Hampden RA Jamaica Rum (HD Distillery) C<>H
The nose displays intense pineapple, esters, tropical fruit and caramel, leading to a palate full of marzipan, honey, spice and wood. Universally praised for its complexity and smoothness, it’s a community-backed, refined Hampden worth exploring.
Pineapple, marzipan and caramel—fruity, rounded and complex.
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How does this rum taste?
- Intense tropical fruit and esters
- Exceptionally well-rounded and complex
- Finely balanced wood and sweetness
Pineapple and overripe tropical fruit take center stage in this extraordinary 30-year-old Hampden, impressing RumX tasters with its elegance and complexity. Layers of marzipan, caramel, honey, and subtle woody spice reveal themselves on a full-bodied palate, while the signature esters are present but gracefully balanced. Highly regarded for its rounded, creamy style and harmony, this bottling offers a sophisticated, mature take on classic Jamaica funk—an invitation for any collector or enthusiast to taste its depth.
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About the Hampden distillery
The Hampden distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Hampden have been reviewed 15,309 times with an average of 8.4/10.
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"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"