[ THE JAMAICAN ESTER SCALE, VISUALIZED ]

ESTER INDEX

Esters are the chemical compounds that give rum its signature fruity and funky flavors. Think notes of ripe banana, fresh pineapple, heavy varnish, and sweet mango. This tool tracks exactly how much of that funk is in the bottle.

Move the slider to explore the data. You can view every Jamaican marque from OWH to DOK alongside other intense world spirits like grand arôme and clairin. The numbers show the exact grams of ester per hectoliter of absolute alcohol.

150 g/hL AA

Common Clean

1600 — LEGAL EXPORT CAP
0the McFarlane scale →beyond the wall → 7000
Marque coverage Jamaican bands International bands Single lab measurement

Every underlined term has a plain-English definition — tap or hover it.

[ READ THE FIGURES RIGHT ]