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The Whisky Jury Hampden The Many Faces of Rum C<>H 2007
Sipped neat with time to open, this is a classic continental Hampden: pineapple everywhere, ester and glue on the nose, then overripe tropical fruit, marzipan and buttery biscuit dough. Several tasters call out a sharp fruity acidity, and at 62.3% cask strength it drinks hot and wild. A few say the 15 years rounds it out; others still find the sour, chemical edge a lot.
The community says- Bright pineapple funk
- Buttery marzipan notes
- Sharp acidity
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How does The Whisky Jury Hampden The Many Faces of Rum C<>H 2007 taste?
Aggregated from 86 community reviews.
Pineapple-heavy, funky cask-strength Hampden A well-loved 2007 C<>H Hampden — big pineapple, esters and funk. Most rate it highly; a few find the acidity and heat too aggressive, and some miss a real standout hook.
Fans of high-ester Jamaican funk and pineapple-forward Hampdens
Anyone who finds cask-strength esters and sour acidity too aggressive
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6% rate it between 6 and 8. 20 selected write-ups from 86 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by SaibotZtar
RumX Advent Calendar Day 5 Nose ... Yeaaaaa this is something for me. Full power ester glue tropical, butyric acid, fruits (pineapple, banana papaya mango) marzipan... wonderful 😁 On the palate very similar to the nose a young savage with a lot of power super fruity with nice marzipan pastry. Really delicious ... Long fruity and slightly bitter finish.
Review by zabo
Edit: had another blind look at RumX Advent calendar 2024 -5. I was almost sure I had recognized a DOK here. But well, I guess I was wrong. All in all, I wouldn't have given him any more points. Crosstasting C◇H 1. kill devil 2. FRC C◇H 3. the Duchess 4. TBRC Frankenstein 5. the Whisky Jury Edit: had it on the calendar again today and tested it against the FRC JMC. But again, for me it remains the weakest 2007 of the C◇H.
Review by RumTaTa
It starts with a perfect Hampden nose: lots of fresh fruit and associated sweetness. Wow, very astringent on the palate, sweet at the beginning, intensely fruity, then slightly salty. The finish offers a nice interplay between fruit and sweetness on the one hand and spice and salt on the other. Excellent Hampden!
Review by Tschusikowsky
RumX Advent 5.12.23 War blind vei einem DOK. Recht brachial und wild. Schöner öliger Hampden. Geprägt von Zitrus, gepuffter Reis und tropische Früchten. Die hohen Ester machen sich in der Säure bemerkbar. Eine sehr gute Abfüllung. Edit: Zitronenmarmelade, Klebstoff im Nachgang, insgesamt lecker aber schon eine brachiale Geschichte. Für mich nichts für jeden Tag, dennoch Jamaica- Hampden DNA.
Review by Adrian Wahl
Very horny bottling. The oldest bottled HD 2007 so far.Price also absolutely fair for a 15 year old Hampden in 0.7.In the nose the typical HD 2007er C<>H flavors. On the palate you notice the further maturation and he is actually slightly different from the 2007s that I know.The Flensburg JMC remains for me the reference of the continental HD 2007, but super stuff the TWJ.For me 87/100
Review by cigares
Calendrier de l’Avent RumX, jour 5. Un nez d’esters et de fruits, fruits tropicaux et ananas, puissant mais assez pur. Le bois est présent mais discret. L’alcool, les esters et les fruits sont immédiatement présents en bouche. Belle amplitude, puis tous les arômes ensemble déclinent doucement. Petit arrière-plan médicamenteux. La finale est moyennement longue avec une belle acidité fruitée tout à la fin.
Review by mto75
the whiskey jury must prove against the FRC JMC HD 2007,. The first thing that stands out is that the WJ is a bit darker - I attribute that to the slightly longer cask maturity, 15 years at the WJ vs. the 12 years at the FRC. But the difference is also noticeable on the nose, the WJ seems a bit rounder, more like sour cream, vanilla cakes and tropical fruit salad. The FRC still comes across a bit more aggressive (and that's even though the bottle has been open for over 2 years now), more on fermented citrus. Also on the palate, the FRC just comes across even more brute (but it also has a higher ABV). Conclusion: really good what WJ has bottled, but the C<>H quintessence comes to the FRC just a little more clearly to the fore.
Review by Rodolphe
Very good hampden. No surprise on this profile. Very good
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
RumX-Adventskalender 05.12.2023 Klebstoff pur. Ein weicher, öliger High-Ester-Jamaikaner mit schöner Marzipan-Note, aber auch irgendwie etwas widerspenstig, nicht mein bevorzugter HD.
Review by VERSUS
Really very nice bright fruit. Pineapple is in the air. Nice that he does not bring a too high ester mark. Alcohol is almost not to be felt.In the mouth then again much bright fruit.Really very tasty 😃Thank you to Christian for the sample !!!!
Review by Alex1981
RumX Kalender 2024 Day 5: Verrottete Ananas, astringent, chemicals, Süße, Frucht, Säure, Butterkekse. Unverkennbar Hampden high Ester, tippe auf C<>H. Noch recht wild, denke nicht zu alt. Vielleicht 2006? Aber gefällt mir mega!
Review by Timo Groeger
RumX Adventskalender Tag 5. Hier haben wir einen Jamaikaner im Glas. Fast unverwechselbar die Nase, welche aus Ester und tropischen Früchten wie Ananas besteht. Am Gaumen kommt er dann funky rüber, neben dem Ester und den tropischen Früchten.
Review by lars
Bleibt einfach genau mein Geschmack. Nicht zu aufdringlich, aber trotzdem die volle Ladung Ester mit der Erhofften Ananasnote. Den fast schon salzigen Abgang finde ich etwas ungewöhnlich, aber auch der gefällt mir. Lecker 😋!
Review by Thunderbird
A great 2007, no longer quite as funky as the younger bottlings, rather a bit more adult, but really good. Especially in the finish it shows more of the woody spicy side!
Review by Righrum
High Ester, joung Hampden. The hard part here is guessing the age and the mark. I'd say a C<>H with a pretty long ageing 10
Review by Dr.Django
Was soll man zu einer weiterem Hampden aus 2007 noch sagen? Ein ganz toller Rum, bei dem man genau weiß, was man bekommt. Jamaica funky Ester. Ich bin froh, dass es so viele dieser Abfüllungen gibt. So kommen alle high end Mai Tai Menschen relativ kostengünstig zu ihren Grundstoffen und die Puristen können Jamaica Funk genießen. Wenn dieser Stoff selten wäre, würden die Preise explodieren! Ein super Rum, gerne mehr davon.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Wirklich richtig guter 2007er Hampden! Hätte ich blind als 2009er DOK vermutet aufgrund der buttrigen Ester und Fruchtsäure. Hier kommt alles zusammen was man von einem guten Hampden erwartet: geröstete Mandeln, marzipan, Butterkekse, überreifes sauer süßes tropisches Obst wie Papaya, Ananas und Maracuja, leicht salzige Noten die an Olivenlake und gesalzene Erdnüsse erinnern und gebranntes Karamell. Super lecker!😍🇯🇲
Review by Michael Ihmels 🇩🇪
Als nächstes gibt es die Nummer Fünf aus dem Rumx Kalender. Dieser Hampden schmeckt wieder sehr nach Ester aber auch sehr fruchtig..ich würde sagen fieser Rum ist Mal wieder gelungen und einfach nur zu empfehlen
Review by Boletus
Tag 5 des RumX-Adventskalenders: Der Duft zeigt deutlich, wo die Reise im Mund hingehen wird. Intensive Ester mit erfrischendem Säurebiss wandeln sich zu überreifen, vergorenen Tropenfrüchten, um letztlich in einem buttrigen Keksteig mit Anis und Marzipan zu landen. Eine exquisite Esterbombe!
Review by Jakob
Nice Hampden at a great level, only the unique selling point is missing. But that's all there is to criticize about the release, very good rum.
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Details about The Whisky Jury Hampden The Many Faces of Rum C<>H 2007
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by The Whisky Jury, at 62,3%.
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52 bottles logged by 34 collectors.
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11% opened, 3 emptied and repurchased.
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Community paid 139–161 €.
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