The Whisky Jury Hampden The Many Faces of Rum (TAST‘TOE) 2019
Highly praised young Hampden: powerful esters, overripe tropical fruits and well-handled alcohol. Intense, vibrant and fun, with good value and a surprisingly long finish for just 5 years.
Fans of high-ester Jamaican funk who enjoy young, wild Hampden profiles and like using powerful rums both neat and in Mai Tais or other tiki drinks.
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Young, wild classic Hampden funk
If you already enjoy Hampden or other high-ester Jamaicans, this is a natural pick: classic HGML funk, big esters and overripe fruit, just a bit younger and wilder.
Beginners, those sensitive to high ABV, or drinkers who dislike dry, gluey, very funky ester-heavy rums and prefer smoother, sweeter, more rounded sippers.
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About the Hampden distillery
The Hampden distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Hampden have been reviewed 17,716 times with an average of 8.4/10.
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8,7:On the nose, the first impression we get are esters with fermented, overripe tropical fruits like banana, pineapple, kiwi, some citrus and some varnish, accompanied with floral and vegetal notes as olive. All nicely melted into a juicy marmelade with plums. Some spice and roastedness could be noticed after aeration. Perhaps some grass, a little of wood, mustiness, milk chocolate, menthol and marzipan after a nice rest. 8,5:On the palate, the attack is very fruity and vegetal. There are tons of esters. Our tasting buds are attacked with the same spectre as on the nose... As an addition, the rum is dry, salty, a bit mineral and when we count in also some menthol, olive, and of course molasses, a bit bitter... After a while, it becomes syrupy with some maple and caramelized. We certainly cannot miss vanilla, coconut and toasted wood, smoke well after our first sip...and a juicy strawberry🙂. 8,6:The finish is long and full of fermented tropical fruits, woody, dry and a bit astringent, vegetal and spicy, musty&mineral, with molasses and juicy strawberry...and very obvious cigar note in the end.
Клей, лак, сіль, тропічні фрукти. Ефірів чимало, але все-одно трохи просто. Аромат його кращий бік, хоча і не зовсім мій.
Classis Hampden profile from start to end 🤗🤤 a lot of funk, esters, pineapple, overriped fruits, with a cool Kiwi note. The alcohol is well integrated. The barrel notes remain the most of the time in the background and give it a nice roundness.
An der Nase Ester, Klebstoff, Vergorenes, Lack, Ananas, Olive, Vanille, florale Anklänge. Erinnert etwas an junge 2007er HDs. Am Gaumen intensiv, etwas jung und wild noch, mit einem leicht floralen touch, wenig Frucht.