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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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over 4 years ago
Smells okay, taste okay but i’m missing a bit of sweetness
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over 4 years ago
When you are a rum connoisseur, it can be really hard to find good quality rums at your average bar or pub. A lot of places keep high quality single malts and premium ryes, but only pedestrian rums. I found Appleton the other day at a bar in my city. I keep a more favorite rum at my home, but that bar found a new customer who will return, because of the Appleton for sale there. If you spot it on the backbar shelves at a commercial establishment... TRY IT!
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over 4 years ago
Now, first off I must say that I did this right. I had never tried Appleton and had gone straight to the 21-year blend for starters. Good choice because the 21-year is nothing short of amazing. But this review is about the 12-year, isn’t it? And that’s where Appleton truly excels here. The 12-year has much of the same identical characteristics as the 21...yet different. A little more burn, a little less underlying flavor notes. Same fruity funk that’s in the higher blends...overall a winner. Being from the South, I’ve even tried it making sweet tea. Yeah, it’s light years better than using sugar. Where others taste orange peel, I taste something like snapple, very similar to the older blends. This rum, to put it bluntly, kicks ass. Joy Spence is a champion mixer and this blend is street worthy and classy all the same. At just under $40 a bottle, you can’t beat it. Delicious.
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over 4 years ago
It might not be as good sipper, as some top-shelf rums are but it mixes awesome with fruits, syrups and other stuff. Barrelnotes mixed with funky fruit skins, nice expirience. Sweet enough to be enjoyed neat/on the rocks. Not so striking with alcohol, but strong and confidient to be a bouron challanger.
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over 4 years ago
Decent, easy drinking rum.
Had it a few times, pretty good
This has been my go to run for 10 years. Prior to the recent relabel/rebrand, I found it distinctly better, but have no proof on the difference other than the 2 bottles I've made last as long as possible.
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over 4 years ago
Good solid rum. Smooth. Not spicy or sweet. Their older aged rums are better
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over 4 years ago
Got this for an Xmas pressie and I savored every drop
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over 4 years ago
Kdo miluje Jamajku, bude spokojen, vůně hodně jemná, ovocná, koření, chuť hodně příjemná Jamajka. Cena výkon sakra dobrý 👍
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over 4 years ago
Good, strong taste and a little bite in the end. Love a good glass of this one on a cold night (or just any night for that matter).
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Take note - Jamaican rums *do not* allow for added sugar, so this will be quite dry on its own if you aren't used to the style.
Having come from a bourbon background, the first time I tried this on its own I felt like I'd been punched in the face with a stick of salami. The funky flavors from the pot-still imparted esters are quite something if you don't have a rum background or have only stuck with bland white or gold well rums. Even now that I've tried a variety of rums over the last couple years, it's still a bit overpowering on its own. Nonetheless, I've come to love it, like you might love your dog even though it smells terrrible.
Having said that, you'll rarely be drinking this on its own even at the $40 price point. Where this rum shines is in a mixer for almost any tiki drink I've tried it in. It's a must in a mai tai, zombie or jet pilot, along with a more refined Ron del Barrilito 3-star for counterpoint; I've also found that it can liven up any flat-tasting tiki drink to add a bit of funk by subbing 1/4 oz of this for any other rum in the drink.
I've tried several other options to impart that much-needed funk to my large contingent of tiki recipes that I love, but I know of literally no other rum that will make them soar as much as this one does. I'd give it higher than a seven, but it's lack of ability to stand on its own pegs it in this range. Still, in the context of a good mixer for extremely high-quality tiki drinks, I'd give this a perfect 10.