Duncan Taylor Hampden Quarterdeck Single Cask Jamaica Rum

"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"

"In the nose full DOK aroma. In the mouth a bit of disillusionment, in my eyes too strongly diluted. But especially with the DOK one is just used to full hut of ABV. As an entry into the DOK world but recommendable, only a bit expensive for it."

"Yes, clearly recognizable as DOK, but only in the beginning... here you can see more than clearly that the dilution has had a bad influence. The usual funkiness has unfortunately been lost... a real shame..."

"Thanks Rums for the make-a-wish split. Unfortunately for me only an average DOK, not bad, but unfortunately it doesn't really convince me. I think it's a little too thin, I miss that certain funk, that boom in the mouth"

"Tasted on the Whisky and Rum festival 2022. IJmuiden. www.zeewijck.nl Pretty funky Hampden. Def above LROK. Around <>H. Nose more funky than the taste. Might have sat in a Scotch cask. Just a whiff of peat present. A bit atypical for Hampden. Great balance between funk/fruit/wood and spices."

"Zu stark verdünnt"

"Quite a nice sipper. Unfortunately, the esters are not expressive enough to play in the league of the top ones, ergo: more nose than taste. The alcohol is also not perfectly integrated...seems a little as if percentages and taste are missing"