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Appleton Estate Rare Blend 12-Year rum

Appleton Estate Rare Blend 12-Year

Jamaica | Aged

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309 Appleton Estate Rare Blend 12-Year Ratings

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Saint Gibson 🇬🇧 | 3 ratings
Posted almost 4 years ago

Deep, thick, pleasantely woody, dry(ish), properly aged, with pleasant, long finish and you can clearly taste and feel it. Basically everything you need from a rum, and for the price this Appleton Estate can bebarely beaten by anyone else (depends on your area, but I only think of RL Seals to compare for you coin). If you want to know more about AE 12 RB, Ralphy made a review and pretty much nailed it, but you better go and grab a bottle for yourself, take some time, certainly give it a rest and oxidize, and then enjoy it neat (and only neat! for those who mix such rums with anything else there is a special room in hell with giant wobbling dildos). Note: this rum needs to breathe more before tasting, and while the bottle goes down, it becomes better and better and better, and you will definitely feel it, just mark my words lads. Anyway, I highly recommend this for anyone who like scotch. Properly aged, pot still, dry(ish) rum for such price? Exelent and almost perfect.

Sbilmer 🇨🇦 | 11 ratings
Posted 4 years ago

Delightful sipper - currently my favourite with rich molasses and complex sweetness. Perfect night cap when my wife is drinking Scotch

Ralf 🇩🇪 | 22 ratings
Posted over 4 years ago

Well balanced, not sweet. What I expect from an Jamaica-rum...I like it

Echo 🇺🇦 | 10 ratings
Posted over 4 years ago

The best for the price for me. Very spicy and smooth. This is a hit in a rum industry.

RichPotter 🇬🇧 | 17 ratings
Posted over 4 years ago

Not as smooth as some sipping rums and it wouldn't be my first choice but still a reasonable selection.

jamesshaffer 🇺🇸 | 40 ratings
Posted over 4 years ago

This rum reviews much better than it tastes...for me. I'm still pretty new to aged rums, so maybe my pallet is just still immature. However, I'll have this bottle in my collection for a while. Maybe I'll have an updated review with a better opinion before this bottle is gone. As always, I prefer my rum over ice with a healthy splash of Coke.

Hedlund 🇸🇪 | 45 ratings
Posted almost 5 years ago

En väldigt allsidig rom som funkar till det mesta. Mat, bak, drinkar, avec men inte en fullträff dock

C. F. 🇺🇸 | 28 ratings
Posted 5 years ago

Solid blended rum. Nothing special but nothing bad. Pleasant from nose to throat.

Dan-Fix 🇸🇪 | 113 ratings
Posted almost 6 years ago

Nice stuff with real pure taste without added sugar. Big differens between this and other sugeradded rums. Nose: bunch of raisins and other tropical fruits. Palate: a bit sharp in a good whiskey way, raisins and banan with arrak. Thumbs up!

Paul B 🇺🇸 | 472 ratings
Posted 6 years ago

I went to my neighborhood grocery store to pick up my old favorite Appleton V/X, which I have been drinking from time to time for the past 25 years or so. All they had was the Signature Blend with no age statement or this one. I would not have been pleased with the cheaper one, so I bought this one, which happened to also be on my wish list.

Others have noted a strange funky aftertaste, which is characteristic of Jamaican rums. At first, it was good sipped neat, but nothing to write home about. An ice cube increased the complex flavors, but also the funky aftertaste. This bottle won't go to waste, but I will always stick with their V/X aged between 5-10 years. This one appears to be the victim of being "too long in the wood". This also proves that if it works, don't fix it.

Update 12 days later: I have a love/hate relationship with this totally unique rum. No other rum can even be compared to it. After all these years, other reviewers have finally inspired me to look up the terms "dunder" and "esters", which is what makes Jamaican rums unique. You will have to look those up yourself because that process sounds pretty gross and probably began centuries ago out of economic need instead of adding unique flavors. For those that don't know what Jamaican funky rum tastes like, I would best describe it as mud being mixed with the sugar cane that was distilled to make this rum.

Since my favorite V/X appears to have been discontinued, I may not be buying any more rum from Appleton. Then again, somewhere down the line I may miss this funky one and buy it again.




Brand Details

Name: Rare Blend 12-Year
Years Aged: 12
Type: Appleton Estate
Raw Material: Unknown
Process: Pure blend (1 distillery)
Distillation: Unknown
Women leading Rum: No