Appleton Estate Rare Blend 12 Year Rum

Nose: Oak, molasses, tar, baked vanilla, pipe tobacco, canned pineapples. If you give it time to breathe, there’s a little bit of dill and rubber coming through. Taste: Smells sweeter than it drinks. Rather tannic and oaky but elegant. Vanilla spice, allspice, molasses, a hint of smoke with a subtly sweet baseline of overripe tropical fruit holding it all together. Finish: Warm and spicy with liquorice root, tobacco and notes of leather polish. A very balanced rum. Warm Caribbean spices accompanied by a very moderate amount of Jamaican funk and fruity ester notes presented in a very formal and smart oak framing.

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Nose- lightly sweet, fruity, a bit of molasses. Taste- burnt sugar, lightly sweet, bourbon like.

This product is ok, but it’s not quite what I was expecting. It’s very warm on the finish and a little dry. This is probably due to the strict regulations in Jamaica when it comes to rum.

Dry and woody. Like licking a barrel with a bit of rum on it. More of a mixer than a sipper for me. I much prefer the cheaper reserve blend for both. Edit: I’ve started to appreciate this rum more as the bottle has gotten emptier. Maybe it’s not as funky as the reserve but it’s still pretty decent.