Appleton Estate Black River Casks 15-Year

Such a great rum. As with most of the longer aged Appleton, this carries little of the funk that is associated with Jamaican rum. Still an amazing rum.

While I don’t enjoy this as much as some other rums, it is one of my favorite Jamaican rums. The initial scents I got more banana, vanilla, and some sweetness. The first sip was more oak than anything.

As I was doing dishes while sipping this, it was left on the counter for about 15 minutes before I came back to it. At that point I had some odd scents, akin to soft, warm bread and apples. The taste at that point reminded me of overripe bananas or fried bananas.

And while the thought of it may give some people a slight heart attack, I bet it would make an excellent El Presidente.

compared to the 12 a little rounder, more oak and less funk, slightly better, if it costs a little more than the 12 try it

Wood and vanilla aroma, smooth taste with a hint of black pepper

This is exceptionally smooth and citrus with a nice spice.

A very good rum! Lovely color and packaging/presentation.

Really no funk to speak of. A pleasant, fruity nose, mild spice and alcohol, vanilla, some woody notes. Very approachable. Wood spices on the palate, caramel, oakiness, sweet up front with a nice bitter note on the back end, along with molasses. Well-balanced.

Makes for a good, standalone sipper and also serves decently in a single rum Mai-Tai, but comes through better mixed with Worthy Park 109, or Doctor Bird in this cocktail.

I do recommend this rum.

Alkohol: 43 %
Původ: Jamajka
Aroma: Větrovější vůně než 12, 8 a Signature Blend. Celkově je znát vyzrálost, voní jako akátové dřevo, med jen trochu. Poměrně svěží, lehká, decentní a zajímavá vůně. Srovnatelná co do kvality s dvanáctkou, ale jde na to trochu jinak. (86 b)
Chuť: Těží dřevo, i zde zajímavě do větrova. Hořkost už naštěstí úplně znizela, mléčná čokoláda, kakao. (85 b)
Body: 85/100
Shrnutí: Ochutnán s kamarádem na naší zářijové akci. Zdá se, že u Appletonu to chce aspoň patnáct let zrání, aby se rum dal pít. Láhev patnáctky by mě neurazila, to ale nic nemění na tom, že fanouškem téhle značky nejsem a nebudu.

Nice Smokey flavor. Worth the price. Get it again!

Vůně: Lak, ředidlo, dřevitá, ovocná
Chuť: ovocná, (tabák, čokoláda?), koření, dub
Dochuť: sudová, střední
Lehoučký funk. 8/10

Another great release from Appleton Estates. This one has an interesting noise of oak but also bananas and burnt fruit. The first taste is more fruit but it’s still has a nice kick to it and isn’t fruity. I’ll definitely have this in my everyday dram rotation.