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Hampden Kill Devil HGML 1983
One reviewer called this "one of the best Hampden's I have tried," and the crowd mostly agrees. Thirty-five years has rounded the wild HGML esters without killing them: pineapple, ripe banana, marzipan and glue over caramelized oak. Give it 15-20 minutes and it opens into silk. A few taste olives, salt and vinegar underneath. Cask strength but remarkably integrated.
The community says- Marzipan and pineapple
- Beautifully integrated oak
- Long fruity finish
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How does Hampden Kill Devil HGML 1983 taste?
Aggregated from 42 community reviews.
Rounded, fruity 35-year-old Hampden funk Loved almost across the board — a rounded, deeply fruity old Hampden with marzipan and well-integrated wood. Some feel the long finish just misses that last spark of wildness.
Hampden fans who want aged, high-ester funk
Newcomers and anyone wary of solvent, glue and high ABV
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How is Hampden Kill Devil HGML 1983 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 9.0 sits in the “Excellent” band. 100% 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?
2% rate it between 6 and 8. 12 selected write-ups from 42 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Oliver
Fantastischer Hampden. Cremig, viel Marzipan und ein toller würziger Gegenpol durch die lange Fassreifung.
Review by SaibotZtar
Toller 1983er Hampden. Braucht etwas zeit im Glas ... Vollmundige Nase mit Fruchtkorb mit Mango Ananas Papaya . Schöne Fruchtester und ordentlich Power im Glas . Am Gaumen schön ölig dicht . Schmeckt perfekt gereift ohne große Fehler. Abgang lang und nicht zu Bitter .
Review by Frank
Wow, was für ein Alter, was für ein toller Jahrgang. Toller HGML. Nase: intensiv und konzentriert und natürlich kommen hier als erstes die krassen Ester, aber schön eingefangen in Honig und karamellisiertem Holz. Süß-saure Ananas neben reifer Banane. Eine angenehme Frische kommt durch Zitrone und Mandarine. Hinten dran eine feine Essig-Note. Total rund, da sticht nix. 91 Gaumen: genauso intensiv und konzentriert wie in der Nase. Zunächst adstringent bevor sich die Ester bereit machen. Eine leicht hölzerne Bitternote oder auch Bittermandel kommt hinzu, bevor Ananas und Marzipan übernehmen. Hinten leicht Umami und Lakritze. Auch sehr rund. 93 Was soll ich sagen. HGML genial, 35yo genial, ABV genial. Nur dass es fast egal ist, ob 20, 25, oder 30, 35 yo, weil immer gut, ist grunds. schade
Review by Thunderbird
What can I say... I love the Mark HGML! And this one lines up right up there with the rest! Gorgeous
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Despite the price tag on this bottle it's well worth the money. Very complex and well balanced. Love the nose and if you rest it for 15-20 minutes all flavours are released. A sweet oaky and fruity palate that continues into a very long well rounded finish. I got my hands on another bottle. 730, - euro is a hefty price, but I think it is well worth it and it can last for a couple of years of sipping.
Review by Adrian Wahl
Happy E(a)ster Tasting 2023.Hampden 1983 HGML.Kill Devil Hampden 1983 HGML.Despite the very high age (35 years) is still a pretty fat portion of Hampden left. But quite something rounded.A great rum and I am very grateful that I could buy a sample.All in all for me 88/100 points and thus quite a distance from the RA HD 1983.
Review by Mike H.
Extremely round Hampden that is on the milder side. Lots of fruit, some of them fermented and marzipan. In addition there’s a little wood and spices with a complex finish. Just one point short of the top tier category. Second tasting: Raising my note from 89 to 90. Incredibly round and smooth. I’m amazed that the woody note in this HGML is perfectly balanced and integrated. It’s as if I drank silk. Just lovely. 🥰
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 Rhum Mirror 🇧🇪
The nose is very expressive and there's no doubt this is Hampden. The profile is elegant, with notes of olives, oak and leather, but also very ripe tropical fruit and citrus. On the palate, the alcohol is perfectly integrated, it's complex and the taste buds are full of it. There are solvent and woody notes, followed by more gourmand notes of banana and caramelized pineapple. It's an incredible velvet of gourmandise. The length is fine, but lacks a touch of madness to drive this rum crazy! This rum is incredibly smooth and balanced, so the 35-year wait was clearly worth it! I'm really lucky and happy to have been able to taste it (or even re-taste it, as I'd already had the chance to taste it previously thanks to a sample sent by Moens). If the price wasn't a hindrance (it currently sells for just under €800), I'd have a bottle and drink it by the bucketful. Here's my ranking of the 1983 Hampden I've tasted to date: 1)Hampden 1983 - 35Y from Corman Collins - 55.3% 2)Hampden 1983 - 35Y by Kill Devil - 58.1% 3)Hampden 1983 - 39Y by Famille Ricci - 57.9% Now all I have to do is compare it to its twins: Rum Artesanal, Valinch & Mallet, CDI ... Congratulations again to Seb for organizing such a prestigious lineup. It couldn't have been easy to bring together these little marvels and so many enthusiasts, but it was well worth it! Well, on that note, I'm off to study my code ...
Review by Gil Firth
בקבוק וואו וואו וואו ועוד פעם וואו. ההאמפדן הכי טוב ואולי הרום הכי טוב שיצא לי לקנות ולשתות! חילקנו אותו מספר אנשים וכולם באותה דעה. אננס. אסטרים בשפע. מלח וזיתים. מסריח. פירות רקובים. פיניש שלא נגמר. מלא לקה וכל מה שרוצים מגמייקה. בלתי נשכח זוכר את הרום האילו אתמול שתיתי אותו.
Review by Filip Šikula
Diamantový adventní kalendář RFC 2024 Nádherný ovocný kousek z jamajky, kde je zcela bez diskuze i ve slepé degustaci, že jde o jamajku a o hamden. Vzhledem ke stáří rumu je perfektně integrované dřevo. Nádhera
Review by Richard Krupa
Nejdříve nastoupí typické estety, které v zápětí vystřídá ovocná sladkost, závěr je akorát dlouhý a příjemně trpký
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Expert reviews
2 critics scored it, averaging 9.4/10. Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum..
Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
Read full review →It will be too pricy for many. Should you get the chance to try this though I would thoroughly recommend you make sure you take that chance. It's pretty sublime though - bordering on being perfect and easily one of the best Hampden's I have tried. Which in itself is...
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Details about Hampden Kill Devil HGML 1983
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by Hunter Laing, at 58,1%.
Community purchases
21 bottles logged by 15 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
19% opened, 2 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for Hampden Kill Devil HGML 1983?
Community paid 603–900 €.
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21 purchased · 43 tasted · 27 wishlist · as of
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The Hampden distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Hampden have been reviewed 19,931 times with an average of 8.4/10.
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