Appleton Estate is releasing its Hearts Collection 1999 rum for the first time since 2020, with the returning expression now five years older. The 2026 release is a 26-year-old Jamaican rum drawn from ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeanette Hurt covers the culture of spirits, wine and beer. A luxurious 25-year-old rum is being rolled out next month by the ...

In the fall of 1944, a bartender in Oakland created a new rum cocktail. The bartender was Victor Bergeron, better known as “Trader Vic,” owner of what was soon to become the most famous tiki bar in ...

Marsha Wiles of Mystic Mountain and the Joy Spence Appleton Estate Rum Experience emerged as the big winners at the 2019 ...

Aged rum is having a moment, and Jamaica’s oldest continuously operating rum distillery is poised to make the most of it. Appleton Estate has just released The Source, the world’s oldest tropically ...

Aficionados know that a fine sipping rum is as complex and rewarding as a great aged whisky or cognac. The larger spirits audience is beginning to figure this out as well; American sales of ...

Appleton Estate has released a 26-year-old rum drawn from just 10 casks and priced at US$500 for a hand-sized bottle, a bet that scarcity and heritage can command luxury prices. Few locally operated ...

For only the second time in its 269-year history, Appleton Estate—the oldest continuously producing rum distillery in Jamaica—is about to introduce a limited edition 30 year old rum that even ...