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Appleton Estate Special Gold rum is made using column and pot stills. The rum is then aged in Jack Daniel’s whiskey barrels and hand-blended.
The Special Gold Appleton brand is said to have been first blended during World War II as a substitute for whiskey, which was at the time difficult to find.
5.2/10
(84 ratings)
Easily consumable in a bind
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Posted over 6 years ago by Chris Williamson from Canada with 81 ratings
This is what someone buys you when you say you like rum and the just grap anything on the shelf
Posted almost 6 years ago by thefatrumpirate from United Kingdom with 122 ratings
Not brilliant but not bad either for mixed drinks
Lacks the Ooomph of the V/X
For mixin' not sippin'. Does a darn good job at that. Very light body with some sweet rummy tastes. For the price, it gives you all you could expect.
Posted 6 years ago by Grand Master Jay from United Kingdom with 80 ratings
This is a cheap okay rum. Take this to a party, hand it in and enjoy mixed with what ever. Not a sipper but the price you pay for this what do you expect
Posted 6 years ago by Graham from United States with 14 ratings
This bottle is simply to load up drinks to get the evening going. Keep this at any bar near a body of water and enjoy
Posted almost 6 years ago by Allan Bjerreskov from Denmark with 116 ratings
Use this for your run of the mill cocktails and punch bowls. Won't make them excellent but does it's job.
As a mixer it's ok but no more than that, would I buy to keep on the shelf........ No probably not as there are better mixers out there!
Posted over 6 years ago by Margus Mägi from Estonia with 75 ratings
Very spirit taste kind of a rum. Definitely a mixer.
Posted 13 days ago by Greenmachine from Netherlands with 1 rating
I tasted this years and years ago in Jamaica. Perfect to mix but sipped neat there are way better rums. If the price is right just buy it
Posted 1 month ago by StevesSpirits from Canada with 17 ratings
While I know this rum isn't really meant as a sipper, I'm giving it a go neat.
On the nose there is banana, pepper, salt, caramel, cloves and some sourness. The palate is caramel, light oak and pepper. Very thin and watery; simple flavours. The finish is coffee and very short.
Overall a very thin and simple rum, but there also isn't anything very off-putting.
This is proper rum. It is very full and flavourful.
"It is young and raw and slightly heavy on alcohol but it does still have rich banana, honey, a little treacle and of course that unmistakable and almost undescribable Jamaican funk."
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Its a good rum for the price, but its too sweet! 6 out of 10
Posted 3 years ago by Dante De Rubin from Mexico with 42 ratings
Its a good rum, but I prefer other rums. Its too sweet!
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