Appleton Estate 12 Year Old Rare Casks Rum, 70cl
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Or collect from our shop in Brixton Village.
Make it a rum cocktail
The syrups and bitters we use behind the bar. Add one to your order.
A 12-year-old Jamaican rum of real depth. The one to give a whisky drinker.
We stock the 12 because it shows what Jamaican rum does with time: dried fruit, cocoa and oak, with the island's funk still singing underneath. Dry and complex, it's a sipper first. It's a brilliant gift for a whisky lover.
Tastes like: dried fruit, cocoa, toasted oak, orange peel and spice.
How to drink it:
- Neat: pour 35ml of Appleton 12 into a tumbler, let it sit for a minute, then add a drop of water if you like
- With a drop of water, to open up the fruit
- Alongside a square of dark chocolate
If you like this, try: Appleton Estate 8 Year Old Reserve Rum, 70cl (younger and brighter) · Appleton Estate 21 Year Old Rum, 70cl (the luxury step up)
At a glance
| Category | Rum |
|---|---|
| Style | Aged |
| Origin | Jamaica |
| ABV | 43% |
| Size | 70cl |
| Producer | Appleton Estate |
| Taste | Rich & oaky, Fruity & tropical |
| Best for | Sipping, Gifting |
| Sweetness | 2 out of 5 (1 is dry, 5 is sweet) |
| If you drink… | Appleton 8, El Dorado 12 |
For the rum nerds
- Made by: Appleton Estate, a single estate in Jamaica's Nassau Valley, St Elizabeth. Distilling there is documented back to 1749.
- Made from: Molasses from sugar cane grown on the estate, which grows more than ten cane varieties.
- Water: Spring water naturally filtered through limestone.
- Fermentation: Molasses, spring water and Appleton's own cultured yeast.
- Still: A blend of rum from 100% copper Forsyth pot stills and column stills.
- Age: Hand-selected pot and column still rums, at least 12 years old, aged in Jamaica's tropical climate.
- People: Master Blender Dr Joy Spence chooses and blends the aged rums.
Why it tastes like this: Pot still rum gives Jamaica its heavy, fruity character, and column rum lightens the blend. Rum ages fast in tropical heat, so every extra year in the Nassau Valley adds more oak, dried fruit and spice.
Collect from The Liquor Club, Unit 6, Brixton Village, London SW9 8PR, or order for UK delivery. Not sure it's for you? Pop in and taste with us.