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Appleton Estate 12-Year Rum is a blend of several rums aged between 12 and 18 years in American oak barrels after being distilled using small-batch copper pot stills.
The rum is produced on the Appleton Estate, which sits in the Nassau Valley in Jamaica. The estate’s origins date back as far as 1655 when the English overthrew the Spanish to rule the island and Frances Dickinson, grandfather of the distillery’s founders, received the land as a reward for his role in the overthrow.
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Posted
4 years ago
Taste is full of ripe raison, a deep fruityness to it, almost bitter but sweet on the palette.
Posted
4 years ago
This will strongly elevate any cocktail. It will also shine brightly on its own.
Fantastic flavour for an aged rum. Not as harsh as a 12 year aged you would expect.
Posted
4 years ago
12 ans étant le rhum le plus jeune. L'assemblage contient des rhums allant jusque 18 ans.
Assez gras mais de belle teneur quand même.
A découvrir pour les néophytes des rums anglais comme moi !
This is my got-to for rum drinking neat. I've never had a single person complain when enjoying some of my Appleton 12-year. This stuff is smooth and best enjoyed neat.
Un rhum ou l'on sent effectivement la pomme. Fruité et facile à boire.
Posted
4 years ago
you can drink it pur, the flavor is typical jamaica and the price is not that high. but for a bit more money there are aslo typical jamaica rum that taste much better. for example plantation
Posted
4 years ago
Pero es sobre todo el sabor...tiene demasiado regaliz, está bueno sobre todo si bebes y bebés al final ...riquísimo pero para mí es un 6 no se notan esos 12 años, tampoco es caro 17'50€
Posted
4 years ago
I found this to be somewhat harsh with a strong burn. It was reasonably tasty, but I don’t think I will buy another bottle.
Posted
over 4 years ago
Smells okay, taste okay but i’m missing a bit of sweetness
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Robust and Funky
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Appleton Estate (and Jamaican rum in general) may not be for everyone, but it's perfect for me.
Smokey brown sugar, vanilla, and a bit of mango on the nose. It's really pleasant, especially after letting it breathe a little so the alcohol can calm down. The taste that first hits me, especially after coming from a more generic rum, is what I've come to know as the "still funk" that characterizes Jamaica's breed of rum. There's a charred, bitter oakiness that isn't quite smokey, combined with the more iron-like qualities of a dried fruit. It's a bold, bloody, hard to pin down flavor that will either work for you, or it won't. That slowly gives way to some peppery notes, citrus rind, and a medium-bodied, gentle, toffee sweetness that seems to mature and soften for as long as you let it.
Do yourself a favor and skip Appleton's Signature Blend in favor of this. The 12 year is a mature, confrontational, yet gently sweet rum that seems keen to throw you a curve ball with every sip, as long as you keep looking. There's overripe banana, smoke, sometimes maybe apricot? Is that leather? Let me get to the bottom of this glass and I'll let you know for sure.