Duncan Taylor Hampden Quarterdeck Single Cask Jamaica Rum

Distinctively funky but subtly blended Jamaican rum.

Complex tropical fruit aroma
Good funk and wood balance
Smooth despite high ABV
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Quarterdeck Rum presents a balanced mix of funk and fruit flavors, with a slightly subdued ester profile and moderate alcohol integration. Unique, yet not overly bold.

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    How does this rum taste?

    The Quarterdeck Single Cask Jamaica Rum, distilled at Hampden in 2009 and matured for 12 years, offers a complex profile with notable esters and tropical fruit flavors. Bottled at cask strength (50.8% ABV) by Duncan Taylor, this limited release of 335 bottles is characterized by a prominent glue and sweet aroma on the nose, with pineapple and ester-forward flavors. Users appreciate its balance between funk, fruit, wood, and spices, though some find the ester profile less intense than expected and alcohol integration lacking. Overall, it's seen as a decent expression with distinctive Hampden features, albeit a bit pricey for what it offers.

    Aroma

    Glue Sweet Tropical fruit Ester

    Taste

    Pineapple Ester Tropical fruit Brine

    How is this rum rated?

    8.1/10 19 reviews

    Restrained but very tasty nose DOK unmistakable. Typical HD aromas paired with esters. Alcohol barely perceptible. On the palate you can immediately taste the reduction in ABV but still delicious with pineapple, banana and papaya. Some cookie dough and fruit esters. But then disappears from the palate atypically quickly. Good bottling but simply too expensive for what it delivers.

    Despite dilution high level!

    This is in parts a really weird DOK. I dont think i get overly Esters, more so actually the cask. The esters have mellowd and blindly i have never wouldve guessed DOK. A not so great bottle i was not completely sorry to see go with this tasting.

    A little weak for a DOK on the chest

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    Details about this rum

    Country
    Distillery
    Brand
    Quarterdeck Single Cask
    RumX ID
    RX13125
    ABV
    50,8%
    Category
    Pot Still Rum
    Vintage
    2009
    Cask number
    #27
    Made from
    Molasses
    Distillation
    Pot Still
    Age
    12 years
    No. of bottles
    335
    Bottle volume
    70cl
    Price range
    <250€
    Type of spirit
    Rum
    Duncan Taylor • Hampden 2009 &nbsp; 12yr &nbsp; 50,8% Quarterdeck Single Cask Jamaica Rum

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    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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