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Foursquare ECS 2007 and Cadenhead Classic rum reviews

So I bought me a bottle of Foursquare's 2007 Exceptional Cask Selection Mark X (Barbados, 12 years old, aged 2007 to 3/2019 in ex-bourbon casks; pot/column still blend, 59% ABV), the vintage bottlings being (IMHO) their best offerings and their best values. And then I wanted to review it, so I went looking for something to compare it to (since reviews are most useful in some kind of broader context). That is to say, I went looking for another officially bottled single-blended, molasses-based rum tropically aged for a decade or more and bottled at high proof. And, well, unless I wanted to spend $250 on a Mount Gay, there kind of wasn't any. What I finally opted for was Cadenhead's Classic Rum (this one marked on the side, so far as I can read, as "5/10/17"), an effort from the Springbank folks. It's an independent bottling (albeit a continuous one), not an official release. It isn't from a single distillery (they're listing Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Panama, and Trinidad). It's a mere 5 years old. But hey, it's still a pot/column blend and it's bottled at a healthy 50% ABV without color, sugar, or chill-filtration. Not really in a good position to topple the reigning king, but a closer point of reference than stuff bottled at 40-43% or the various pure pot still offerings (Worthy Park, etc.) or anything dosed with extra sugar. The Foursquare is good (89/100) because it's always good. I find the Cadenhead a little bit MOTR (82/100), but marred more by its Springbank-in-the-US price hike than by its intrinsic quality. I talk a little bit about the magic of rechar casks (although weirdly it's mostly in the context of the Foursquare, when on reflection I'm pretty sure more such casks are present in the Cadenhead). And then I demand that Appleton, Diamond, St. Lucia Distillers, and anyone else with the stocks step up to give Richard Seale and co. a real challenge and us customers some new options.