Rum

RUM! Need some rum, specifically a good anejo. Here's what Broom has to say:

• Appleton Special: "Coffee and crème brulée with a touch of banana. Good weight. Rich and smooth with a wooded fruity finish."
• Appleton VX: "Slightly vegetal with banana esteriness before a raspberry compote fills the nose. Good grip mid-palate before rounding out for a long, pleasant finish."
• Appleton 12 yo: "Immediate vanilla/toasted coconut wood on the nose. On the palate, it's smokily complex and mellow. Very good."
• Mount Gay: "Lifted and sweet nose with some banana/toffee notes and a hint of smoke. Very clean, elegant and long."
• Mount Gay Extra Old: "Rich toasted wood, some coconut, orange and banana. Positive wood on palate, but balanced by sweet, complex layers of fruit flavours."

Appleton is Jamaican (part of Wray & Nephew), Mount Gay is Bajan.

In the end, i stayed faithful to Ja and got Appleton Estate Extra. This is not something Mr Broom had tasted, sadly; in Appleton's product range, it sits just above their Reserve, which is in turn the one above VX, and just below 21 Year Old. I haven't drunk much of it yet, and am far too much of a plebeian to be able to say much about it even when i have. It's nice, though. Yep.