Hampden Rum Artesanal Jamaica High Ester Rum HGML 1983 35yr 58,9%

RX328 Excellent Pot Still Rum Single Cask 322 bottles 250€+

“Ultimate high ester Hampden: fruity, complex, smooth.”

Rum Artesanal Jamaica High Ester Rum HGML is a rare 35-year-old release from Jamaica's Hampden Distillery, crafted with their signature high ester production. Distilled in 1983 and aged in Europe, this limited edition, cask strength rum offers an intense, multifaceted profile highlighted by notes of pineapple, ester, and tropical fruit. Its complex bouquet and balanced integration of alcohol make it a standout experience. Users praise its unparalleled depth and smoothness despite aging, with the esters and wood harmoniously integrated. Though this rum's powerful flavor requires time to reveal, it delivers a rewarding sensory journey characterized by fruity complexity, subtle oak, and a prolonged finish. Available exclusively on RumX's marketplace, it's a must-try for dedicated aficionados.

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Highlights

Complex fruity aroma
Balanced esters and wood
Smooth despite high ABV

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How does this rum taste?

This extraordinary 1983 Jamaican Hampden rum is revered for its rich ester aroma and fruity complexity, with pineapple and woody notes balancing its extended aging.

Most frequently mentioned flavors

Aroma

Ester Pineapple Glue Banana Overripe Tropical fruit

Taste

Pineapple Ester Woody Tropical fruit Complex Smoky

Finish

Ester Oak Pineapple Full bodied Overripe Marzipan

Community reviews

9.2/1081 ratings

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Thunderbird

5 August 2024

9.2/10

“RumX Day10: What a treat! This Hampden is once again absolutely top! It has a balanced maturity and is not as impetuous as many others, without denying its origin! All the expected flavors are represented, just a little more mature and subtle! Great Tasting evening with Dr. Django: Can only confirm my assessment of danals, first class bottling”

Aroma

Ester Pineapple Overripe Glue Funky

Taste

Pineapple Ester Complex Balanced Full bodied

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Zucker und Zeste

27 August 2024

9.2/10

“Erstaunlich das es den Rum immer noch gibt. Sehr edler Hampdel der trotz der ewigen Lagerung seine DNA nicht verloren hat. Klassische Ananas, moderates Holz und sehr stimmige Gewürze. Sehr sehr lecker und entspannt zu trinken.”

Aroma

Ester Pineapple Overripe Glue Spicy

Taste

Pineapple Ester Woody Complex Smoky

Galli33

10 March 2023

9.3/10

“#10th dec RumXCalendar Blind tasting: Nose: delicious, pineapple, ester, fruitbasket, glue Mouth: Pineapple, ester, barrel, oak Finish: long, pineapple, barrel, oak, dry, a bit astringent Amazing delicious High Ester Hampden 😍 Funk Extreme! A lot of fruits in the nose, the more time you’ll give it the more fruits you’ll get. Important: This rum needs time to fully open min. 1 hour. I think it’s a hampden… in the high ester section <>H ca.60% approx. 30 Years”

Aroma

Tropical fruit Pineapple Ester Nail polish Overripe

Taste

Ester Complex Astringent Tropical fruit Woody

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DomM

1 January 2023

9.4/10

“Extremely well balanced Hampden. Fruits, cask, spices, a faint sweetness and a hint of bacon. Outstanding stuff!”

Aroma

Ester Pineapple Funky Elegant Heavy

Taste

Pineapple Ester Woody Tropical fruit Complex

crazyforgoodbooze

25 June 2024

9.1/10

“the more relaxed version of the 89 RA HGML. still very cool and simply mega sweet. here too we have a nice mixture of cookie dough, pineapple and bacon but not quite as much funk and esters as the new one. surprisingly little woodiness and tannins for such an old rum. very nice number. i like it a lot!”

Aroma

Ester Banana Meaty Roasted almonds Orange peel

Taste

Complex Meaty Anise Full bodied Ester

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Tschusikowsky

21 June 2023

9.3/10

“Rum X Advent 10.12.22 At first I thought of a rather younger version of a Hampden. But in the end it's not wild enough for that. It seems a little tamed by the years. In the mouth, this crisp dryness comes through for me, which brings me to a 92 HLCF. At the same time, it's creamy and smooth, with a slight cherry note, which doesn't quite fit. I also think it's below or close to 60%. The color is also quite bright. Wild guess: Blend of 92 and 90 (?) vintages. Definitely super tasty! Edit: Hampden adventure park. At the top end of the scale. Unbelievable how creamy and accessible the rum is after so many years of ageing. Liquid gold. Insanely delicious.”

Aroma

Ester Pineapple Overripe Glue Banana

Taste

Pineapple Woody Tropical fruit Complex Balanced

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Artur Schönhütte

3 August 2024

9.3/10

“What 35 good years can do, unbelievable that this was available for so long. This was very pricey when It came out but the market came around. And now it is actually quite a steal. Hgml is very nice...”

Aroma

Ester Pineapple Banana Glue

Taste

Complex Roasted Pineapple Ester Papaya

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Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓

5 September 2023

8.9/10

“There are already 68 at least very good reviews here. No further comment necessary, the old ester speaks for itself 😉 By the way: Tasted at tropical temperatures at the bottling site! Appropriate, isn't it? 😊”

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Jakob

11 September 2022

9.0/10

“Exquisite Hampden and the uncrowned king from 1983. Understand who can and why this bottling was available for so long - clearly, the price was not entirely negligible, but in parallel ran various single casks at absolutely comparable, if not significantly higher prices over the (secondary market) counter, which play in my eyes qualitatively in a completely different league.”

Aroma

Pineapple Nail polish Banana Barrel Ester

Taste

Pineapple Lemon Mango Allspice Ginger

zabo

24 January 2024

9.3/10

“Edit: in the meantime I have also had other HGMLs in the glass, and it is difficult to say which one is my favorite. All of them are at a very high level. Tried again and the only thing I have to do now is just adjust it upwards again. My new number 1!”

Aroma

Glue Tropical fruit Banana Barrel

Taste

Tropical fruit Ester Balanced Full bodied Complex

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Leo Tomczak

30 December 2023

9.3/10

“Best Hampden. A clear winner in the triple comparison with CDI and Corman Collins.”

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cigares

27 November 2023

9.1/10

“An explosion of fruit on the nose, with esters but also freshness. The power is there, no doubt about it. The entry is almost sweet, but immediately the power increases and the whole mouth cavity fills with fruit. The palate continues with a noble, persistent bitterness. Then the wood that was masked by the fruit appears, a rather young and elegant wood. A little parasitic acidity appears next, which is a pity! All in all, a very fine rum, expressive and powerful.”

Aroma

Tropical fruit Ester

Taste

Fruity Tropical fruit Intense

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mto75

17 October 2022

9.4/10

“epic Hampden! On the nose, the full (fermented) fruit basket with pineapple, banana, kiwi, gooseberries, plus a subtle yogurt butter cookie note. And all brought together impressively, with no noticeable barrel influence. Also bacony, toasty rather than oak barrel on the palate. Creamy finish, and somehow between sour drops, smoky bacon, pineapple and marzipan.”

Aroma

Fermented Tropical fruit Overripe Pineapple Banana

Taste

Pineapple Smoky Intense Full bodied Roasted

Christoph H.

16 September 2021

9.3/10

“I'm not really a fan of superimposed Hampden and certainly not of superimposed ester bombs. The first thing that went through my mind here was: it's so much better than the RA HD 89. Why is that?...you simply don't notice its age. NEVER, if I had thought it possible that we were dealing with 35 years of maturation here, my feeling would have told me 25. Full HD DNA, but simply round and smooth. If you put the Kill Devil next to it, you know what above the zenith means. Clearly one of the better Hampdens for me!”

Aroma

Apple Litchi Tropical fruit Overripe Marmalade

Taste

Astringent Mild Round Delicious Complex

TheRhumhoe

4 January 2023

9.2/10

“A beautiful unicorn from Jamaica that elegantly reveals phenolic and ripe tropical fruit flavors, citrus, a touch of smoke, brine and olive tapenade notes. A slight floral freshness and cherry also come through. On the palate, we have an extremely well-balanced rum that combines the high ester profile with nice woody, spicy notes, with a touch of marzipan and a meaty influence that sublimates the whole. It's funky, oily, intense and the alcohol is superbly well integrated. The finish, endless, mixes fruits, esters, spices, wood, leather, smoky notes and a touch of bitterness. A rum of the great days which sketches all the richness of Hampden.”

Aroma

Phenol Ester Solvents Glue Overripe

Taste

Sour cherry Tropical fruit Pineapple Banana Citrus

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What are the key facts about this rum?

Country
Jamaica

Distillery
Hampden

Bottler
Heinz Eggert GmbH

Brand
Rum Artesanal

RumX ID
RX328

ABV
58,9%

Category
Pot Still Rum

Vintage
1983

Cask number
#6

Mark
HGML

Made from
Molasses

Distillation
Pot Still

Age
35 years

No. of bottles
322

Bottle volume
50cl

Price range
250€+

Type of spirit
Rum

What is the price trend for this rum?

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