Velier Papalin Jamaica

This one is even better than the lower ABV brother. Wow, very good price to quality on this one as well. Luckily I bought several bottles of each one. The nose is fresh, funky and fruity with ester, grass, wood and a mix of spices. The palate is wonderfully balanced, fresh, funky and fruity with esters, wood, spices and light nuts. The finish is very long and has wood, grass, spices, chocolate and fruits to it. The higher ABV has done this rum well :-)

Very nice jamaican blend. Both distilleries are well noted and through the finish you’ll get also some cherry notes. Very delicious, but i’m missing the complexity/full body. Also the finish is quite “short” and not so impressive. The 57% are integrated well.

Tasted as a 5cl sample. Compared to the 47% less buttery smells. Instead, bubble gum, varnish, tropical fruit, slightly fermented. If the bubblegum smell would not be there rather the typical Jamaica profile than in the 47 variant. But all quite harmonious and pleasant.Taste very balanced between spices and fruit, which do not interfere with each other. In the finish dominates then rather Holziger taste, with a touch of sour cherry. Alcohol is well integrated and the finish lasts long. Price-wise, this rum clearly stands out from the crowd. For 60-65€/0.7l an absolute no brainer. Now and then emerges yes ne Glasche. So far I was always seconds too late. Maybe I still have the necessary luck. Absolute buy recommendation for the issue price.

Clearly better than its thin, blue brother. A bit more moderate on the nose, but I would even say more balanced. Less spiky esters, but also the WP undertone is less present or more nicely integrated into the distillate. The palate is also more convincing, not least because it doesn't come across as watery. Here, the Hampden share now shows more clearly than is the case with the blue bottling. There, Hampden is almost only noticeable in the nose. I even imagine I notice a trace of the sherry finish and slight associations to the Pagos Awakening in me, but may be imagination. Overall, a good, stronger blend than its brother, which definitely picks me up more!

Finally, the higher ABV Version of this Jamaican Blend. It's much nicer, the flavours do play well together.

On the nose still somewhat stronger impressions from the Hampden parts, but in the mouth Worthy Park increasingly takes command. Nevertheless, the fruit ester part of the HLCF part of the blend remains an always recognizable companion. Not a candidate for rum of the year, but at the issue price this was a really fair deal for a qualitatively convincing rum.

8,4:On the nose, funkiness and esters, with ripe, fermented tropical fruits like pineapple, banana, roasted wood notes with pastry, biscuits, nuts, citrus and spices. On aeration, flowery and grassy, now red fruits join the game, make us thinking of a marmelade, chocolate, perhaps better if we say cocoa powder, molasses brings licorice, later hay instead of grass...Honey, green apple and cinnamon...apple crumbles? 8,2:On the palate, the attack is light at first, bland, a bit astringent, but when it gets some air, esters, vegetal notes and above mentioned tropical fruits are out, fermented, joined with papaya after a while.The wood is roasted with nuts, pastry and caramel, spicy with vanilla and anise, salty.Molasses brings licorice, hay, chilli and floral touch...Red fruits again late, but present, fermented. 8,3:The finish is quite long, especially confectionery with bread and yeast stays well long after our last sip, smoky, dry, mineral, tannic, but more round as the palate, with similar notes lingering on...

On the nose, has very gentle Jamaican funkiness, with tropical fruits (pineapple and papaya, to me), a subtle floral background note, and some sweetness that reminds me confetti. In the blend, the WP really stands out, as the nose profile really reminds me the HV Forsyths WP. On the palate, the minerality of the high esters Hampden comes through, then again tropical fermented fruits and some spices. For its release price, it is a no-brainer buy. Really balanced and easily sipping rum, although not a memorable one

In der Nase hat klar der kleine Bruder die Nase vorne, die hier auch mehr floral daher kommt. Am Gaumen hingegen zeigt der Rum seine Stärke und bringt volle Jamaikanische Funkiness mit. Tolle Würze viel Frucht aber auch von der floralen Note bleibt etwas hängen. Das Finish ist dann eher holzig mit Anis aber zum Glück auch etwas Kirsche so das die Balance hier gehalten wurde. Schöner Rum nur die schwächere Nase verhindert eine bessere Bewertung

Nose was very inviting. Tasted well balanced with some nice flavours coming through but not overwhelming or over powerful. For the money this is very good

A blend between Hampden and Worthy Park, Full Proof version. The alchemy between the two distilleries works well, with typical ripe tropical fruit markers on the nose (pineapple, banana, papaya in the lead) and phenolic notes of esters, solvents and glue. There's a pronounced fermented side, with medicinal, mineral and citrus (lime) notes. There's a not inconsiderable spicy influence on vanilla, licorice and cinnamon, as well as a barrel-impregnated woodiness. A simple, structured, coherent olfactory profile that works well. The attack on the palate is fairly direct. Hampden asserts its fruity notes and esters, while Worthy Park brings its share of spice (vanilla, pepper, licorice) and woody influence to the profile. A slight medicinal and mineral note emerges on the finish. We're on to something funky, but very round and balanced. The alcohol is fairly well integrated. The finish falls short of expectations, the aromas fading quickly despite the good momentum on the nose and palate. Fruits, esters, nuts, spices and wood come together, with a hint of vegetal bitterness. The finish is thin, light and unfortunately too short-lived. More concentrated but less diversified than its reduced counterpart, this Papalin remains a solid reference for anyone wishing to discover a colorful Jamaican rum at a very reasonable price.

Cette version non réduite est vraiment très aromatique. Le Hampden est très présent avec ses fruits mûrs et ces esters. Le tout est un peu assagi par le WP (à vérifier). C'est bien fait, très agréable à boire et finalement accessible niveau tarif.

I have the little brother, but this one is better.

Beautiful blend. Find it a bit sharp compared to the weaker brother. 81/100

Nice Jamaican blend. Unsurprisingly very WP forward but with a nice touch adding some funk to the mix. Works very well imo. While the lower ABV bottling can hold up pretty well on its own, side-by-side the higher ABV of the Navy Strength bottling clearly makes the difference adding additional depth on the nose as well as on the palate.