Appleton Estate 8 Year Reserve Rum 750ml

Appleton Estate 8 Year Old Reserve is aged a minimum of eight years in Jamaica's tropical climate. It blends pot and column still rums from the estate in the Nassau Valley, where distilling was first documented in 1749, and is bottled at 43% with no added flavors. It joined the range in 2020, when Campari relaunched Appleton under master blender Joy Spence.

It is richer than Signature: banana, pineapple, walnut and charred coconut, with a gentle Jamaican funk.

For under $40, this is the aged rum we would choose for both sipping and mixing. It is drier and more characterful than Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva; for more age, go to Appleton Estate 12 Year Rare Blend.

The producer features it in a Mai Tai. It also makes a fine Old Fashioned, or sip it with a splash of water to open up the fruit.

More Appleton bottles, from Signature to 21 years, are under rum. Pick it up at our Brooklyn store or get same-day delivery across NYC.