Appleton Estate Rare Blend 12 Year Rum

My intro to Jamaican funk. I loved the flavors - sweet and mildly funky, not too boozy unlike say, Flor de Caña 12 year. Would go great with a cigar, I'm sure. Only have had it plain, recommend you do as well.

Continuing with my rum journeys. This is a fine rum indeed. It gets quite a bit of love and is mostly deserved. Neat the nose brings thick dark molasses, incense and spices with melted butter and planks from an old shipwreck. Palate is hearty and robust. Simmered brown sugar and baking spice lead the way. Plenty of earthy barrel notes to balance the sweetness. Finishes with charred oak, pipe tobacco and drying dark chocolate with the black strap fading slow. This is not as sweet as El Dorado or Diplimatico with a slight funk(hogo) reminiscent of Pussers. Overall very well executed Jamaican rum with great flavor and value....86/100

The nose is ripe with cooked bananas, molasses, orange rind, and a bit of burnt sugar. The later isn't off-putting, in part because it is so fleeting. There are additional burnt notes, sugar and wood, but these are in the palate. There, cooked tropical fruit (particularly plantains), medium oak, tapioca, custard, and a bit of toffee join the fray. As the palate yields to the finish, a very unique note manages the transition: an herbal burnt molasses tinge. After it relents, more cooked plantains, a bit of allspice, and brown cola finish out the lot.

A bit thin and hot but a decent sipper.