Aroma - rotten pork followed by leather, moldy lime peel, and nail polish remover

Taste - salted pork followed by leather, dried tobacco leaf, and a charcoal finish

Aroma - spoiled pork followed by fresh tomatoes, nail polish remover, and salt water

Taste - salted French fries followed by pork, charcoal, and a bitter sugarcane finish

Just after opening the bottle, the smell from the cork and bottle was very present, it's tropical and definitively barrel smell.
It's very smooth, sweetness and dried fruit come over giving a fantastic taste.

8,8:On the nose, the first notes are dried fruits, then out of nowhere arise tropical fruits with passion fruit leading the gang. It is very round. Nuttiness is around later, when aired, with some medicinal notes, grapes/sweet wine, sherry notes, becomes spicy, roasted, dry. Agricole notes with some smokiness are here now, with leathery/tobacco after well rested.
8,6:On the palate, we cannot miss agricole, volcanique pedigree and spiciness that we are hold on, dried fruits come out of this first agricole/spicy cloudy skies, are juicy with nice grapes and red fruits. They are sweet like very fine sweet wine. Roasted comes by to say hello with smokiness and some drieness, bitterness and orange peel and is still very round. Tropical fruits are here, but a bit hidden. Well confectionery has been waiting till the end to show up and nougat!
9:The finish is very long, a bit sweet, agricole notes stay. It becomes creamy, buttery and toasted with tropical/dried fruits, with minimal drieness.

7,7:On the nose, it feels like a dry and woody rum, with lots of tropical fruits, a bit estery, dried fruits. The American oak barrel having left its mark. Aromas of tobacco and vanilla are also present. The whole is light, however and gives off a certain freshness.
7,7:On the palate, we confirm that it is not sweet at all and is quite dry. We feel nice tropical fruits, dried fruits, some saltiness. It is the woodiness that takes over after a while.
7,3:The finish is quite long, dry and dominated by dried fruits, vanilla and tobacco.

Just like other Appleton products, they are Jamaican rums with less emphasis on the funk. The 12 year follows in this trend and is a great sipping rum for the price. There is some funk, but a much more an emphasis on vanilla, caramel, and slight oak notes.

Simple, buttery, and slightly funky. Appleton signature is a great way to start getting into Jamaican flavors without something super funky. There’s still the overripe fruits and esters, but it’s much more tamed down than most other options.

I only use it as a mixer but I love it. Blends well, has some character but doesn't stand out. So it plays well with other ingredients and flavor profiles.

Take this review with a grain of salt the size of Gibraltar... this is my favorite rum for daiquiris. Clear, clean, crisp and bright. Just what I want in an ice cold daiquiri. Crushable. Good APV without any funk or harshness.

Here is my conundrum, I know the bottle I had was Chairman's Reserve.... but the age 2-3 is in question. So your rum mileage may vary.

This is a solid daiquiri choice. Crisp. Clean. Crushable. I would not drink it near, but it works well with sugar and lime. Not overpowering.

Smooth Rum ; very delicate
Lots os flavors ; mix of bananas / vanilla and smoke
Sweet but not too much
Complex and Excellent Afterburn

Just a bit of extra funk, so not a perfect 10 for me. But definitely a sipper, good mouthfeel, and sweet but not artificially or overdone.

Good Rum smooth but ED much better both sweet Guyana

43% sharper than Reserva Exclusiva
Simply amazing
One of my “must have”

Dark caramel color, smell a little sweet and you will taste at end. Tó sugary taste for me.

This is a good rum. It's super smooth and the barrel has mellowed thisbone out.

Slow sipper. Pretty heavy burn on this one. It's quite nice.

Great sipper. No burn, sweet, and sort of funky. Would go well in a Mai Tai.

This is a good sipper. No burn and sort of sweet. It's very good.

Strasna apatieka. Vona to jak sirup od kasla-aj to tak chuti.
Lepihuba, nedivim sa ze to nemozu ani volat rum.
Bol to darcek tak sme to skusili a rozkopalo nas jak zahradku.

This, like most Transcontinental rums, is really good. Burn on the nose but very smooth. Slight funk makes this one stand out. Maybe some cherry, a little banana, and some caramel.

This rum has earned a reputation for being a tasty addition to tiki cocktails, but I think it also holds its own when enjoyed neat. While it may not boast the same prestige as a high-end rum, it's still a solid choice that won't break the bank. Its flavor profile is complex and interesting, with a hint of funk that's characteristic of Jamaican rums. At this price point, I think it's definitely worth keeping on hand in your bar.

On the nose it smells like diplomatico but a bit leathery with a hint of alcohol. However, the taste is burnt sugar and the burn sets in immediately. When it goes down it burns less but for me this is not a sipper, more a mixer for cocktails.

I love to mix this into mai tais and other tiki drinks. It's tasty but not overpowering. It's unique but not "acquired taste." For the price it punches well above its weight class.

You dont know what you don't know. We all start out here. We have in a drink and think all rum is rum. This is the Bud Light of rums. Easy to get. Mixes ok into generic cocktails. Most won't complain but nobody will rave either. But that's it. Gets the job done but it's just not good.

Aroma - rotten pork followed by leather, moldy lime peel, and nail polish remover

Taste - salted pork followed by leather, dried tobacco leaf, and a charcoal finish

Aroma - spoiled pork followed by fresh tomatoes, nail polish remover, and salt water

Taste - salted French fries followed by pork, charcoal, and a bitter sugarcane finish

Just after opening the bottle, the smell from the cork and bottle was very present, it's tropical and definitively barrel smell.
It's very smooth, sweetness and dried fruit come over giving a fantastic taste.

8,8:On the nose, the first notes are dried fruits, then out of nowhere arise tropical fruits with passion fruit leading the gang. It is very round. Nuttiness is around later, when aired, with some medicinal notes, grapes/sweet wine, sherry notes, becomes spicy, roasted, dry. Agricole notes with some smokiness are here now, with leathery/tobacco after well rested.
8,6:On the palate, we cannot miss agricole, volcanique pedigree and spiciness that we are hold on, dried fruits come out of this first agricole/spicy cloudy skies, are juicy with nice grapes and red fruits. They are sweet like very fine sweet wine. Roasted comes by to say hello with smokiness and some drieness, bitterness and orange peel and is still very round. Tropical fruits are here, but a bit hidden. Well confectionery has been waiting till the end to show up and nougat!
9:The finish is very long, a bit sweet, agricole notes stay. It becomes creamy, buttery and toasted with tropical/dried fruits, with minimal drieness.

7,7:On the nose, it feels like a dry and woody rum, with lots of tropical fruits, a bit estery, dried fruits. The American oak barrel having left its mark. Aromas of tobacco and vanilla are also present. The whole is light, however and gives off a certain freshness.
7,7:On the palate, we confirm that it is not sweet at all and is quite dry. We feel nice tropical fruits, dried fruits, some saltiness. It is the woodiness that takes over after a while.
7,3:The finish is quite long, dry and dominated by dried fruits, vanilla and tobacco.

Just like other Appleton products, they are Jamaican rums with less emphasis on the funk. The 12 year follows in this trend and is a great sipping rum for the price. There is some funk, but a much more an emphasis on vanilla, caramel, and slight oak notes.

Simple, buttery, and slightly funky. Appleton signature is a great way to start getting into Jamaican flavors without something super funky. There’s still the overripe fruits and esters, but it’s much more tamed down than most other options.

I only use it as a mixer but I love it. Blends well, has some character but doesn't stand out. So it plays well with other ingredients and flavor profiles.

Take this review with a grain of salt the size of Gibraltar... this is my favorite rum for daiquiris. Clear, clean, crisp and bright. Just what I want in an ice cold daiquiri. Crushable. Good APV without any funk or harshness.

Here is my conundrum, I know the bottle I had was Chairman's Reserve.... but the age 2-3 is in question. So your rum mileage may vary.

This is a solid daiquiri choice. Crisp. Clean. Crushable. I would not drink it near, but it works well with sugar and lime. Not overpowering.

Smooth Rum ; very delicate
Lots os flavors ; mix of bananas / vanilla and smoke
Sweet but not too much
Complex and Excellent Afterburn

Just a bit of extra funk, so not a perfect 10 for me. But definitely a sipper, good mouthfeel, and sweet but not artificially or overdone.

Good Rum smooth but ED much better both sweet Guyana

43% sharper than Reserva Exclusiva
Simply amazing
One of my “must have”

Dark caramel color, smell a little sweet and you will taste at end. Tó sugary taste for me.

This is a good rum. It's super smooth and the barrel has mellowed thisbone out.

Slow sipper. Pretty heavy burn on this one. It's quite nice.

Great sipper. No burn, sweet, and sort of funky. Would go well in a Mai Tai.

This is a good sipper. No burn and sort of sweet. It's very good.

Strasna apatieka. Vona to jak sirup od kasla-aj to tak chuti.
Lepihuba, nedivim sa ze to nemozu ani volat rum.
Bol to darcek tak sme to skusili a rozkopalo nas jak zahradku.

This, like most Transcontinental rums, is really good. Burn on the nose but very smooth. Slight funk makes this one stand out. Maybe some cherry, a little banana, and some caramel.

This rum has earned a reputation for being a tasty addition to tiki cocktails, but I think it also holds its own when enjoyed neat. While it may not boast the same prestige as a high-end rum, it's still a solid choice that won't break the bank. Its flavor profile is complex and interesting, with a hint of funk that's characteristic of Jamaican rums. At this price point, I think it's definitely worth keeping on hand in your bar.

On the nose it smells like diplomatico but a bit leathery with a hint of alcohol. However, the taste is burnt sugar and the burn sets in immediately. When it goes down it burns less but for me this is not a sipper, more a mixer for cocktails.

I love to mix this into mai tais and other tiki drinks. It's tasty but not overpowering. It's unique but not "acquired taste." For the price it punches well above its weight class.

You dont know what you don't know. We all start out here. We have in a drink and think all rum is rum. This is the Bud Light of rums. Easy to get. Mixes ok into generic cocktails. Most won't complain but nobody will rave either. But that's it. Gets the job done but it's just not good.