrels. This is a good mix of sweet and bright, bitter and dark char, shirt and middle finishes.

Very good rum. Would recommend it to all with just some ice.