About
Aged in ex-bourbon casks — dried fruit, vanilla, baking spice with a smooth, dry finish. Excellent balance between richness and freshness.
Doorly's comes from Foursquare, the Seale family distillery built on the site of a sugar factory dating back to 1636. Foursquare runs both a pot still and a column still, then blends the two styles of spirit into one rum. That mix is what gives Barbados rum its balance of weight and polish.
The XO takes one extra step after its cask ageing. The master blender selects older rums and matures them a second time in Spanish oloroso sherry casks. The sherry wood layers raisin, marmalade and cinnamon over the toffee base. It is bottled at 43 per cent, a notch above standard strength, so the flavour holds up with ice.
Sip it neat after dinner, or build it into an Old Fashioned in place of whisky.
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