Hampden Flensburg Rum Company Special Bottling zum GRF 2021 C<>H

 Das ist genau meins … Jamaica-Funk 👍🏻 So, heute mal wieder das Sonder-Release im Glas… und ja, der Jamaica-Funk ist immer noch da, und zwar wild und ungestüm.. es gibt sicherlich ausgewogenere Hampden, aber ich mag dieses eckig kantige Aroma…das einen sofort in den Bann zieht…Funk eben 😁

 What a great bottling. From the beginning to the end. Nose: All the classic hampden notes, with a high impact of ester 🤤🤤🤤 Mouth: Here i found some really lovely notes of marmelade. Really delicious. The finish is quite long fruity and dry🤤🤤 The alcohol could be integrated better

 Zum Geruch gibt es nicht viel hervorzuheben: ganz typisch Highester Hampden. Die Butter-Note ist hier recht ausgeprägt finde ich. Am Gaumen eine leichte Bitterkeit, die aber gut ins Gesamtbild passt. Der erste Sip ist wie immer bei diesem Mark heftig und auch der Alkohol trägt dazu bei. Im Nachklang tritt die Bitterkeit noch ein wenig mehr hervor. Ein sehr guter Rum! Gefällt mir besonders wegen seiner Buttigkeit, die mich irgendwie immer an ranzige Butter erinnert 😉

 Nose: wood comes out to play / more complex / works nicely to balance esters / nose feels the „thickest“ out of the flight Adstringent / fruity / most „elegant“

 tasted together with the Flensburg JMC HD 2007 / 12 years. It's really hard to tell the difference. On the palate, the 14 year old is perhaps a bit rounder (especially on the finish) but these are minimal nuances. In any case, both hit exactly what for me is the quintessence of high Ester Hampdens, the fat buttery fermented notes 😋.

 I consider myself very lucky to have tried this very special release as only 125 bottles were made. A very funky Jamaican eminating from the glass especially after resting for 15 minutes. Funky on the nose yet fresh and fruity at the same time. The palate is well balanced and funky with a touch of barrel and marzipan. The finish is very as in very long with tropical fruits, vanilla and a hint of barrel.

 Solid Hampden with a convincing PLV.

 Crass. Clearly better and fruity and less sour like the other Flensburg Hampden. Very intense strawberry, banana milkshake, citrus jam and marzipan/liquid cookie dough. Alcohol is extremely well integrated and has hardly any disturbing elements. Incredibly tasty and complex and yet very drinkable! I would have liked to get hold of the GRF :( For me, one of the best C<>H I've ever had, especially at this incredibly good PLV!

 brought from the 10th GRF in Berlin 😊Nose: intense esters, fruit vinegar, it seems fresh and young, despite the 14 years, lemon and lime along with fermented pineapple and banana. Sweetness of maple syrup and honey with a little vanilla. Back a bit towards orange and almond.Palate: astringent at the start. nice funky and intense esters. right back the pineapple and banana with lemon marmalade. Back out almond and a little bitternd.Again a nice representative of a C<>H with the one the >66% at the end hardly feels.

 Gefällt mir heute sehr gut. Etwas süßer als der ältere FRC C<>H 66,2%. Tolle Messeabfüllung gewesen.

 Another Hampden that hits all my sweet spots: overripe fruit, ester, funk and a good dose of nearly rotten pineapple. Delicious 🤤

 Cool part

 Nase: sofort Ananas & Banane, Funky, Ester, Überreif Gaumen: intensiv, da machen sich die 66abv sofort bemerkbar, Banane, Ananas, überreife tropische Früchte, Vanille, wenig Holz, am Ende vergoren.

 very horny Hampden...top PLV

 Funky C<>H , nicht ganz so gut wie sein Vorgänger