Hampden RA Jamaica High Ester Rum HGML

"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"

"It's amazing that this rum still exists. A very fine Hampdel that has not lost its DNA despite being stored for ages. Classic pineapple, moderate wood and very harmonious spices. Very tasty and relaxed to drink."

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

"#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"

"Edit Edit Je öfter ich ihn probieren je besser finde ich ihn. Nochmal nach oben korrigiert Edit: mittlerweile habe ich auch andere HGMLs im Glas gehabt, und es ist schwierig zu sagen welcher mein Favorit ist. Alle bewegen sich auf einem sehr h Nochmals probiert und das einzige was ich jetzt tun muss, ihn einfach nochmal nach oben korrigieren. Mein neue Nummer 1!"

"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!"

"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? 😊"

"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."

"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..."

"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."

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

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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!"