Appleton Estate/Merle Cooper 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 aged rum —a rare and buzzworthy spirit that has been matured for an eye-popping 51 years. This elusive single marque rum was crafted from Appleton single-estate sugar cane, and the liquid was distilled exclusively in their traditional copper pot stills following open-top fermentation. The rum began its life in earnest on July 30th, 1973, when it was initially reste...

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