Appleton Estate

Appleton Estate’s rum history in Jamaica’s Nassau Valley reaches to its first recorded distillation in 1749. Limestone beneath the estate naturally filters rainwater, and distillation, ageing and blending take place on the estate.

Appleton uses copper pot and column stills and matures its rum in American white oak ex-bourbon barrels. Joy Spence joined as chief chemist in 1981 and became Master Blender in 1997, the first woman appointed to that role in the spirits industry.