Summer just got a whole lot Hotter with Appleton Estate

Summer just got a whole lot Hotter with Appleton Estate

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Jamaicainabottle.com allows you to explore an interactive world where you can visit real-life bar tenders such as Matt Barnett at The Botanical in Melbourne, download free cocktail recipes, discover discount vouchers for Appleton Estate Jamaica Rum products and cocktails, listen and download MP3 tunes by MySpace artist Miss V, track your bottle's journey to Jamaica ('bottlecam'), purchase Appleton online via a Vintage Cellars virtual store, as well as score extra entries into the competition by referring friends.

Log on to Jamaicainabottle.com and drop-in on a real-life rendering of Melbourne style-bar The Botanical and see Matt Barnett whip up a Madarito using Appleton V/X.

Try The Botanical's: Mandarito

Ingredients:
  • 60ml Appleton Estate V/X Jamaica Rum
  • 6 Fresh lime chunks
  • 6 Mandarin pieces
  • 8 Mint leaves
  • 1tsp Demerrera sugar muddled
  • Dash of French mandarin liqueur

    Method: Muddle fruit. Add spirits and mint. Shake with ice. Pour into highball glass. Top with crushed ice and dash of soda if desirable.

    Garnish: Mandarin segments


    Renowned for producing the world's finest rums since 1749, the Appleton Estate is Jamaica's oldest sugar estate and distillery.

    Appleton Estate Jamaica Rums are hand-blended to produce the rich, smooth and complex premium aged rums that can be enjoyed in sophisticated rum cocktails, or blended in long drinks with your favourite mixer; ginger beer, soda or cola and always with fresh lime.

    Once you discover the difference, you will never go back. "Rum . . . but not as you know it'.

    Appleton Estate V/X a premium blend of rums with an average age of five years RRP $37.99
    Appleton Estate Reserve an indulgent blend of rums with a minimum age of eight years RRP $49.99
    Appleton Estate Extra a finely crafted blend of rums with a minimum age of twelve years RRP $59.99

    Delicious Summer Cocktail from Lotus Bar

    Summer Cocktails

    Jamaican Mule

    Ingredients
  • 60ml Appleton Estate V/X
  • 180ml Ginger Beer
  • Squeeze of Lime

    Method
    Pour Appleton Estate V/X into a highball glass filled with ice. Add ginger beer to taste and top off with a squeeze of lime.

    Garnish with lime slice.
    For a further flavour twist, add a dash of bitters and a piece of fresh ginger.


    Moji-ton

    Ingredients
  • 60ml Appleton Estate V/X
  • 1tsp Sugar
  • 10ml Sugar Syrup (ratio of water/sugar 1:1)
  • 5 Lime Wedges
  • 6-8 Mint Leaves

    Muddle (crush) the fresh mint, the sugar and the fresh limes. Add the sugar syrup, a generous serve of Appleton Estate V/X rum, and top with crushed ice and soda.

    The combination of mint, lime and sugar complement the full-bodied Appleton Estate V/X, making it a refreshing and distinctive drink for summer.

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