Appleton Estate Extra is the “Ultra Premium rum in the Appleton Estate family and it is touted as unsurpassed masterpiece of oak ageing”. Now I’m not one for re-producing a companies marketing material but I will make an exception in this instance.
The marketing material continues “As a Minimum Age rum Appleton Estate Extra 12 Year Old has been aged for a MINIMUM of 12 years in select American Oak Barrels”.
The Duppies are Caribbean spirits who steal Caribbean rum hopping from island to island, keeping the best for themselves.
The Duppy Share is named after this fairy story (or the story was made for the rum I’m not sure). It’s a twist on the Angel’s Share tale. I was initially pretty disinterested in trying this rum which was released just last year. I read the press release and gave a little groan. Rums blended from different sources don’t really grab my attention and I don’t tend to buy my rum based on fairy tales….. However, fair play to the team behind The Duppy Share they have certainly produced a very attractive website. Their marketing team is also doing something right because the rum is available in a number of premium Department Stores in the UK.
The Legendary Alnwick Rum no less. The Spirit of Northumberland it proclaims. Not much of a proclamation to make really. I can’t think of a drink other than Newcastle Brown Ale the North East has produced, which is famous beyond its own counties borders.
We’re a funny little bunch up here in the North East of England. When we aren’t watching our EPL soccer teams FC United of Newcastle and the Mackem Red and White Stripes, reading the Viz or eating Kebabs we are usually to be found boozing. In actual fact we usually do most of these things pretty much at the same time…….
Hampden Estate along with Appleton Estate is one of the few remaining distilleries on Jamaica. This rum is one of the very few offerings (two) the distillery produces which are bottled under the Hampden name. For further information on the distillery (including its famous tours) please see their website.
Plantation 3 Stars is a white rum from the French based bottling giant Plantation . The name is coined from the 3 “stars” of the Caribbean from which the rum is obtained. Namely Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad. As with most of the Plantation rums there is no age statement.
White rum hasn’t featured a great deal on the site so far. This is something I am trying to address. Whilst white rum is often seen as mixing rum for cocktails such as the Daiquiri and the Mojito, I have noted that this and the El Dorado 3 Years Cask Aged have received favourable reviews by other reviewers.
Appleton Estate Reserve rum for the world famous Appleton Estate distillery. Appleton Estate is part of a portfolio of rums produced by J Wray and Nephew and Sons. The company pretty much dominate domestic rum sales in Jamaica.
Appleton Estate Reserve highly regarded throughout the rum world and is seen by many as one of the best examples of rum for your money.
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Mezan’s 2003 Jamaica Rum comes from the Monkymusk Distillery. Monymusk is Jamaica’s oldest sugar and rum estate. It has been producing rum for over 200 years and was named after Scottish Baronet Sir Archibald Grant’s estate in his home country.