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Lo dice Tony Dalton y lo confirmamos nosotros, Appleton Estate es un ron #HechoConGanas.

Tony Dalton says it and we confirm it, Appleton Estate is a rum #MadeWithExcellence.

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Lo dice Tony Dalton y lo confirmamos nosotros, Appleton Estate es un ron #HechoConGanas.

Tony Dalton says it and we confirm it, Appleton Estate is a rum #MadeWithExcellence.

Unos años atrás, cuando Appleton Estate decidió cambiar los nombres de sus productos y a raíz de lo cual aparecieron nombres como Rare Casks y Black River Casks para denotar un poo de misterio en sus expresiones habituales, su producto llamado 8 Years cambió de nombre a 8 Reserve, aunque este tiene un blend distinto, pero uno en donde la edad mínima de los rones es de 8 años. También dice en la…

Even as we loaded on the plane to Spain, we would have never guessed that just a few days later we would be sitting on the beach in Jamaica.  That unlikely turn of events led to one of the best vacation periods we’ve had in years as it allowed us to check several items on our list - we wanted to have some brainless downtime with no stress and we wanted to experience something new.  The Caribbean has long been on our list, but never rose to the level where we would actually take action on a trip there and now suddenly, we were there for a week to try to melt away the stress of the Spanish fiasco.

Frankly, much of the time was spent just literally doing nothing more than hanging out by the pool drinking virgin pina coladas, or down by the sea staring aimlessly in the general direction of Cuba which was some ninety plus miles away from us.  We also had our share of midafternoon naps, tasty local cuisine, and time burning away pages in the assortment of books we brought with us.  Overall, completely delightful.

That said, it is not like us to sit still all the time, so with some research, we ended up taking a lengthy exploration trip deep into the mountainous interior of the island.  Along the winding, heavily potholed mountain roads, we found ourselves instinctively falling back to thinking in Spanish as we had on our moto ride through Central America.  The heat, humidity, the road conditions, and the sights all reminded us deeply of that trip.  It was an unexpected flashback that frankly brought on a little nostalgia.  Beyond the roads, we ventured to a well known set of touristy waterfalls, the YS Falls, for some photos, some swimming, and some time getting to socialize.

Jamaica is also known for its rum and we thought it would be interesting to go check out the Appleton Estate Rum Distillery which sits on the southern side of the island.  Much more than just a tasting experience, Appleton’s tour goes deep into the history of Jamaican colonization as well as the entirety of the sugar cane industry and how a piece of that eventually becomes rum.

Luego de vanagloriar y declarar dentro y fuera de este blog que el Appleton Estate 15 es uno de los mejores rones de Jamaica y que está entre los mejores que he probado en el mundo dentro de su categoría, me dispuse a probar la versión inmediatamente inferior a este ron de la marca, llamado Rare Casks, aunque no es porque sean rare o escasos, sino porque va acorde al aire de exclusividad que la…

Appleton Estate, part of the Campari Group portfolio, is introducing Ruby Anniversary Edition, a limited release celebrating Master Blender Joy Spence’s 40 years at the Jamaican rum distillery. The liquid is a blend of five rare Jamaican rums, aged for a minimum of 35 years, and including rums as old as 45 years. A total of 500 bottles are being released, available at the Joy Spence Appleton…