Aroma visualization from community tastings
Hampden Pure Single Jamaican Rum Classic HLCF 2017
One member nails it: "pineapple, shoe shop, banana, saddle room and glue in a wonderful mix." That's the HLCF in a nutshell — overripe tropical fruit, acetone and varnish, buttery pastry, with young oak and smoke underneath. The 60% is well integrated but the 4-year age shows as heat and edge. Let it rest 15 minutes; a few drops of water tame the bite.
The community says- Classic Hampden funk
- Pineapple and banana
- Young, edgy palate
View price history
Secure payment Sold by Spirit Academy Returns & cancellation
- Secure payment. You pay via RumX with PayPal, Klarna or card. Your payment data is encrypted and we never store your full card details.
- Clear seller. Sold and shipped directly by the partner shop. And you're never on your own: RumX handles support and communication with the shop, so you always get excellent service, whichever shop you order from.
- Honest shop ratings. The stars show your service experience with the shop, not the rum score. They come from RumX users, and critical ones stay visible.
- Returns & cancellation. Your purchase contract is with the shop, so returns and cancellations run through them under their own policy and your statutory rights. If anything goes wrong, RumX helps you sort it out.
Buy Hampden Pure Single Jamaican Rum Classic HLCF 2017:
Compare all 21 shop offers from 73.05 €
Prices & availability last updated on
The look inside the bottle
How does Hampden Pure Single Jamaican Rum Classic HLCF 2017 taste?
Aggregated from 257 community reviews.
Funky young Hampden, pineapple and glue A go-to daily Hampden most people rate highly, with all the funky ester markers. Several find it a touch young, edgy, or flatter than the older Overproof — but hard to fault for the money.
Fans of high-ester Jamaican funk and Mai Tai builders
Beginners wanting soft, sweet rum — this is hot and funky
How the community classifies this rum. Each category takes you to similar rums.
94 of 257 left detailed tasting impressions · Click an aroma to explore similar rums
How is Hampden Pure Single Jamaican Rum Classic HLCF 2017 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.3 sits in the “Very good” band. 97% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
Live auctions
Current bids for this rum at Europe's leading auction houses.
Community voices
What does the community say?
24% rate it between 6 and 8. 20 selected write-ups from 257 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
One of the community's most-rated rums
Review by Mirko Frosini 🇮🇪
Most helpful positive review
Nice rum, but a little under compared to batch1. The presence of a slight solvent note I liked less and it is less intense. However, we are talking about finesse and personal taste. We are dealing with a rum that I would drink all the time! I do not understand all these new versions of Hampden Velier that I find little different from each other and especially pòco justified in terms of value for money. Velier lately is focusing too much on collectors with the result of making the bottles unobtainable already upon release and overpriced.
Review by Michael Janek
Most helpful critical review
I can't rate this at all it rolls its tongue back and forth It's a chainsaw cane massacre. 500-600 esters. you have to drink it in very small sips, and the power that's in it is unbelievable.
Review by A13M
The same marque as the 1753, but stronger, denser and more complex. On the nose the first aromas that hit are pineapple, bananas and acetone, with a very fresh, green, slightly minty character. Behind that you can gently detect almond, wood and yeast. On the palate it is surprisingly drinkable, oily and well rounded. Notes of wood, spices, light vanilla, a touch of salinity and grilled pineapple appear. The finish is medium long, spicy, warm and woody with a slight peppery note. Hints of cherry, black plum and a brief touch of cocoa also show up. The final taste is slightly charred wood with a light iodine-like aftertaste. A very good Hampden, and although it is overproof it is truly a great sipper. Definitely worth buying again and a bottle that deserves a place in any private collection.
Review by Stefan L
I’m a bit confused about this rum replacing the Overproof, as they are so different from each other. I may recalibrate this another day. - Now another day, but still no recalibration 🤪 however this is really good and I’m bumping it a few points. - Coming back to this rum again and I still consider it’s a completely different but better rum than the original. - Almost a year later from the above tasting. This bottle is better than the original, but less complex and lacks some of the asphalt notes that I like however is more potent in esters and more funky. 250701: Agree with myself above.
Review by Christoph
Nice umami, typical Hampden Ester notes that come across strong due to the young age and are not always pleasant.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
This is a retaste and I stick to my initial score 😊 A pretty good HLCF release and I have ordered a bottle after testing the sple I got. Leave to rest for a good while in order to release all the flavours. You can also add a few drops of water if you think it bites too much. The nose is intense and fruity with wood, clove and varnish and a hint of mint. The palate is also intense and fruity with smoky wood and nice spiciness to it. The finish is long and fruity with smoky wood, sugarcane and light herbal notes.
Review by Righrum
A really poor performance IMHO. This rum retains all the edges of the High Ester despite not having the positive sides. Too smoky and aggressive, not a pleasant sip
Review by Mirco
Solid Hampden with good PLV.
Review by Pavel Spacek
... Hampden, the legendary Jamaican distillery that produces rum as well as alcohol for perfume. In all the rums from this distillery you will taste wild esters, after which your whole organism will soak up the smell of golden tropical fruits - mango, papaya, pineapple, peach. One of the "must try before you die" rums
Review by Lukas Jäger
What I was looking forward to this tasting. Its predecessor was my introduction to Hampden and it still tastes great to me. Unfortunately, my fears with the HLCF Classic have come true. Old and with are difficult to compare here, because yet something clearly different, nevertheless, this comparison must be allowed in my eyes, because one finally replaces the other. The "new" is for me flatter, more one-dimensional. Less fruit, less barrel, less depth, but a little more varnish and perhaps even more alcoholic.For a standard bottling still a good rum, which stands out far against the usual standards, but for me personally unfortunately somewhat disappointing...
Review by Joël
Good Hampden, but nothing spectacular. For just under 70 euros at armagnac.de, a very fair price. If necessary, you can still make great cocktails with it.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Clearly more fruity on the nose like the 8y old predecessor. Taste then slightly acidic, buttery fruity and somewhat smoky and umami. Definitely a very nice HLCF and surprisingly sweet and tasty! Overall, however, I like the predecessor a little more and does better in the Mai Tai due to the longer maturation, which comes through in the Mai Tai with much more glue and butyric acid and fermented pineapple, but with too little wood. Pure I like the better here, in the Mai Tai the "standard" overproof. Both but absolutely top!
Review by Nik the spirit-ed
Ist die Flasche frisch geöffnet, ist das Ganze brutal. Im Geruch breiten sich vor allem. chemische Noten nach Rennbenzin und Nagellack aus. Trinkt man den Drum, kommt man zur Erkenntnis, das ist Rennbenzin. Okay, etwas Frucht ist auch dabei, jedoch nur als Teil von Benzin oder Nagellackentferner. Ist die Flasche nur noch halb voll, dominiert das Holz. Der Funk ist auch noch da, die Fruchtaromen fristen aber ein Schatten-Dasein.
Review by LukaŽiga
9,5:On the nose, the distillery's typical fruity intensity goes hand in hand with a less usual vanilla sweetness. A handful of orange peel joins jackfruit and pineapple to give us some pastry highlights. Aeration reveals the heart of the rum, which also takes the opportunity to perfume the room. The heart is sweet and creamy, ever more pastry-like, with almond milk infused with cherry stones. Of course, the warmly tropical atmosphere is still the order of the day, with the many exotic fruits brimming with powerful aromas. 9,2:On the palate, the rum earns its overproof stripes and conquers the palate in the blink of an eye. Its spicy, coppery edge warms the taste buds to a white, delivering intense kernels and incandescent almonds. The almond milk and exotic fruit compote quickly soften all this, while adding a beautiful substance. 9,2:The finish is pastry-like, with candied fruit, plum jam and cherry-soaked frangipane.. Well, shortly, orgasmic!!! Edit:26.4.26
Review by samuel cutullic
Appréciable fort en fruit mature
Review by Adrian Wahl
Very cool release from Hampden. Great extension of the range with this HLCF single mark. Pure a really solid and beautiful HLCF, a little young and wild. Really cool, but he will be in May Tai. There he delivers brutally and convinces at full length 5/5. In these times a really great release at a fair price. 4 years tropically stored, single mark and bottled by Hampden with 60%....all that for just under 70€ is ne cool story.🇯🇲🔥
Review by Lot-NAS
It’s good but also lacking something standing out. Boring is maybe too harsh but… it is kinda boring.
Review by mto75
clearly he can not hold a candle to the 92s HLCFs of Nobilis and RumClub etc. (have the RumClub Ed. 18 in the other glass for comparison), but the HD HLCF Classic can score for it with a lot of power💥 💪 and a successful mix of Marque / maturity / ABV. For me, clear thumbs up 👍
Review by Jindrich Strobl
Nice, but I like other Hampdon types more.
Review by Thunderbird
Once again a great Hampden, where the PLV is right!In the nose funky Jamaica, on the palate rather young, slightly smoky wood, perfectly integrated alcohol and gentle esters!The finish nice soft woody fruity!Class
No reviews match this filter.
Expert reviews
Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum..
Expert review by The Auditor Reviews
Read full review →
Details about Hampden Pure Single Jamaican Rum Classic HLCF 2017
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, distilled by Hampden, at 60%.
Community purchases
411 bottles logged by 328 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
33% opened, 50 emptied and repurchased.
What does Hampden Pure Single Jamaican Rum Classic HLCF 2017 cost?
Community paid 60–94 €.
Current best price: 73.05 € – within the typical community range.
What members actually paid for their bottles. A typical range, not the current shop price. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
+12 purchases in the last 3 months.
Added to collections, last 12 months — dark bars are the last 3.
411 purchased · 260 tasted · 159 wishlist · as of
About the Hampden distillery
The Hampden distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Hampden have been reviewed 19,877 times with an average of 8.4/10.
To Hampden →You may also enjoy
Rum enthusiasts who like this rum have also given the following rums high ratings:
Hampden Pure Single Jamaican Rum Overproof
Hampden Pure Single Jamaican Rum OverproofFunky, fruity Jamaican with real punch
Velier Hampden The Younger LROK 2016
Velier Hampden The Younger LROK 2016Fruity, funky entry-level Hampden, slightly thin
Hampden Pure Single Jamaican Rum OWH
Hampden Pure Single Jamaican Rum OWHEasy, fruity entry-level Hampden funk
Hampden Great House (Distillery Edition 2020)
Hampden Great House (Distillery Edition 2020)Balanced, fruity Hampden many call the best Great House
Velier Hampden Pure Single Jamaican Rum LROK 2010
Velier Hampden Pure Single Jamaican Rum LROK 2010Soft, fruity Hampden that runs a bit thin
Velier Hampden Pagos Sherry (Batch 2) 2023
Velier Hampden Pagos Sherry (Batch 2) 2023Rounded Hampden with a real sherry coat
Never miss a price drop.
Set a target price in the app, and we'll let you know as soon as the rum becomes available at that price from one of our partner stores. This works for any rum on your wish list.
Oliver · FounderBy rum lovers, for rum lovers
I'm Oliver, and RumX began in 2018 as a small passion project in Stuttgart, back then under the name Rum Tasting Notes.
What began as my digital tasting diary is now the world's most comprehensive platform for rum fans, today carried by a small team with Jakob, Lukas and Katharina, with Robert supporting us as a freelancer. We combine the collective intelligence of our community with an integrated marketplace, so you can choose with confidence, without paperwork, detours, or expert jargon.
Oliver, Stuttgart
About RumX →
