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Appleton Estate

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The J. Wray & Nephew aged rum, and the brand that title-sponsored the first YUSH in 2003 — the pour behind an all-inclusive door price rather than a bar tab. Where White Overproof is the drink nobody had to market, Appleton is the one sold on age and provenance, and it is the label the Jamaican rum industry exports on.

Appleton Estate, Jamaica, 2012Acampbell3000 · CC BY 3.0 · Source ↗

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