Velier Hampden Habitation Velier 2024 LROK <>H LFCH Blend with PM Spirits and Prestige Ledroit

Review by DomM

Most helpful positive review

DomM

Jul 2025910 reviewsGermany

8.6/10

After a few less exciting HV release, I like this one very much. Intense and diverse tropical fruit basket on the nose. The <>H component is in the driver seat here. On the palate also very nice. Balanced with tropical fruits and quite some wood despite the moderate age. LROK is dominating here. All in all a very nice blend. The dirfeent marks work very well together, adding complexity. Moderate age brings a vibrant expression yet with „enough“ notes from the cask to add maturity and complexity.

Review by Giuseppe Ambrosio

Most helpful mixed review

Giuseppe Ambrosio

Sep 202540 reviewsItaly

7.8/10

In the glass, it is quite viscous with a light amber color. On the nose, you can immediately tell that it is a Hampden, but the alcohol is very persistent, even after some time. On the palate, in addition to the typical fruit notes that distinguish it, the alcohol is very present and, in my opinion, not very well integrated, perhaps due to its young age. I find it very immature. The finish is short and the alcohol is still very persistent. P.S.: purely personal opinion.

Review by zabo

zabo

May 20251,503 reviewsGermany

8.9/10

First of all, many thanks to adrianV for getting and sharing the bottle. Tasted it right after the 2014 Hampden Rumclub and my conclusion is that it tasted much better, even though it's a blend of different brands. Very cool bottling, unfortunately only available in the USA, otherwise I would go for it like a madman, definitely a hit in MaiTai.

Review by mto75

mto75

May 2025686 reviewsGermany

8.6/10

If you look at the cask strength, the ratio is 50% LFCH, 40% LROK and 10% <>H. Not an ester monster on the nose either, more on the fruity and spicy side, but all very harmonious. I almost like it even better on the palate, with marzipan and somehow wintry spice notes. A successful blend. Thanks to Adrian for the shared US souvenir

Review by Mirco

Mirco

Jul 2025558 reviewsSwitzerland

8.4/10

Solid Hampden with the expected ester and fruit notes, clean and typical. Fun in the glass, but offers no special surprises or unique selling points. A good, reliable representative, no more, but also no less.

Review by LukaŽiga

LukaŽiga

Jan 2026770 reviewsSlovenia

8.2/10

8,2:On the nose, fermented notes like cream, yoghurt, cheese, esters, overripe tropical fruits like banana and pineapple, red fruits, flowery, grassy molasses, vegetal with briny olive and sweet, roasted wood notes, smoky with cream toffee, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, the rum is funky, pungent, solvents are stronger, various burnt, roasted notes join like caramel, roasted nuts, spices like vanilla and anise. 8,4:On the palate, the attack is creamy, balanced with fermented notes like cream, overripe tropical fruits like pineapple and banana, lime, red fruits, vegetal, slightly bitter with briny olive, medicinal with esters, later rubber, as the wood is roasted, sweet with gingerbread, fruit cake, spicy with vanilla, anise, ginger.When the rum is well rested, dryness crawls in, the molasses becomes flowery, herbaceous, grassy and minty, joined by chilli. 8,1:The finish is medium long, very dry, slightly tannic, as various medicinal notes like soap, rubber, phenol, pair fermented tones with cream and tropical, citrus fruits, roasted wood notes, smoky and spicy.

Review by crazyforgoodbooze

crazyforgoodbooze

May 20252,468 reviewsGermany

8.4/10

Very tasty LFCH! You definitely can't complain. But overall still really young. I simply like the older Jamaicans more. But the alcohol is very well integrated and the finish is long-lasting.

Review by Serge

Serge

May 2025839 reviewsGermany

8.3/10

Actually delicious in comparison to the last HV Hampdens, but still a little too young for my taste. I think it lacks a little more depth through additional maturation. Apart from that, a good blend.