Appleton Estate Signature Blend

This stuff doesn't offend, but I find it lacks character. If a cocktail calls for Jamaican rum, give me Smith and Cross.

I definitely enjoyed this rum over some ice. It is missing something for sure.

I felt it was different from other Appleton products. Mild at first, but the metal smell is not a nice one. It's ok. I tried with 1 ice cube maybe in a mix a maybe a little better.

Golden color, light nose light on the tongue, lingering taste. Solid but not spectacular

Need to mix a tiki drink or English-style rum punch without breaking the bank? Reach for this. While it's nowhere near the lead for funkiest Jamaican or best sipper, it's got a solid flavor in its own right, and it does the job just fine in either a foreground or background role in a mixed drink.

Used as a mixing rum under Martin Cate's category of "blended lightly aged".
Good for that but not a sipper.

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S tymto rumom som dlho bojoval. ked som otvoril flasu hned som vedel ze sam nedopijem, rovnako ako mne nikomu inemu nechutil. Zrejme treba vyskusat nieco lepsie od Appletonu.

This is an affordable option for a quality brand! Mixes well with coke!

Better value than other rums for the price. Mount Gay Eclipse used to be my go-to rum for mixing with coke, but this blows it out the water and costs about the same.
Makes a very good mixer, with more complexity to the taste profile than most rums in the £20 ball-park. "Funk" is definitely present, as you would expect from a Jamaican rum, but it's not too overpowering and pairs nicely with coke. Less complex and less smooth than I would ideally want from a good sipping rum, but it is quite drinkable neat (it's the cheapest rum I would say this about).
I've rated it 8 due to the great value for money.