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JW Jason Wickedly Tiki Socialite LBCTIKI Joined: Jan 01, 2008 Posts: 704	JW Jason Wickedly Posted posted on Tue, Mar 18, 2008 4:06 PM On 2008-03-18 06:35, The Gnomon wrote: On 2008-03-17 21:25, donhonyc wrote: It just says Appleton Estate on the bottle. I know there is another Appleton that comes in the tall fifth bottle. This bottle is shaped more like a decanter. The only decent Appleton's are the ones that come in the decanter-like bottles. Those are the Appleton Estate rums. V/X is the weakest in the chain and is more of a utility rum, which is why you can get it by the handle as well as in 750 ml. Extra is the 12 yr. There is an oval label at the base of the neck that says "Extra" and the side label says "12 yr" at the top. The 21 yr has a blue label with silver accents. You'd know if you bought that. It costs ± $116 around here. Extra is ± $25. My sister-in-law gave me a bottle of the Appleton Estate "Reserve" a couple of months back - that was good stuff, but hard to find. I see the V/X and the Extra pretty often...anyone know where the Reserve fits into the Appleton hierarchy?

On 2008-03-18 06:35, The Gnomon wrote:

On 2008-03-17 21:25, donhonyc wrote:

It just says Appleton Estate on the bottle. I know there is another Appleton that comes in the tall fifth bottle. This bottle is shaped more like a decanter.

The only decent Appleton's are the ones that come in the decanter-like bottles. Those are the Appleton Estate rums. V/X is the weakest in the chain and is more of a utility rum, which is why you can get it by the handle as well as in 750 ml. Extra is the 12 yr. There is an oval label at the base of the neck that says "Extra" and the side label says "12 yr" at the top. The 21 yr has a blue label with silver accents. You'd know if you bought that. It costs ± $116 around here. Extra is ± $25.

My sister-in-law gave me a bottle of the Appleton Estate "Reserve" a couple of months back - that was good stuff, but hard to find. I see the V/X and the Extra pretty often...anyone know where the Reserve fits into the Appleton hierarchy?

Post #367799 by Jason Wickedly on Tue, Mar 18, 2008 4:06 PM