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Rest & Be Thankful Hampden Hampden for Wu Dram Clan & Kirsch Whisky LROK 2016
Marzipan, oak and vanilla lead here, with far less of the funk you'd expect from Hampden — this is a low-ester LROK, so the tropical fruit stays quiet. Several tasters found it a touch sour and astringent, with 65% heat that runs hot and needs a few drops of water. Others enjoyed the wood-spice-confectionery balance. A young, wild, oak-forward Jamaican, not an ester bomb.
The community says- Wood-spice balance
- Marzipan and vanilla
- Hot at 65%
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How does Rest & Be Thankful Hampden Hampden for Wu Dram Clan & Kirsch Whisky LROK 2016 taste?
Aggregated from 23 community reviews.
Dry, woody low-ester Hampden, minimal funk Divides the room: some love this dry, woody low-ester Hampden with its spice and marzipan, others miss the fruit and find it sharp and a bit sour at full strength.
Hampden fans who want the woody, spicy, low-ester side rather than fruit
Anyone chasing big Jamaican ester funk, or wanting an easy low-ABV sipper
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How is Rest & Be Thankful Hampden Hampden for Wu Dram Clan & Kirsch Whisky LROK 2016 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 7.9 sits in the “Good” band. 95% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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What does the community say?
61% rate it between 6 and 8. 5 selected write-ups from 23 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Rum Watcher
Here I can go along with Serge, who rated the youngster very highly. He was also one of my favorites in the lineup and shows very well that young low ester Hampden can also work very well.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,3:On the nose, bourbon notes and mild esters, some solvents are the first thing we notice, green fruits like pear, floral and grassy notes, vanilla, all balanced. On aeration, unripe banana is out, citrus, herbaceous and vegetal tones with an olive, roasted wood with pastry, nuts, spicy. 7,9:On the palate, the attack is sweet/salty, very spicy, some chilli is there, woody tones, all a bit wild.The balancing act are tropical fruits like banana, esters and roasted wood notes like caramel and nuts.After resting the rum, very tasty fruits are stronger with mango, green fruits and some apricots, milk chocolate. 8,2:The finish is round with dry and spicy, salty wood, roasted with crunchy bread, caramel, a bit smoky, some hay and especially apricots..
Review by Martin Ekrt
Hodně zvláštní vůně. Jamajka z toho není příliš znát. Spíš to voní jak produkce Clarendonu s nějakými bylinkami. Chuťový profil je taky lehce zvláštní. Kromě očekávaného je celkem výrazný marcipán s bylinkami nebo něco na ten způsob. Špatné to není, jen docela překvapí.
Review by Johannes
Not a bad rum, but relatively sour for a Hampden, astringent, marzipan. I clearly miss the fruity notes.
Review by zabo
To be honest, this rum doesn't really blow me away. I notice a certain mustiness on the nose, which I find disturbing. I find the taste relatively sharp, as the alcohol is not really well integrated. How WDC and Kirsch were able to choose this remains a mystery to me.
Details about Rest & Be Thankful Hampden Hampden for Wu Dram Clan & Kirsch Whisky LROK 2016
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by Rest & Be Thankful, at 65%.
Community purchases
14 bottles logged by 9 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
28% opened, 1 emptied and repurchased.
14 purchased · 23 tasted · 2 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.
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