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Thompson Bros. Hampden Jamacian Rum JHK DOK 2009
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Glue and nail polish up front, then sour lemon, grilled pineapple and a thick honey sweetness underneath — this is Hampden's loudest DOK mark, but 12 years and cask strength have sanded the edges. Several tasters call it a touch tamer and rounder than they expected from a DOK, with the alcohol well integrated. Give it air and the fruit really opens up.
The community says- Sour lemon esters
- Honey sweetness
- But: Sharp acidity
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How does Thompson Bros. Hampden Jamacian Rum JHK DOK 2009 taste?
Summarized by AI from 32 community reviews.
Sour, honeyed Hampden DOK, tamer than most A well-liked DOK — funky, sour and honey-sweet, with the age smoothing the usual wildness. A few expected more ester punch, but almost everyone rates it high.
Aroma profileHampden fans who like sour, honeyed esters
beginners put off by heat and acidity
Style & occasion: Tropical & funkySipping neat
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Positive from 8.0 · Mixed 6.0–7.9 · Critical below 6.0
Review by Mirco
Most helpful positive review
Nice Hampden, although I would have expected a little more ester in a DOK. Alcohol well integrated.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Most helpful mixed review
Here I had expected much more... strangely, you taste here the 3 years more in the barrel not great out in contrast to the known 2009 DOKs. Unfortunately, both on the nose and in the taste quite exhausting, cutting and pungent alcoholic, almost reminiscent of vinegar. I miss the nice pastry sweetness here, the vanilla cream, all the yellow fruit and generally the fruitiness is barely present here. For me, unfortunately, an overall somewhat disappointing DOK.🤷🏼♂️
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#4234 03.09.2023 this was a nice blind tasting where I saw the black Glencairn tasting glasses for the first time. First off, price to quality is pretty good. A fruity thing with nice esters and I'd say some nice funk as well. Needs to rest for a good while to release all the flavours and remove the bite from the ABV. The empty glass is nice and has some polish and light dried fruit.
Review by Christoph
Very ambivalent here since one may not actually believe that one is drinking a DOK here. The nose is good but not intense. The taste is a lot of honey until the finish with ester notes that remain very much in the background. You could also be really bad and write Don Papa on ester, but then it is not quite so bad.
Review by Timo Groeger
Well, I think I've already written everything after tasting over 150 Hampdens by now. This one is great, alcohol wonderfully integrated, otherwise very funky with overripe tropical fruits like pineapple and banana, as well as glue notes detectable.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,4:On the nose, high esters, glue, funky, soapy, fermented tropical fruits like banana and pineapple, pungent, vinegar, briny olive, floral, hay, wood with nuts, marzipan, spicy with allspice, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, it becomes slightly acidic, lemon and red fruits, marmalade like, candied fruits, arise, some smokiness. 8,5:On the palate, the attack is sweet with honey, medicinal with esters, glue, rubber, pungent with fermented tropical fruits like banana and pineapple, kiwi, citrus fruits, marmalade like, some are candied, vinegar, yoghurt, molasses is vegetal with briny olive, tomatoes, floral, earthy, mineral and the wood is smoky, spicy, brings caramelized tones, pastry. 8,4:The finish is medium long, dry, chemical, medicinal, fruits are fermented, dairy joins, molasses is grassy, vegetal, sweet with honey and the wood toasted with brown sugar, pastry, fruitcake, yeast hints, spicy, smoky, barrel impact is obvious.
Review by Lot-NAS
A very nice DOK, the cask gives light notes of fresh wood and some vanilla to the typical ester bomb. This makes it a little more moderate overall than I would have expected given the color. This text has 221 characters.
Review by mto75
I miss a little the creamy-buttery notes.
Review by Boletus
Challenging, sometimes even a little exhausting, but enormously fun. Who needs oak influence when you can have such a distillate? It's not something I always need to have in my glass, but sometimes I find this exciting world of aromas quite impressive and thoroughly delicious.
Review by Johannes
High ester content, but above all the dominant acidity bothers me.
Review by bavarian-rumlover
Creamy honey sweet note, esters subtle but well perceptible, some yellow fruits, really very flattering aromas, slightly sparkling finish. Still hits my taste extremely and is great for family gatherings.
Review by Gil Firth
A bottle of Doc, the most powerful brand of Hampden, and cool to taste it with continental aging. It's impossible to mistake. Full of lemon. Lacquer. Acidic. Unripe fruit. Herbaceous. Sweeter and fruitier in taste, yet delicate, with a very noticeable level of esters. Not the most estery I've tasted, but very strong.
Review by Johnny Rumcask
Sour ester, the grilled pineapple. For nen DOK rather the tamer category. Age has sanded down the edges a bit. The sour note is interesting.
Review by m8375e
incredibly mineral and austere Hampden.
Review by Александр Иванов
Nose: Extreme intense. Nail polish, solvent, glue, apples vinegar. Lemon, pineapple, fermented. Palate: OMG ! Great !!! Sour ! Extreme fruity bomb ! Pineapple, lemon, apples, pears, candies, little bit sweet :) Solvents, glue, plastic, ginger. Amazing! Aftertaste: long, sweety, fruity. Lot of pineapple, vinegar, lemon peel, nail polish, glue. Conclusion: it's a concentrate of Jamaica ))) Very good.
Review by Henry Davies
Not the classic DOK notes I expected. Somewhat more round and balanced. The nose is spicy with lemon and fermented notes. Mouth brings honey and glue with some pungent notes. Finish is shorter with honey and confection and some barrel and oak. It’s not the wild ride I was anticipating but a solid Hampden
Review by Dmytro Melnyk
A citrus Hamden DOK(?) bomb with some of pineapples.
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Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
Read full review →It's not something you will drink a lot of in one sitting. It is pretty intense stuff and can leave anything you drink afterwards seeming quite tame in comparison. If you are looking for high ester funky Jamaican rum then this is a good choice. It's keenly priced and (hopefully)...
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39 bottles logged by 30 collectors.
Both drunk and collected.
17% opened, 4 emptied.
What does Thompson Bros. Hampden Jamacian Rum JHK DOK 2009 cost?
Community paid 99–139 €.
Current best price: 80.90 € – below the typical community range.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 113 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
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Details about Thompson Bros. Hampden Jamacian Rum JHK DOK 2009
A rum from Jamaica, bottled by Thompson Bros., at 62.1%.
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