Nose So funky we’re in blue cheese territory, but also rewardingly tropical with creamy banana filling, marmalade, burnt black molasses, and fresh ground nutmeg. There’s also hints of overripe blackcurrant, leather, Liquorice All Sorts, crystallised peel, and praline.
Palate The same bright blue cheese funk, accompanied by peach chutney on a rye cracker. There’s also aromatic wood, overripe mango, grilled papaya, aniseed, cherry cough sweets, gingerbread, and eucalyptus.
Finish A medley of aromatic spice, tropical fruit, ancient woody tannins, and full-bodied funk.
Overall A constantly evolving, completely original rum that's much funkier and bolder than what we expect from the usually elegant Appleton.