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Appleton Estate V/X rum

Appleton Estate V/X

Jamaica | Gold | 40% ABV

Appleton Estate V/X rum is comprised of 15 rum blends that have been distilled from molasses in copper stills and aged between 5-10 years in oak casks (hence the "V/X"). After blending, Appleton V/X receives additional aging to unite the flavors before bottling.

6.1/10
285 ratings
Tasty, but not quite great
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Lonely Coast 🇺🇸 | 16 ratings
Posted over 7 years ago

I will reserve 1's for rums I can't finish. With great effort, I did finish the bottle, but not until I dumped a few packets of raw sugar into it. I bought this at Sam's Club because of the $16 price. While I knew this would be no sipper, I thought, based on reputation and reviews I was buying a good mixer. Nope. This stuff was awful. It tasted like it had been aged in cardboard, not oak. I'm not exaggerating. It tasted like wet cardboard, or I what I presume wet cardboard to taste like. And that taste over powered even the drinks I tried making it with it. The taste cut through coke, ginger ale, and even fruit juices. It just made me mad drinking it. I was going to pour the rest down the sink, but about that time I was reading about the added sugar controversy and how some folks had experimented by adding sugar to some of their low end rums to see how it improved taste. So I added some sugar, and it did cut the overpowering cardboard taste down enough to mask it with mixers. I know this is the low end of the Appleton's line and they make some better rums, but I'll wait to try those on someone else's dime.

rhum boogie 🇬🇧 | 30 ratings
Posted over 10 years ago

"tasting notes"...super market, it has colour and flavour...some notes, maybe flat or sharp, not to shabby for a super market rum, really nice when mixed with 2x apple juice...

Brandon 🇺🇸 | 18 ratings
Posted almost 11 years ago

Mix with 1/2 a lime and some cane juice and you have a great daiquiri with just enough cask flavor to stand out and give some depth. Not too shabby.

Scott T 🇺🇸 | 122 ratings
Posted 11 years ago

If you want a good example of the Jamaican style, this is a good way to go at about half the price (in most areas) of the 12 year.

Jleveille 🇨🇦 | 24 ratings
Posted 7 months ago

This is not a sipping rum, burn and aftertaste. Not great but had to try it. I will contaminate this rum with coke.

Josifiend 🇦🇺 | 44 ratings
Posted 10 months ago

What a classic! The basic Appleton Estate that comes into Australia is not the best, but its totes a classic! This rum makes the best rum and coke. Thats what it was born for and you can help it realise its destiny!

Shaman 🇭🇺 | 24 ratings
Posted 10 months ago

Finom, de semmi extra, nem is akar az lenni. Úgy jó, ahogy van, ár/érték arányban tök jó! Idősebb verziók jobban ajánlottak!

SmoothFarts 🇨🇦 | 28 ratings
Posted 1 year ago

Always kept a bottle of this on hand for mix, price has gone up here and have switched to El Dorado 5 since. Still nice though.

dajana 🇪🇨 | 76 ratings
Posted 1 year ago

Very pleasant Jamaican rum, I liked it more than Signature. Good bourbon cask, vanilla, fruit, no alcohol content, no sugar and no flavor development in time. A compromise for opponents and supporters of Jamaican funk.

Fevrier 20 🇬🇧 | 7 ratings
Posted 1 year ago

I'll have a bottle of this or Havana Especial in the cupboard as my staple rums to drink. Great mixer and generic crowd pleaser

Triton Ogletree 🇺🇸 | 134 ratings
Posted 2 years ago

This is the bottle that made me realize what rum could and should be! It was smoother than any rum I'd ever had and tasted like something besides spice or straight alcohol. It's not a great rum (although, it made me an Appleton fan for life) but it was significantly better than all the rums I had tried up to that point. It was also the first rum I had that was actually aged more than a couple of years. It's smooth, decent tasting and a great step towards the world of good rum. Unless you are already buying aged rum, you need to buy a bottle (if it still exists) without further delay!




Brand Details

Name: V/X
ABV: 40%
Type: Appleton Estate
Raw Material: Unknown
Process: Pure blend (1 distillery)
Distillation: Unknown
Women leading Rum: No

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