Appleton Estate Signature Blend Rum

Fruity nose, not too sweet but bit of an acetone after taste. Great mixer.

Very smooth, perfect in a rum and coke.

This blend of 15 different rums of an average age of four years pours a copper amber in the glass. It noses of alcohol, wood spice, sweet candy, citrus (orange), and slightly of molasses. The mouth finds all of these, plus what I consider a very strong vanilla bent. So much so, that it nearly becomes the dominate taste. This seems hotter than you would expect from an 80 proof. The finish is slightly sweet and short.

84 rating is kinda low balling this easy sipper. It's not forward on any flavor in the spectrum, but there is a wave of baking spices, vanilla oak and some funk. This can easily be a go to all summer and would be an easy sell for the rum and coke drinker. Appleton Estate definitely scratches the itch when one wants rum. Nonetheless, when the bottle goes quick that usually means one thing. It's good.

Funky, woody, fruity