Check out our favorite standard release aged Jamaican rums ➤
Appleton Estate Hearts Collection 1993
This long aged installment in the Appleton Hearts series is deep, fruity, and flavorful, but avoids being over oaked even after 29 years in a cask.
Appleton Estate Hearts Collection 2002
This 20 year old installment in the Appleton Estate Hearts line knows who it is with plenty of flavorful, aged fruity funk.
Habitation Velier Hampden 2016 OWH
This lower-ester Hampden is an tasty installment in the Habitation Velier series. While it’s tame by Hampden standards there’s still plenty of fruity-spicy flavor from nose to finish.
Holmes Cay Jamaica ITP 2007
This 15 year old pot still rum from Long Pond balances heavy cask notes with moderate Jamaican fruit, and is a neat exemplar of the distillery’s juice before The Fire™.
Appleton Estate Hearts Collection 2003
This 18 year old pot still rum from Appleton Estate is proof that Appleton has range. Banana bread, dried berries, pineapple, leather.
Hampden Great House 2022
This high-ester installment in Hampden’s annual Great House series is aggressively packed with flavor. Overripe fruits dominate, with spice, vinegar, and vegetal notes in the background.
Habitation Velier Hampden 2010 LROK
This 6 year old molasses-based pot still rum from Hampden is sort of the upper-middle class of the ester world. Pineapple, banana, ester, cinnamon.
Habitation Velier Forsyths WP 2005
This 10 year old molasses-based pot still rum from Worthy Park keeps you guessing. Oak, banana, pineapple, brown sugar and allspice.
Worthy Park Single Estate 2006
This 12 year molasses-based pot still rum from Worthy Park is classically handsome. Rich oak, overripe bananas, dried cherries, and a bit of leather.
I Did a Blind Taste Test With 16 Aged Jamaican Rums; These Were My Favorites
There may be no rum origin more quintessential than Jamaica. Known for the fresh, fruity and funky flavors produced by long fermentations and pot still distillation, Jamaican rum holds a special place in many spirit enthusiasts hearts, including my own. 16 bottles later, here are my favorite standard release aged Jamaican rums.