Doorly's 8 Year Old Barbados Rum

An 8-year-old Barbados rum from the Doorly's brand, blended and aged at the Foursquare distillery. Martin Doorly founded the brand in the early 1920s, and it was bought by R.L. Seale in 1992. Foursquare is around 350 years old, with records suggesting its rum-wine-mill and molasses factory has been in production since 1730; the distillery was fully renovated in 1995 and production is declared 100% environmentally sound. In keeping with Barbados tradition, no sugar is added. Distillation uses both pot still and column still, and the rum is served neat or in cocktails. Its nose brings rich, sweet caramel, dried fruits, spice, oak, banana, orange and vanilla; the palate adds tobacco, demerara sugar, raisin and bourbon notes.