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Appleton Estate Joy 25-Year rum

Appleton Estate Joy 25-Year

Jamaica | Aged | 45% ABV | Pot and Column Still Distilled

9.2/10
66 ratings
Truly a fantastic choice
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66 Appleton Estate Joy 25-Year Ratings

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Danzilla78 🇨🇦 | 23 ratings
Posted almost 7 years ago

This is labeled a twenty five year old rum, but is a blend with thirty and thirty five year old rums in it also, they labeled it twenty five as that's the youngest rum in it. This is the tastiest rum I've tried, it has great legs, taste and one of my favourite features, the slow smooth finish that tastes of honey. As I sip from my glass, I savour it with the thought that I wish I could afford to drink this delicious rum everyday!

locorican68 (PREMIUM) 🇺🇸 | 30 ratings
Posted 2 years ago

I looked for this bottle for about a year and it was worth it. I opened to celebrate a birthday with a friend of mine and the flavors and smoothness of this rum where second to none. The oak, vanilla, tobacco and leather notes were a little more intense, but smoother compared to AE 21, which is a favorite of mine. I’m trying to get another one, but these are more rare now days and the price could make it infeasible.

EvilAFI 🇨🇦 | 4 ratings
Posted almost 3 years ago

N- Sweet molasses and tropical fruits, light funk and a barrel spice (maybe oak).
P- hear the oak comes, a nice oak and sweet balance here, the funk is still light, green banana is the main fruit I get along with papaya (both with a crystallized sugar coating)
F - it’s drier than expected, the oak and spice are relentless, (sips of water between rum helps the flavors come through), ripe tropical fruits linger in the end and caramel pokes through.

Per71 🇸🇪 | 79 ratings
Posted 3 years ago

So smooth, but still a Jamaica rum.
Lots of flavour, but not too much.
Great choice !

Brian 🇦🇺 | 27 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

I had the pleasure to taste a sample of this rum recently & was so impressed. So beautifully smooth. It’s a shame it’s almost impossible to buy now.

Kiwipirate 🇳🇿 | 22 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

I got exceptionally lucky and managed to pick two of these bottles up in a two for the price of one deal through Duty Free last year and to say it was money well spent would be an understatement.

I am just starting on my high end rum journey and Appleton's Estate Joy has possibly been the best I have ever had so far. Its very smooth, sweet and delicious on the nose but not too sweet that it overdoes it, very well balanced, has a delicious silky lingering aftertaste and if its left to breathe for a while (as any good sipper should get the chance) has little in the way of alcoholic whiff about it.

I've tried some nice premiums, like Diplomatico Ambassador, Ron Zacapa XO, El Dorado 21, Flor De Cana 25 and I have to say, on overall points balance, this would be the best. Hands down.

A tad on the pricey side but the sort of thing you would want to break out on a really special occasion with good friends or that once in a year expensive treat to share on a sunset beach with a significant other.

I give this my only 10 out of 10 only because I don't feel I would be doing justice by giving it 9 as it's at least a 9.5 but I can't say for certain without having increased my knowledge of fine rums a little more. Would absolutely recommend a try.

Mrcaress 🇨🇦 | 12 ratings
Posted almost 4 years ago

I’m middle class and don’t deserve this. But once in a while you got to splurge. So glad I did. The taste. Yup! Just like making out at a cabin party with a girl who you thought was out of your league

Michal Micko (PREMIUM) 🇨🇿 | 642 ratings
Posted almost 5 years ago

Complex aroma, very big body with many layers and tones and incredible long aftertaste!
Rum lovers should get minimum the sample, to know how one of ethalons can taste...

Achim Emmenegger 🇩🇪 | 72 ratings
Posted 5 years ago

Dieser Appelton hat das gewisse Etwas und der Preis ist moderat für diese Qualität,da hat sich Joy wirklich nicht zu ihrem Jubiläum lumpen lassen.Gefühlsmässig stecken da ein paar wirklich gute alte Jahrgänge drin.... Den 30er braucht man hier nicht mehr zu kaufen.Beim 50er kann ich nicht mitreden aber der Preis ist so utopisch,so gut kann ein Rum gar nicht sein.Dem Hören nach ist er jedenfalls sein Geld nicht wert,der Joy aber absolut.
10 Punkte gebe ich weil er in der Jamaika Liga insbesondere Appelton absolut Oberliga spielt. Gegen einen Skeldon ,Albion oder Kirsch Caroni sind 10 Punkte natürlich nicht gerechtfertigt,aber Das ist wieder eine andere Liga......

Gravy 🇬🇧 | 28 ratings
Posted 5 years ago

I first tried this in a bar in a great little bar called "The Brig" in Falmouth, Cornwall, UK.
It cost £30 for a shot, and was served with spring water, dark chocolate and something else which I can't remember. I remember beig quite staggered at how incredibly long the finish of this rum goes on for. (I walked a mile or two afterwards and was still tasting the linger notes of truffle and earthiness.
So, I decided to buy a bottle of my own. No small decision, given the price and availability of it. I eventually paid around £220 for one.
It has taken me almost a year to drink it (there's still a drop left)
I found that my bottle did not have the same taste experience as the one in The Brig. I never quite got the same earthy, truffley notes that I did the first time. Perhaps it is the amount of exposure to air which made the difference, I really don't know.

Anyway ... It has much the same basic characteristics of Appletons 12-year old rare blend, but feels a little more finely tuned, as you would expect.
The oakiness is there, but unlike the 12 y/o, it is balanced perfectly into the mix of vanilla, brown sugar and caramel. There is considerably less burn than the 12 y/o, so no ice cube needed to soothe the burn.

I think that one really special aspect of this rum is the way the flavours transition in your mouth. It's like one note begins to fade just as another builds and comes to the fore. It really is a taste journey.

So why only 8 out of 10? ... the price.
Maybe I'll get another one, but I have a lot of other rums to try and I could buy several of them for what a bottle of this costs. That said, if you have the means, it is definitely a rum you should try before you die.

Andrew 🇨🇦 | 76 ratings
Posted over 6 years ago

After finding out from the “LC” that they would not be carrying this product (Brutal!!!); I was able to nab three of these bad boys in South Carolina.
I am glad to report that if your a fan of the Appleton line; you will not be disappointed.
For a rum that has been aged between 25 to 35 years; they have managed to keep the oak under control. All the signature Appleton taste and smell is there as well.
For me this is almost a 10 but I think I will give it a 9 1/2. I just wish there was something else on the finish other then oak.
My wife and I opened this on our 9th wedding anniversary, so from this point forward; this will only be sampled on future anniversaries.




Brand Details

Name: Joy 25-Year
Years Aged: 25
ABV: 45%
Type: Appleton Estate
Raw Material: Molasses
Process: Unknown
Distillation: Pot and Column Still
Women leading Rum: No