Hampden RA Jamaica Rum (HD Distillery) C<>H

Little 1990 C<>H cross-tasting with 2x RA, RC Ed. 5, TWJ and TRC. Honestly, quite hard for me to chose a winner out of the TRC, first RA and first RC… The first RA also is an outstanding bottling of the 1990 vintage. Side-by-side the RA comes with a little twist towards more herbal notes and little less fruity notes. Also very good staff.

Great Hampden... nice and creamy and oily in the mouth. Alcohol extremely well integrated and never really disturbing. Nice fruity with pineapple papaya and mango not too woody despite the age ... Esterlevel you can feel very well but the funk is clearly tamed by the age . Unfortunately a little flat in Mai Tai ...🥲

Rum Artesanal: Wow, alles was man an hampden oder Jamaica Rum liebt in absolut intensiver, cremiger und komplexer Art. Das ist ein absolutes Meisterwerk. Man sollte hier keinen adstringenten Jamaika-Funk erwarten... Am Gaumen sehr angenehm, könnte möchtr man ihn am liesten stundenlang konservieren. Whisky Jury: Schon an der Nase eher würziger und insgesamt komplexer. In dieser Rubrik für mich auf jeden Fall der Sieger. Am Gaumen und im Abgang hängt er seinem Kontrahenten deutlich hinterher. Wesentlich wilder und adstringenter, dafür weniger komplex. Zwei total herausragende Rums, die beide ihre Daseinsberechtigung haben und nach dem Tasting für mich nicht in direkter Konkurrenz stehen. Der RA und wahnsinnig komplex, cremig, intensiv am Gaumen ohne adstringent zu werden. Der Whisky Jury ist viel wilder, adstringenter und dennoch komplex, reicht aber lange nicht an die fruchtige Gefälligkeit des RA ran.

Similar profile to the 1993 version. I found this one has less glue notes and the barrel come through a bit more. In addition i found some tastes of anise. Price to value is very good. My personal result: 90>93

Wonderful Hampden, very fruity and light. Exactly to my taste! Update Feb. 2024 The new sample reflects the same feedback. I should have gone for it here. Alcohol, fruit, spice and wood are perfectly balanced here.

A wonderful Hampden that shows why this distillery is so celebrated.

Long, heavy, expressive...great balance of fruit, wood influences and spice. In addition, a concise and deep, but by no means slaying sweetness. Very impressive and also a standout in the overall strong 1990 vintage.

Great Hampden 1990 representative! 🥰

Noble Hampden. Dense aromas and with character. Not so brute but still very expressive. Long finish. Even better with water. Brilliant rum.

funky and full of impact, but meantime very smooth. little influence of alcohol and tannins/astringency, very complex, reminds me of Salon du rhum 1990.

Die kontinentalen Jamaikaner sind im eher nicht mein Fall und ich bevorzuge – auch für Jamaika – tropische Reifung. Aber der hier ist schon lecker. Ich glaube jetzt aus dem Stehgreif schon mit der beste, den ich probiert habe. Tolle Frucht mit passendem Holz- und Gewürzeinfluss.

04.09.2022 Meeting up for a nice after event party at my hotel. Good rum and food spread over a full day. Nose Intense, light roasted wood, fruity, light marzipan, glue, light caramel. Palate Medium intense, oily, light roasted wood, faint smoke, fruity, light marzipan, light medicinal. Finish Very long and warm, light wood, light smoke, fruits.

This bottling has it all!!!

Damn that is very tasty. Very fruity, slightly acidic and sweet after marzipan and almond must with honey banana and lime cordial. Neat ester but not too much, light anise and smoke notes. The acidity remains at the end really intense hang and becomes very astringent, which gives him 2-3 points deduction for me, also the finish could be a little longer and more intense... Nevertheless, top stuff!

What a board. Hampden 1990 seems to taste yes already by the name, if he has flowed through the hands of a D.M., he can probably only get better ;-)Incredibly tasty, round, complex and at the same time pleasant C<>H. If you want to describe it purely in terms of aromas, it probably sets itself apart from others only a little. The secret of this rum is the balance of flavors and their interplay. Must be tasted to understand. I am thrilled. A cross comparison with the '89 and other '90 Hampden will be exciting. Perhaps again: The king is dead, long live the king?