Valinch & Mallet Hampden HD - „Collection Antipodes“ DOK
Classic DOK funk—pineapple, banana, wood glue—comes through clearly, with a surprisingly smooth punch for 57.5%. One to try if you love bold, ester-heavy Jamaican rum.
Funky, complex, balanced DOK with intense exotic fruit.
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How does this rum taste?
- super funky und fruchtig
- Alkohol ist super eingebunden
- pineapple, banana, ester, glue
This Hampden DOK release from Valinch & Mallet is all about classic Jamaican funk, with vibrant esters leading the way—think "mega funky und fruchtig" (@Volkmar Weber), ripe pineapple, banana, and plenty of glue. The nose is complex and expressive, swinging between tropical fruit, medicinal, and even slightly smoky or woody touches. Many on RumX mention how well the high ABV is integrated, noting it’s surprisingly drinkable for its intensity, even if the wood influence is "very light" (@Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰). A few tasters felt it leans a bit sour or astringent, but it’s consistently recognized as an energetic, fruit-forward DOK with some quirks in the finish.
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About the Hampden distillery
The Hampden distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Hampden have been reviewed 15,259 times with an average of 8.4/10.
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"Great DOK ! Alcohol very well integrated. Hardly noticeable in the nose, really cool! Fruity(pineapple, papaya,)with nen concentrated charge ester. Slight wood influence .... becomes significantly more in the finish and there he falls for me also something . PLV is mMn not particularly good .... what makes the rum but not worse."
"Excellent DOK!"
"Very nice DOK. But not outstanding. PLV is unfortunately not suitable at all. TRC, LOM, RC, CDI I find all a tad better. Great rum without question, but 235€ for a 0.7 liter V&M DOK from 2009 is too much. Update: must go up another point after tasting again"
"the V"