Appleton Estate 21-Year

Compared 21 yr vs the 12 yr. The 12 smelled very alcoholic, almost like gasoline and not very pleasant or refined. The 21 smelled much more complex and delicious. The taste of both of them was very similar, but the 21 was much smoother and refined. Diplomatico exclusiva was still much better than both of these. 12 - 75+. 21 - 85+

I want to like this rum because it’s hard to find and expensive but it finishes with that same plastic taste of mass produced liquor. The oak flavor and mellow heat are good but I can’t get around the aftertaste. I couldn’t recommend spending the money on it, but if someone offers you a sample try it for yourself.

I originally tasted this paired against El Dorado 21 and quite enjoyed it. I then bought a bottle and was not that impressed. There was a large amount of white floating sediment (pretty sure it's ok perhaps sugar crystallisation as I still drank it and I'm still alive?). Taste didn't wow me compared to El Dorado 21 and Zacapa XO which I also bought bottles of. Also I contacted Appleton Estate about quality issues and no response. Their facebook feed link from their website no longer worked and last tweet was a year ago so not sure what's happening there

A little dry for my taste and wasnt overly impressed. I much prefer the flavors in their 12 yr , 8 yr and VX.

God smak,god eftersmak,inte söt. Lite spritig i smaken.

I was exited to taste this rum since it was a 21 but i mostly picked up the smell of rubbing alcool. The smell made me less exited especialy for the price i paid for it. This rum is dry and has no added sugar compared to other, but the finish is not great , almost like cheaper rum burning taste.

This rum was a disappointment for me and ended up serving as base for mixes.

It's lightly sweet, not very smooth, with extremely short tail.

While this works in a mixed drinks, drinking this neat just does not work for me.

Smagt til romhattens romfestival 2019. Den får en 5'er.

Many times I've looked eagerly at the Appleton Estate 21 year bottle in the shelves...but one day I bought one. High priced ~100€ I expected a lot and got less. Difficult to distinguish any flavour...wooden, of course. It burns!..... Now, I have emptied the last mug and I take look at the crowd of bottles and the Appleton disappears - unlamented and forgotten.....

Having drank Zacapa 23 for 1/3 the price, I found this extremely disappointing and off-putting. It has a very hot profile that makes the subtlety of the rum flavors all but disappear in the alcohol burn. Perhaps in a bourbon, this would be acceptable, but it really detracted from the experience and left me wondering why in the hell I dropped 120+ on this bottle when I could have bought 3 Zacapa 23...