Suggestions for commercial rums?

[distiller_dresden]

So I'd like to buy a good commercial rum, in a store, and I've struck out EVER trying to find Hampden. I guess I need to get that online and ship it to myself...

I have seen Appleton's. What's a good bottle of Appleton's for $75 (or less if it exists?) that would introduce me to this ester/funky style of rum? I'm used to richer dark kind of rums, what I've liked and been used to. My favorite has always been ron anejo aniversario pampero from Venezuala in the leather bag. I know now (thanks der wo!) it has added vanilla and glycerine, of course it still tastes good to me! But I don't have any familiarity with I guess it would be 'lighter' (by what they look like anyhow) rums like the Appleton's.

But from all I've read these are the fruity/ester rums. I'd like this thread to be a 'suggest a rum' thread where we name a rum or three and tasting notes, average cost, so we can all get familiar with the commercial offerings of rum even if we haven't had them. I'll update my own info later on the ron rum; I'm in a bit of a hurry now. Hoping to check in a while if anyone has suggested an Appleton's, while I'm out running around today I'd like to pick up a bottle with some good esters if one is suggested...