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Appleton Estate Rare Blend 12 Year Rum
Aged Rum — Jamaica
Reviewed
August 25, 2020 (edited November 28, 2020)
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.
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