Appleton Estate Rum experience at the idyllic Appleton Estate in Siloah, Nassau Valley, St. Elizabeth Jamaica, is approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes from Montego Bay, 2 hours from Negril and 3 hours from both Kingston and Ocho Rios.

The Appleton Estate Rum Experience is an educational tour that speaks to the history of rum in Jamaica and Appleton Estate’s unique rum-making process.

The Appleton Estate Jamaica Rum story begins over 272 years ago, in the one of a kind, mystical location in the Nassau Valley.

According to the records, The Estate’s passion for Rum crafting began with the first distillation in 1749.

The Blend of Jamaica’s climate, fertile terrain and spring water source creates unique growing conditions, that makes Appleton Estate, one of the few rums in the world with a terroir .

Nassau Valley’s peculiar terrain naturally filters the rain, producing streams of crystalline azure water giving extraordinary flavor to the local sugar cane growing in the valley.

Appleton Estate blue represents the sky above the Island and our precious limestone-filtered water source, reflecting the joyful spirit of Jamaica.

The Estate covers an 11,000-acre (4,452-hectare) plot and makes about 10 million liters of rum per year.

The tour takes you on a journey through the history of Appleton Estate, the distillery, ageing house and tasting rooms.