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Appleton Ruby (Joy Spence Anniversary Edition) 75cl bottle
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Aged rum · 35–45 years · 45%

Appleton Ruby (Joy Spence Anniversary Edition)

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How does Appleton Ruby (Joy Spence Anniversary Edition) taste?

Aggregated from 7 community reviews.

Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat

Full aroma profile Aroma families · nose & palate · top aromas

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What does the community say?

8.3/10 Very good

7 community reviews
4 selected write-ups on this page, all of them in the RumX app

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Distribution of all 7 ratings
9–10 0%
8–9 57%
7–8 29%
6–7 0%
5–6 0%
4–5 0%
0–4 14%

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Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Most helpful positive review

Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Nov 20257,207 reviewsDenmark
8.5/10

#5983 21.11.2025 Weekend is here and so is a one week vacation. Celebrating with some old but good samples. Nose Wood, light citrus, light floral, light tannins, light vanilla, light raisin. Palate Oily, wood, light roasted, spice, light bitter, light floral, medium dry, light peppery, dried fruit, light tannins, light caramel. Finish Medium long, wood, light roasted, light vanilla, faint orange, light leather. Empty glass Vanilla, caramel, faint honey, orange, faint mint.

Review by Pavel Spacek

Most helpful mixed review

Pavel Spacek
Mar 20251,879 reviewsCzech
7.7/10

Nice round rum, bur definitely not extraordinary

Review by Filip Šikula

Filip Šikula
Dec 2025837 reviewsCzech
8.3/10

Another Appleton that surprises by tasting completely different from what you expect from Appleton. Personally, I was surprised by the amount of floral notes I sensed both on the nose and the palate, but it's a shame that these Appletons are so heavily diluted.

Community shelf

11 bottles logged by 8 collectors.

A collector's bottle.

9% opened, 0 emptied.

10 sealed 1 open 0 emptied

What did the community pay for Appleton Ruby (Joy Spence Anniversary Edition)?

Community paid 600–1,840 €.

Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 1878 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ →

11 purchased · 7 tasted · 7 wishlist · as of

Details about Appleton Ruby (Joy Spence Anniversary Edition)

A rum from Jamaica, distilled by Appleton Estate, at 45%.

DistilleryAppleton Estate
CountryJamaica
Raw materialMolasses
ABV45%
Age35–45 years
Limited edition500 bottles
Sugar0 g/L
Volume75cl

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Appleton Estate

Distillery

Appleton Estate 

Avg Rating 8.0/10 91 Rums

Appleton Estate is the face of Jamaican rum to the world. Distilling in the St. Elizabeth hills since at least 1749, it makes close to a third of all the island's rum and is the only brand in the global top ten with serious pot-still character. Its master blender, Joy Spence, was the first woman to hold that title anywhere in spirits.

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