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Hampdens, pushing 1000: Old Brothers <H> Jamaican Rum 2001 (19 years) & Rum Sponge Edition No. 6, JMH Jamaican Rum (29 years)
May 16, 2022
Background: two rums with ester concentrations not far from 1000g/hlpa. One is a tropically aged cask of mark <>H. The other is a blend o...
- Hampden
- Jamaica
- Old Brothers
- Rum
- Rum Sponge
- Section: Review
- u/zoorado
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Hampdens for the Ages: Nobilis Jamaica HD (Hampden) 1993 (27 years) & Jamaican Rum JMH 2001 by Thompson Bros and Bar Tre Hiroshima (19 years)
May 13, 2022
Background: Remember when I said this was (likely) to be the most epic matchup I will ever post? Well, I might just have another think coming, ...
- Hampden
- Jamaica
- Nobilis
- Rum
- Section: Review
- Thompson Bros
- u/zoorado
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Hampden Pagos 100% Ex-Sherry Cask, 52% ABV
May 13, 2022
In the colloquialisms of whisky talk, the word “Sherry” (and by extension, “Sherry Cask” or “Sherry finish”) simply cannot be used enough. A mer...
- Hampden
- Jamaica
- Rum
- Section: Review
- Velier
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Silver Seal Hampden 1993 (22 years)
May 9, 2022
Image credit to /u/sirabra. Background: so I visited a rum tasting event which offered some rare pours for reasonable prices. I tried, among ...
- Hampden
- Jamaica
- Rum
- Section: Review
- Silver Seal
- u/zoorado
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Legends, Old and New: Samaroli 1993 Jamaica (Hampden) Rum Full Proof Single Cask #39 (21 years) & Samaroli 1993 Jamaica (Hampden) Rum Full Proof Single Cask #39 (21 years)
May 9, 2022
Background: In one corner, we have what many consider the best Hampden ever bottled, the Samaroli 1993 Full Proof. In the other, stands an unyi...
- Hampden
- Jamaica
- Rum
- Samaroli
- Section: Review
- The Rum Cask
- u/zoorado
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Rum Artesanal Jamaica Rum, High-Ester Rum Distillery, 1983 (35 years)
May 9, 2022
Background: one of the few 1983 Hampdens. Like the others of the same batch, this should be of the HGML mark. Nose: incredibly savoury from the...
- Hampden
- Jamaica
- Rum
- Rum Artesanal
- Section: Review
- u/zoorado
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Habitation Velier Hampden C<>H 2010 (10 years)
May 8, 2022
Background: my third C<>H. This is the only fully tropical-aged exemplar of the mark I have tried. This one isn’t as universally loved as...
- Hampden
- Jamaica
- Rum
- Section: Review
- u/zoorado
- Velier
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Jamaica (Hampden) 1990, Rumclub Private Selection Treasure Cask (26 years)
May 7, 2022
Background: what can we say about vintages in rum? In most regions of rum production, sugarcane is evergreen and can be harvested year-round. ...
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Two Kill Devil Hampdens: Single Cask C<>H distilled 11/07, 63.5% ABV (11 years) & Single Cask <>H distilled 10/01, 61.2% ABV (16 years) & bottled for TheWhiskyBarrel.com
May 7, 2022
Introduction: I recently discovered the treasure trove that is TheWhiskyBarrel (TWB), an honest, efficient online merchant with exclusive bottl...
- Hampden
- Hunter Laing
- Jamaica
- Kill Devil
- Rum
- Section: Review
- TheWhiskyBarrel
- u/zoorado
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Hampden 1992 Masam, from the private stock of Silvano Samaroli (27 years)
April 30, 2022
Background: this is a sample I ordered along with a bottle of IB Diamond rum. The 1992 vintage seems like a great one from what I heard, so I h...
- Hampden
- Jamaica
- Masam
- Rum
- Samaroli
- Section: Review
- u/zoorado
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Hampden Single Cask LFCH 2011, bottled for Whisky Live Singapore 2019 (8 years)
April 30, 2022
Background: finally, I was allowed to access my office. This is the first of a few bottles I had intended to review before the lockdown. A spec...
- Hampden
- Jamaica
- LMDW
- Rum
- Section: Review
- u/zoorado
- Velier
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Hampden Single Cask by John Barrett, Bristol Spirits and Corman Collins (16 years)
April 30, 2022
Background: the lockdown has been lifted for close to two months. I was busy with my Master’s thesis, and then with socialising post-lockdown. ...
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