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Appleton Estate Reserve-8 Yr
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A strong bottle at a fair price. Top-third reviews at a mid-range price. RumX drinkers give it 7.5/10 across 240 ratings, vs. 7.1/10 for the typical rum (730 rated). The Fat Rum Pirate gives it 4.2/5, vs. 4/5 for the typical rum (921 rated).
Appleton Estate 8-Year-Old Reserve is a premium aged Jamaican rum produced by J. Wray & Nephew at the Appleton Estate distillery in Nassau Valley, Jamaica. Blended from pot still and column still rums aged a minimum of eight years in oak barrels, it is bottled at 43% ABV and offers notes of spicy fruit, oak, honey, vanilla, and Appleton's signature dried banana character.
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Control states post one official price per bottle (750 ml). These come from the published state price lists, so each number is the real shelf price statewide. As of September 1, 2026.
Cross-state typical price: $29.87.
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