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Hampden Pure Single Jamaican Rum
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Anyone curious about Jamaican funk but not ready for cask strength lands here first, and for good reason. Overripe banana, glue and solvent on the nose, then tropical fruit, pepper and a bit of oak in the mouth. At 46% it's the tamer, more sippable side of Hampden — several call it their first Jamaican and their go-to daily pour. A few enthusiasts find it thin and light on ester.
The community says- Banana and esters
- Great everyday sipper
- Keep in mind: Can read watery
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Easy, banana-heavy first Jamaican Most people love it as an easy, affordable entry into Hampden — banana, esters, gentle spice. Hardcore fans of the Overproof find it a touch watery and short on funk.
Aroma profilePeople wanting an easy first Jamaican or a fruity everyday sipper
Overproof fans who want maximum ester and body
Style & occasion: Tropical & funkySipping neatCocktails & mixing
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Yes, if you're after characterful, tropical, funky rums for sipping neat.
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What does the community say?
679 community reviews
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Review by Stefan Persson
Most helpful positive review
This rum, together with its Overproof brother, marking an historic moment for all rum enthusiasts loving the funky 100% pot still rum from Jamaica. Now we don’t need to buy expensive Veliers. The nose is fruity and spicy with esters. At the palate it’s complex, intense and funky with strong flavors of fruits and spices.
Review by Carsten
Most helpful critical review
Sparkling and perfumed. Smells like wet hay
Review by abaker-rum
An excellent rum with tropical fruit, predominantly pineapple and banana from nose to finish. The age adds in quite a bit of wood influence throughout. You can easily tell this is a lower ester expression as it doesn’t have the funky acidic overripe fruits of other Hampden marks.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
This is definitely a "Jamaican". Funky and fruity rum that can be both a sipper and mixer to your liking. For the price a pretty good rum. I just did another tasting of this rum and it scored a few extra points this time.
Review by Galli33
Finally i had the opportunity to taste this „famous“ rum. Very good rum. It could be a high 80 rum, but the alcohol isn‘t integrated well. I can recommend it for mixing and sipping.🥃 Very good price for value 💪🏻 Nose: a lot of fruits ester, pineapple, apricot, spicy, solvents, overripe banana, leather, vanilla Mouth: dry, elegant, delicious, spicy, banana, ester, solvents, fruity, peppery, vanilla, roasted Finish: is medium long, dry, astringend, woody(oak), vanilla, nutty, honey, fruity
Review by Fasen
The nose on tropical fruits well candied, buttered, spicy and metallic, the whole butter vanilla brings us a pretty pastry and greedy side all that slightly wooded. After 15/20 minutes it is rather red fruits which arrive with a touch of milk chocolate. The mouth is directly fruity, metallic, spicy and greedy like the nose. The final fades on the same notes as the mouth with a small smoked, chocolate and honeyed side which come to be added. A very wise Jamaican but still very aromatic for such a low titration! 🇯🇲
Review by Agricoler
I just love it. Super daily sipper and my first Jamaican rum. I use it again and again for drinks, but I can recommend it to any rum novice. All in all, it's simply a fruity/estery thing.
Review by Mirko Frosini 🇮🇪
Good rum value for money! Less pronounced roast than its 60% velier counterpart.
Review by RumTaTa
Well suited for getting to know the Hampden style. You get an idea of the heavy Hampden Rums.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,8:On the nose, it opens with a gigantic fruit salad, drenched in sunshine. The very ripe exotic fruits have not yet passed the fateful stage of fermentation; they are simply gorged with sugar and develop sweet pastry aromas. These include almond powder and amarena cherry, spiced up with walnut liqueur and pine thorns. Aeration and time bring a lovely golden patina, which adds firmness and liveliness, flowery notes. That's what's needed to contain all this powerful, fragrant fruit. There's also a hint of spice, with cinnamon and vanilla taking us right back to pastry indulgence. 8,8:On the palate, the attack is well-balanced, soft, slightly toasted, but with enough strength not to get bored, a bit spicy with vanilla, other oak spice, It is very slightly coppery, salty and hooks the taste buds with greedy notes of caramelized nuts. The fruit is darker than on the nose, with blackcurrant, blueberry and more mellow, candied prunes. The rum is relatively light, with a delicate creaminess, after some rest, also herbaceous. 8,5:The finish is fine and pastry-like, dry, hovering between prunes and almonds, with a pinchof smoke. It becomes even better, more balanced with few airings. I bought the bottle more than one year ago. This tasting is so far the best one. Edit:20.12.25, great for cocktails🙂, 11.4.26
Review by zabo
Edit: Danke @TheDunderHut endlich habe ich wieder eine Flasche vom Batch#1 und kann das richtige Foto einfügen. Für mich persönlich besser als der Batch #2 deshalb nochmal alle 2 korrigiert Für mich war er der Einstieg in die Welt des Jamaica Rums. Würde diesen auch jedem Neuling weiterempfehlen, der die Jamaica Rumwelt erkunden will. Ich persönlich finde, dass dieser ein super Preis-/Leistungsverhältnis hat. Für mich ist er mein Lieblingsersterschrittindiejamaikaweltrum und das wird er wohl auch bleiben.
Review by Leo Krüper
Still my first recommendation for entry level rums in Jamaica especially Hampden. Super availability at a reasonable price.
Review by Gregor
Already tried much better from the distillery. Ratio is moderately extremely low ester for a Hampden. Here, it's recommended to buy the more expensive variant with higher proof. Because this one is not a good representative of its kind and relatively flat. If you can say that about a Jamaican rum 😅
Review by Jean Louisss
A classic in the Jamaican range!
Review by Sebastian Kornett
In the nose a dream. Must smell him again and again. Taste like its big brother only a little drier in the finish.
Review by Insta: spiritofbernard 🇫🇷
I prefer the overproof version but it remains a real value. Not to be confused with the Batch 2 (on which is marked 8 years) which is lighter and more commercial than its original version.
Review by Adrian Wahl
Clearly wilder than Batch 2. Clearly more esters, but somehow seems younger than 7 years old. 80/100
Review by Eric Frechin
One of the best introductions to discover the world of Jamaican rums. Lots of ripe fruit. A bit of ester with a slight solvent note. The woodiness is rather discreet for an 8-year-old. It's a bit funky, but not overly exuberant. So easy to get someone to taste.
Review by HenryL
Compared to the successor RX3128: Fruitier, younger and sweeter nose. On the palate, a great flavor palette of banana, toasty spicy notes and a slight saltiness. This is fruitier, smoother and I really like the sweet banana note that runs through! Overall, I like it a little better than the successor, but I like the even younger 5 year LROK best
Review by cigares
A fruity nose of very ripe tropical fruit with esters and varnish. In the background, wood, vanilla and a touch of cherry. The palate is sweet, slightly acqueous and diluted, but the fruit increases in number and volume. The finish is average, but some of the pastry and woody aromas linger for a long time. Excellent value for money here, and an easy, aromatic rum.
Review by Oliver
Hampden Overproof diluted to perfect drinking strength
Review by Godspeed
Fantastic. Upon evolution of my tastebuds could be a little bit stronger.
Review by BTHHo 🥃
Tasting notes: Roasted banana, vanilla and pineapple.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Delicious Hampden but the dilution is simply too strong in the foreground here. The mouthfeel is rather watery and, in contrast to the full proof 8y, smoky and metallic notes come to the fore which I don't like so much. Definitely great as a mixer but also significantly worse than its "big brother".
Review by w00tAN
Balanced Jamaican rum that does not yet come with too much ester to be deterrent for rum interested. I like him as a round Jamaican in perfect drinking strength. For Jamaica friends but certainly too lax ;)
Review by Tom Buteneers
Rum educating my dad finally pays off 😜 Lovely Jamaican banana juice 😁🍌🇯🇲 At 8 points it’s an excellent benchmark for serious Jamaican rums.
Review by Rumpalumpa
At first, I was a bit disappointed with this rum because the esters were very subtle and practically disappeared after a short time. Instead, it's very herbal and dry with a slight acidity. Nicely complex, also good for a Mai Tai.
Review by Christian Rudt
Despite the low ester content and ABV a wonderfully complex rum. The fruit basket on the nose and palate with lots of spice and oak, coupled with some smoky tobacco notes. Great batch, which comes across only in the finish a little sharp.
Review by rum_sk
I first tasted this rum over a year ago in a bar in Prague and ever since I fell in love with it. This is probably one of my most favorite rums. Definitely in top 3. And what's best is that it is affordable. Nose- Mint all the way, esters, hint of overriped fruits such as banana, you can sense eucalyptus, herbs bit of a freshly cut grass, it is really complex but I love it, one of the best smelling rums out there. Palate- Even more complex with overriped fruits such as banana, green apple, sour fruits, kiwi all that in minty eucalyptic wave supported by esters. It is quite spicy too on the palate, mostly pepper and ginger complementing the minty flavour. Really original taste that cannot be copied. Awesome 9/10 for me. 17.03.2023: Absolutely phenomenal. In my personal top 5. The 👃 is something out of this planet I could just sniff it all day long without the need to taste it. Mint/Menthol all the way. My second most favorite essence and along with rum? I am in heaven. The overripe 🍌 comes up and stands out in the long finish. I have 2 bottles of this one and I will definitely get more of it. I am preparing the comparison with overproof (old one; I need to get ahold of a new one too). 18.5.23: Pulling few down ro align with new pieces I tried but I still love it. 20.11.23 comparison with overproof and I need to pull it down just a little as the taste is a little emptier but this one wins against oveproof because of powerful minty nose. This is the only time I favor nose over taste.
Review by Rumantisch
Hampden the Queen of Jamaica For many an insanely great rum And yes it is, but I'm not the biggest Jamaica fan actually, so my criticism shouldn't be taken too seriously The rum is spicy, slightly fruity, very ester-forward, top-notch but not really to my taste.
Review by tripleB
Nose: strong notes of glue, furniture polish, nail polish, petrol, but also fruity and sweet, especially with banana Palate: powerful for only 46% but with a creamy mouthfeel of mango-banana-yoghurt. There is also a deeper tar note. Finish: medium long with a fruity sweetness and a stronger tar note. Conclusion: Very cool rum for a small budget.
Review by Air-one
A rum whose complexity does not leave indifferent. Esters, roundness, fruit and spices make this rum a must-have with excellent quality/price ratio. A rum to have in your bar.
Review by Eugene227
Brings typical Jamaican funk with banana, tropical fruits, esters, and a bit of solvent. At 46%, pleasantly accessible, but clearly less powerful than other Hampden releases. A solid base for cocktails and a good introduction to the world of esters.
Review by Barnagricole
Very funky nose on tropical fruits, it doesn't give me so much desire to go inside.The mouth is pleasant and the fruits are a bit different from the nose. The finish is relatively short, we find the same markers.
Review by TheJackDrop
"Un classique !! En resume, mes notes de degutation : Au nez : Ester, Vanillé, Solvants, Mangue En bouche : Fruits tropicaux, Poivré, Ester La finale plutot orientee vers : Boisé, Zeste d'orange, Mielleux"
Review by Chrischi78
Tasted a long time ago and now had it again thanks to good friends. Pleasant Hampden, of course not as intense as its higher proof siblings, but still a good trip into the flavor world of Jamaican rum.
Review by Rumclub Latvia
Always have open bottle in bar, for clients and self. Great stuff
Review by Martin G (Denmark)
Fine rum for the price. Update: second bottle, I must say this is one of my favorites, I use it as a starter rum, so I know the shape of the day on my taste buds.
Review by Marcel.
Sundried thai bananas, esters, gentle spice, vanilla, medium complexity. Nice drink overall, wish it had a little more abv.
Review by Benoit Mahe
An easy and accessible rum. A useful reference to introduce to beginner friends.
Review by Christoph H.
A solid Hampden that is exactly what it should be: A good rum at a small price that appeals more to novices or those who don't need it quite as intense and strong. For an advanced lover of the distillery, which is rather used to higher Marks and / or cask strength, I see no appeal here The nose clearly overpowers the palate. In the mouth it becomes then already very woody, rather dry and of course very thin Overall quite good, even if I'm not the biggest fan of tropical maturation at Hampden
Review by Pavel Spacek
Hampden, the legendary Jamaican distillery that besides rum also produces alcohol for perfumes. In all rums from this distillery, you can sense wild esters, after which your whole body soaks up the scent of yellow tropical fruit - mango, papaya, peach. One of the rums you "must try before you die".
Review by Johannes G
Nice Jamaica rum, which contains everything typical of the island but not immediately overwhelmed. Very fruity and not too Esther-heavy. As Jamaican certainly not recommended for absolute beginners. Nevertheless, in the world of Janaica rums one of the best beginners.
Review by primus
Couldn't get enough of the great nose the first time. Nose. Even years later, it's still a great rum with a great, fruity, fruity profile. I don't think my comment can contribute any more.
Review by Johannes Rehm
Sehr ungewohnt. Fast wie Whiskey. Wirklich komplett ungesüßt. Braucht ne 2te Chance vllt.
Review by Julien Ries
Le nez est assez léger sur ce Hampden, avec des esters pas trop prononcés, beaucoup de fruits exotiques mûrs, et un marquage du fût qui apporte une bonne complexité à la fois sur les fleurs capiteuses, quelques notes empyreumatiques. La bouche apporte une certaine rondeur sur les fruits (un peu) et les épices (beaucoup plus), avec tout le côté funky de la Jamaïque. Son côté fumé est très prononcé. Il est excellent en Mai Tai de luxe. La finale est moyenne, presque trop courte, comparé à d'autres Hampden. On sent toujours ce fumé, mais aussi des noix, avec un peu d'amertume. Une bonne initiation à cette distillerie.
Review by David
Lacks punch
Review by Portman
If Jamaica, then Hampden! This 8-year-old smells wonderfully intense of marzipan raisins, goes down smooth and estery-fruity and has a wonderful after effect. Very round, complex product that has just the right ester strength and perfect sweetness for me. Unconditional recommendation!
Review by Gaylord Ho
My first Jamaican.a very woody nose with a little esther/vernis.in the mouth a slight sweet note before the wood comes to take everything away on its way. The finish is almost non-existent.no fruit taste for me, the rum tasting is really personal and linked to our experience.
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Read full review ›Overripe fruit, banana bread, and a touch of solvent on the nose. Really pleasant weight accompanying deeper brown sugar and oak notes. Moderate finish leaving you with vanilla and more banana bread.
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What does Hampden Pure Single Jamaican Rum cost?
Community paid 44–75 €.
Current best price: 54.90 € – within the typical community range.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 59 €. Price history with 15 auction results in RX+ ›
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Details about Hampden Pure Single Jamaican Rum
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, distilled by Hampden, at 46%.
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