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Appleton Estate Rare Blend 12 Year
Appleton EstateSpiritsRum
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Worth it only if you want this exact bottle. Mid-pack reviews at a top-third price. RumX drinkers give it 7/10 across 1,524 ratings, vs. 7.1/10 for the typical rum (730 rated). The Fat Rum Pirate gives it 3.5/5, vs. 4/5 for the typical rum (921 rated).
Appleton Estate Rare Blend 12 Year Old (also marketed as "Rare Casks 12 Year Old") is a premium Jamaican rum from Appleton Estate in the Nassau Valley, in continuous production since 1749. Master blender Joy Spence selects pot- and column-still rums aged a minimum of 12 years in American oak barrels, blending them into a rich, complex expression bottled at 43% ABV with notes of toasted oak, dried fruit, dark cocoa, orange peel, vanilla and coffee.
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