Foursquare The Real McCoy Prohibition Tradition

The Real McCoy is bottled by Foursquare, with this Prohibition Tradition release built from a 12 year blend at Richard Seale's Barbados distillery. Presented at 50% and, in keeping with the house policy, unsweetened, it offers a fuller, more characterful take on the easygoing Bajan style.

Foursquare's marriage of double-retort pot and twin-column distillate, aged in ex-bourbon oak, gives a warm, coconut-and-vanilla profile with banana and a clear bourbon-cask influence. The palate turns sweeter with burnt sugar and butterscotch, then dries into nutty, tobacco-edged oak with a whisper of smoke and orange peel on the finish. The higher strength fills out the body and lifts the flavours while staying remarkably approachable, the alcohol mild and well integrated. Naturally sweet but never sugared, this is an inviting, oak-driven Barbados blend for drinkers ready to step up from the entry range without losing the smooth, accessible character.