Foursquare 2005 Velier 16 year old Magnum Series #1 Elliott Erwitt 61%
Foursquare 2005 Velier Magnum Series #1 Elliott Erwitt
16 Year Barbados Rum 61%
The Foursquare rum distillery is owned by R.L. Seale & Co, a family business with a traceable history of rum making in Barbados dating back to 1820. The modern company dates back to the 1920s when Reginald Leon Seale established a distribution business in the island's capital - Bridgetown. The company's success brought expansion, and throughout the latter half of the 20th century it acquired brands such as ESA Fields and Doorly's for its portfolio. In 1995 they opened the Foursquare Distillery, converting an abandoned sugar factory in Saint Philip parish. Operating as a double retort pot still and a three-column continuous still, its first spirit was produced in 1996. Foursquare produces Single Blended rum, combining its pot and column stills, and under the direction of Sir David Seale and his son, Richard, Foursquare is has become one of the most respected producers in the world.
Velier was founded by Casimir Chaix in Genoa in 1947 as an importer and distributor of wine and spirits. In the 1980s they were still a small family business with less than ten employees. All this changed in 1986 when it was bought by Luca Gargano, a former brand ambassador for Saint James, who at the time was still in his twenties. Under his leadership, they selected their first single cask whiskey in 1992, and their first rum in 1996. In the decades that followed, Velier has gone on to become one of the most collectible brands in the business, and Gargano has positioned them as one of the leading authorities and bottlers of rum all over the world.