Hampden for Wu Dram Clan & Kirsch Whisky LROK
This limited Hampden surprises with bourbon, spice, and restrained tropical fruits. One to try if you enjoy a quirky, less-fruity Jamaican rum.
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A bold 8-year Hampden, this LROK for Wu Dram Clan & Kirsch Whisky splits opinion on RumX. Bourbon and vanilla ride up front, with mild esters, spice, and a tropical fruit backbone peeking through after rest. While LukaŽiga finds the nose “bourbon notes and mild esters… green fruits like pear,” others like Johannes mention it’s “relatively sour, astringent, marzipan” for a Hampden. Martin Ekrt notes it’s “quite surprising” and almost “Clarendon-like with some herbs.” Not everyone was won over, but the round, spicy-salty finish with roasted wood and apricots caught many tasters’ attention.
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About the Hampden distillery
The Hampden distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Hampden have been reviewed 16,978 times with an average of 8.4/10.
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Here I can go along with Serge, who rated the youngster very highly. He was also one of my favorites in the lineup and shows very well that young low ester Hampden can also work very well.
8,3:On the nose, bourbon notes and mild esters, some solvents are the first thing we notice, green fruits like pear, floral and grassy notes, vanilla, all balanced. On aeration, unripe banana is out, citrus, herbaceous and vegetal tones with an olive, roasted wood with pastry, nuts, spicy. 7,9:On the palate, the attack is sweet/salty, very spicy, some chilli is there, woody tones, all a bit wild.The balancing act are tropical fruits like banana, esters and roasted wood notes like caramel and nuts.After resting the rum, very tasty fruits are stronger with mango, green fruits and some apricots, milk chocolate. 8,2:The finish is round with dry and spicy, salty wood, roasted with crunchy bread, caramel, a bit smoky, some hay and especially apricots..
Hodně zvláštní vůně. Jamajka z toho není příliš znát. Spíš to voní jak produkce Clarendonu s nějakými bylinkami. Chuťový profil je taky lehce zvláštní. Kromě očekávaného je celkem výrazný marcipán s bylinkami nebo něco na ten způsob. Špatné to není, jen docela překvapí.
Not a bad rum, but relatively sour for a Hampden, astringent, marzipan. I clearly miss the fruity notes.