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TAST'TOE Hampden MDEN Jamaican Rum HLCF 1998
Sipped neat, this is a Hampden HLCF that leans more elegant than explosive. Expect a tropical fruit basket — banana, pineapple, ripe ester — with an odd but pleasant salty, bacon-and-pipe-tobacco streak underneath. It runs fairly dry and lightly bitter on the palate. Several tasters note it's less funk-packed than they expected for an HLCF, but well balanced and easy to keep sipping.
The community says- Tropical fruit nose
- Well balanced
- But: Less funk than expected
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How does TAST'TOE Hampden MDEN Jamaican Rum HLCF 1998 taste?
Aggregated from 33 community reviews.
Fruity, dry Hampden with a salty twist Most call it a very good Hampden with the classic fruity ester profile, though a few wish it had more intensity and funk. The salty-smoky note surprises people, mostly in a good way.
Hampden fans who like fruit-forward, elegant ester rums
Anyone chasing maximum high-ester funk
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100% rate it 8 or higher. 13 selected write-ups from 33 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by SaibotZtar
Top HLCF Hampden. I like it very much ... Nice tropical fruit nose with good esters and a very slight salty bacon note which is somehow not disturbing. Fruity on the palate but much less funk than expected... quite dry and a bit bitter. Nose top palate rather medium ...
Review by Dr.Django
This Jamaican is a pleasant representative of its distillery. A teopic fruit basket spreads out on the palate without becoming particularly astringent. The rum becomes somewhat creamy and sweet towards the finish. Thank you @a.migos
Review by Benoit Mahe
An original Hampden that breaks away from the distillery's classic profile. It's not bad at all. The finish is actually very pleasant.
Review by Skyfly
Ein sehr angenehmer HLCF bei dem der Rum direkt auf der Wanted-Liste gelandet ist. Angenehme tropische Früchte und Ester überwiegen hier von Nase bis Abgang. Im Gaumen wirds richtig interessant mit leicht rauchigen/ salzigen/ speckigen Aromen was ein wenig an Pfeifentabak erinnert
Review by Timo Groeger
Jau, das ist dann mal ein richtig starker Hampden, so muss das sein. So eine lange Lagerzeit tut ihm echt gut. Wir haben hier die überreifen tropischen Früchte Banane und Ananas sowie natürlich Ester. Echt lecker.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,8:On the nose, medicinal with esters, solvents, intense, funky, overripe tropical fruits like banana and pineapple, citrus, red fruits, smoky, roasted wood notes like nuts, marzipan, spicy with allspice, briny olive, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, molasses is grassy, herbaceous, vegetal, fresh with green peppers, tea, floral, mango is fermented, green pepper, vanilla join, pastry, coppery touch. 8,6:On the palate, the attack is heavy, dry, intense with medicinal notes, slightly metallic, soapy, fruity with fermented, overripe tropical fruits like banana and, red fruits, dairy hints, crisp with smoky roasted wood notes, bacon, pastry, caramelized, espresso hints, spicy with allspice, peppery, as the molasses is sweet with honeycomb, vegetal with briny olive, floral, earthy, 8,5:The finish is medium long, medicinal, slightly chemical, funky, dry&tannic, fruity with tropical fruits like banana and pineapple, mango, molasses is vegetal, grassy with hay, wood brings warm spice like allspice, pastry, biscuits, smokiness, meaty tones.
Review by zabo
Wow was für eine tolle Abfüllung. Die typischen Hampden Marker sind so klar im Geschmack, super ausgewogen und der Alkohol ist meines Erachtens sehr gut eingebunden. Hat einfach Lust auf mehr gemacht.
Review by Adrian Wahl
Tasted in cross tasting with RX344RX686RX1663For me place 4. From the ABV also clearly the weakest
Review by Schnubbii
Klassischer, sehr guter HLCF mit dem typischen Hampden Obstkorb, dem für meinen Geschmack allerdings etwas Intensität und auch Komplexität fehlt für eine noch höhere Wertung.
Review by Martin Ekrt
It's a beautiful scent. I'd say it's got more esters than HLCF. Very harmonious tropical fruit notes. Literally a perfume. The color indicates that the rum hasn't been aged much in the barrel, but that's okay. Flavor-wise, you can tell this isn't an ester-laden piece, but I don't have a problem with that either.
Review by AlexFree
Amazing Hampden 89-90
Review by Steve Obwexer
Hampden, a good one!
Review by Matej
Finaly I had time to sit and enjoy this sample. Aroma… well it is Jamaica, fruity (banana mostly for me) with a lot of menthol, esters, little bit od wood and I noticed some buttery scent. In taste… well again Jamaica (I absolutely love this one), overripe banana with hint of some sweet/salty combination (salt and chocolate). It is kind of dry but very elegant not to heavy not to weak, it is very well balanced. Finish is little bit spicy, jamaican funky and estery. This is why I love rums from Jamaica, if I have a chance to buy whole bottle I will absolutely buy it. One of the best sample I had.
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Details about TAST'TOE Hampden MDEN Jamaican Rum HLCF 1998
A rum from Jamaica, bottled by TAST'TOE, at 57,2%.
Community purchases
43 bottles logged by 28 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
16% opened, 5 emptied and repurchased.
What does TAST'TOE Hampden MDEN Jamaican Rum HLCF 1998 cost?
Community paid 174–260 €.
Current best price: 275.00 € – above the typical community range.
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