Habitation Velier Hampden DOK 2017

Blind DOK Tasting - 1st place. Winner Winner Glue Dinner 🫨🤤 The best Hampden DOK in my opinion. Very wild, rough, delicious, komplex from start to the finish. The tropical aging has clearly a good impact on this one.

This hampden is really a bomb..in every sense of the word!Intense, direct and an explosion of aromas!Lots of ripe fruit, a nice toasty note on the palate and throughout its tasting is joined by a very pleasant fresh vegetable part!Promoted!

Ein echtes Brett. Ein wunderbar tropisch gereifter DOK. Ein Rum, wie man ihn sich wünscht. Unglaublich intensive Nase nach allem was man an Hampden liebt. Ester, Klebstoff, tropische Fruchtkorb mit viel Ananas. Das schlägt dann auch im Geschmack voll durch ergänzt um etwas Banane. Funk pur und dazu unglaublich rund mit Perfekt eingebundenem Alkohol. Schöner, intensiver Abgang. Wirklich großartig!

It gets tastier from sip to sip.

Despite the relative young age this is a spot on fresh and intense release, wow. When looking at the price tag at release you get a lot of vang for your buck. An intense and fruity rum with a fresh and floral profile. ABV really well integrated and overall just and enjoyable rum.

Tropical aging suits the DOK Mark very well in my opinion. Is with much rather than continental DOKs. Compared with the Rare Cask, this is a real bargain if not quite as good. In any case, the better deal.

Very good DOK, which has become somewhat tamer due to tropical storage. But it has everything a good Hampden needs!

Rarely have I looked forward to tasting a bottling so much. The DOK profile we know primarily from the 2009 continental matured. Finally, Habitation Velier has released a tropically matured DOK. Five years of tropical aging and bottled at 60.5%. The DOK DNA is unmistakable and quite similar to the profile we know and many love. It is not quite as brute as the continental DOK and for me, a touch more complex. I must confess that my expectations were exceeded. Now of course follows the test in May Tai.

Ein sehr schöner DOK, bin begeistert. Kurz vor dem Abgang schmecke ich nochmal Haselnuss, habe da eine Assoziation zu einem Nutellabrot, lediglich die Süße fehlt. Alles in allem, ein sehr gutes Teil. Ein super DOK und Klasse Abfüllung, den ich zum Glück nochmal billig damals ergattern konnte

On the nose predominantly glue, ester, nail polish remover, solvent, marzipan, some vanilla and tropical fruits. Fruits. This continues on the palate with a slight floral note. I like it very much overall. PLV also fits here.

Enjoying the last drops of this bottle and boy am I gonna mis this one... DOK can get be quite aggresive, but the tropical aging made this one very drinkable. I mainly get an array of fruits, solvents, bubble gum and olives. The vinegar/brine notes are present, but are balanced out by the tropical aging.

Another nice Hampden, I particularly like the DOK's ;-) Lots of esters and tropical fruits like pineapple on the nose. On the palate also tropical fruits like pineapple and banana, lots of esters, but also glue and solvent. Delicious.

Nosing opens with plantains and honeydew melon, a fruity sweetness intermingled with sour pineapple juice and lemon peels. The sweet-and-sour balance is definitely tipped in favour of sweet, further encouraged by molasses, banana fruitcake and accompanying baking spices. Tropical aging has seemingly rounded off the flavours even more, making this experience very approachable. However the glue stick, nail polish remover and jasmine tea notes are looming. On the palate the individual parts have merged together in one well-functioning whole that quickly develops in the mouth. It’s docile, yet by no means predictable or boring. It starts with yellow banana and plantains, pineapple chunks, mixed berries and applejuice. Rich and greedy, with lots of fructose and confections. The tropical aging has sanded off all the edges and the wood has integrated all the flavours nicely, seasoned them plenty with vanilla, juniper and smoked barbecue spices. At the back of the palate it gets oily-sweet with curaçao, glue gun, jasmine tea and meadow notes. Ends medium long, and very dry. Barbecue-glazed pineapple, green tea and remnant of glue gun. Despite the age, this was incredibly well balanced. The price for value at release is quite high.