Alambic Hampden Golden Barrel HLCF

Tropical, fruity, slightly thin Jamaican rum.

Tropical fruit notes
Distinct Hampden ester profile
Limited edition rarity
RumX community voice

Golden Barrel HLCF is a tropical, fruity Jamaican rum with prevalent pineapple notes. It has a thinner, softer mouthfeel, appreciated for its Hampden profile despite some dilution concerns.

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    How does this rum taste?

    The Golden Barrel HLCF from Hampden distillery in Jamaica is a 16-year-aged rum, distilled in 1998 from molasses using a pot still. Chosen for its unique flavor profile by Alambic, this rum offers pronounced notes of pineapple and other tropical fruits. Despite its limited release of only 380 bottles and a 45% ABV, users note it tends towards a thinner mouthfeel with subtler flavors, including vanilla. While some appreciate the typical Hampden ester character, others find it lacks the expected depth due to dilution. A must-try for enthusiasts of Jamaican rums, this expression embodies both fruity exuberance and fleeting mildness, making it a summer favorite.

    Aroma

    Pineapple Ester Fruity Pear

    Taste

    Pineapple Tropical fruit Thin Soft

    How is this rum rated?

    7.6/10 12 reviews

    18.01.2020 A nice little summer house meet up in ght cold part of the year. Good we had rums to keep us warm. Notes Light in colour. Nose Light, ester, light wood, fruity, pineapple, light banana, cherry, light floral. Palate Light, ester, light wood, faint smoke, fruity, banana, light pineapple. Light herbal, faint floral. Finish Medium long, light wood, fruity, cherry, light herbs, faint chocolate.

    This is (unfortunately ) a rather diluted hamden, but it still retains a typically hampden profile both on the nose and palate. It's just all unnecessarily thin and delicate. I really wonder what the base tastes like.

    Guter Hampden, aber etwas dünn und etwas auf der bitteren Seite.

    ... Hampden, legendarni jamajska destilerka, ktera krome rumu produkuje take alkohol do parfemu. Ve vsech rumech z teto destilerky ucitite divoke estery, po kterych cely vas organizmus nasakne vuni zluteho tropickeho ovoce - manga, papaji, anansu, broskvi. Jeden z rumu, ktere "must try before die"

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    Details about this rum

    Country
    Distillery
    Bottler
    RumX ID
    RX1052
    ABV
    45%
    Category
    Pot Still Rum
    Vintage
    1998
    Mark
    HLCF
    Made from
    Molasses
    Distillation
    Pot Still
    Age
    16 years
    No. of bottles
    380
    Bottle volume
    70cl
    Price range
    <100€
    Type of spirit
    Rum
    Alambic • Hampden 1998 &nbsp; 16yr &nbsp; 45% Golden Barrel HLCF

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    About the Hampden distillery

    The Hampden distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Hampden have been reviewed 15,886 times with an average of 8.4/10.

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