Mandamus is Mark XXIX of the Exceptional Cask Selection — the 2025 release, and a return to the tawny port casks that made Détente and Premise cult bottles. Whisky Advocate explains the series: Foursquare's best and most unusual barrels are set aside for ECS, released only when fourth-generation master distiller Richard Seale finds a batch worthy of the name, with no fixed schedule. Foursquare is the distillery Fred Minnick dubbed the Pappy of rum: the Seale family's operation in St. Philip, Barbados, where Seale has led the fight for unadulterated rum — no sugar, no color, no additives, no filtration — and every drop is distilled, aged, blended, and bottled on the island. Mandamus is a Single Blended Rum, pot and Coffey column distillate, tropically aged sixteen years — ten in ex-bourbon barrels, then six in ex-tawny-port pipes — and bottled at 57% ABV in limited quantities. 88 Bamboo, tasting it at its Singapore debut with Gayle and Christian Seale, found what keeps the ECS fanbase loyal: consistently solid, and always something that moves the needle. Six years in port is a long finish: expect a nose of dried cherry, plum, raisin, walnut, and dark chocolate over the house's vanilla, coconut, and toasted oak, opening into a rich, rounded palate where tawny port's nutty, caramelized fruit meets baking spice and the signature buttery texture, finishing very long and warm. Honest note: ECS releases sell out and climb on the secondary market. Neat, with a drop of water, slowly.Buy Foursquare Rum Distillery Mandamus online with fast shipping right to your door.
Brand:Chips LiquorSKU:C0009783L