Appleton Estate, Jamaica's premier rum distillery and one of the very best in the category, just announced the launch of the latest release in the Hearts Collection, a 1998 vintage rum aged for 25 ...

Jamaican rum production began in the 1650s when the English fermented sugar cane to create the versatile liquor. Appleton Estate began distilling rum about 100 years after the first rum production.

Some of Lavenue's Jamaican rum recommendations to approximate Trader Vic's original recipe include Appleton Estate's 12-Year-Old, Planteray Xaymaca, and, what he describes as, the "more potent ...