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The first documentation of rum was in correspondences sent from Barbados to Charles II of England. It quickly became popular, not because of its taste, but its efficacy and compared to available sources of drinking water, rum was less likely to cause dysentery. However, by 1749, Appleton Estate had refined the rum-making process. And, for over two centuries Appleton Estate rums have found favour across the world from palaces to community bars to weekends discovering...
