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Taste Testing The Hampden Great House 2024 ft. Some Legendary DOK Marque
November 30, 2024
Amidst the multitude of rum bottlings vying for attention at Whisky Live Singapore 2024, it’s the familiar label with the silhouette of the Hamp...
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Transcaribbean Rum Line, Flying King 3 Years Old Rum, 42% ABV (Part 2)
October 11, 2022
Editor's note: This is Part 2 of Jigs' 3-part series on Transcontinental Rum Line (TCRL). Jigs continues his conversation with La Maison & Veli...
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Hampden Jamaican Rum by Corman-Collins and The Auld Alliance, 1982 + 1983 (35 years)
July 29, 2022
Background: this is a dram I had at The Auld Alliance, one of the great whisky bars of the world. An old Hampden bottled in 2019 from a vat of ...
- Auld Alliance
- Corman Collins
- Hampden
- Jamaican
- Rum
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Hampden Single Cask by Thompson Bros. and Bar Tre Hiroshima, 2000 (17 years)
April 22, 2022
Background: I spotted this bottle among the liquor shelves of the Takashimaya departmental store in Namba, Osaka. An IB single-cask Hampden? My...
- Hampden
- Jamaican
- Rum
- Thompson Bros
- u/zoorado
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Taste Testing The Hampden Great House 2024 ft. Some Legendary DOK Marque