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Pineapple, Ester, Tropical fruits
Most mentioned across 15 tasting notes
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- Hampden fans who want a softer, sippable DOK
- Less suitable for
- Anyone chasing full-throttle high-ester punch
The Whisky Jury Hampden The Road Rummers HD Jamaican Rum DOK 2009
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Give it ten minutes in the glass first, then sip it neat. This is Hampden DOK dialed way back: glue and nail polish on the nose, then overripe pineapple and banana, a little smoke and roasted wood underneath. Several tasters call it "extremely light for a DOK," with the 56.1% tucked in cleanly. Some love that ease; DOK purists want more punch.
The community says- Overripe pineapple, banana
- ABV well integrated
- Less suitable for: Anyone chasing full-throttle high-ester punch
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How does The Whisky Jury Hampden The Road Rummers HD Jamaican Rum DOK 2009 taste?
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Light, fruity DOK with tamed esters Well-liked as a gentle, fruity DOK with beautifully integrated alcohol and a long finish. The recurring catch: it's tamed and a touch one-dimensional, so ester chasers may want more bite.
Hampden fans who want a softer, sippable DOK
Anyone chasing full-throttle high-ester punch
Style & occasion: Tropical & funky
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Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
02-09.04.2022 This was crazy week, where some friends and I rented a nice summerhouse on Rømø. The plan was to go nuts for a whole week with different rums without going overboard. The final agreement came to 6 rums a day and then enjoy nice walks or ferry rides during the day. Day 2 Notes Light in colour. Nose Intense, ester, light wood, fruity, light glue, overripe, pineapple. Palate Intense, warm, ester, medium dry, fruity, light orange, banana, balanced, faint smoke. Finish Very long and warm, ester, faint rubber, faint wood, faint chocolate. Extra note. Needs to rest for a good while to release all its wonderful flavours. ABV pretty well integrated.
Review by Tom Buteneers
Vert good drop, ABV level is perfect en very well integrated. Also delicious as an addition in a daiquiri. 17/05/23: Compared to RX11282 At first it’s rougher around the edges and appears less balanced. More peppery from the alcohol. But after some time that fades away and becomes more part of the whole thing. Difficult to pick a favorite, but maybe this one with 0.1 point? 😅 Ah who cares I’ve enjoyed them both. This one needed more time in the glass, that’s all.
Review by Oliver
On the nose comes the full ester blast, as you would expect from a DOK. On the palate then quite balanced and a bit tamer. Quite astringent and dry on the palate.
Review by Jakob
Intensely aromatic. On the palate with pleasant sweetness, which must of course be understood in relation to the dominant fruit esters in a DOK. But again, not much else happens, which is to be suggested as a point of criticism. One of the better DOKs, but not the spearhead.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,4:On the nose, esters, glue and nail polish, perhaps varnish, overripe tropical fruits like banana and pineapple, red fruits and lime, sweet, hay, roasted wood and allspice, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, the rum is intense, pungent with vinegar, rubber, briny olive, pastry, fruitcake join, roasted nuts and ginger. 8,5:On the palate, the attack is dry, slightly dirty, medicinal with esters, pungent, astringent with fermented, slightly rotten tropical fruits like banana and pineapple, red, citrus fruits, molasses is fresh with tea, vegetal with briny olive, hay, the wood is roasted with caramelized notes, spicy, smoky. 8,4:The finish is medium long, dry&tannic, dirty with bicycle tube, rubber, medicinal with glue, esters, slightly synthetic, fruity with citrus, tropical, candied fruits, oak is spicy, smoky.Molasses is grassy, flowery, fresh with tea..
Review by Leo Krüper
Beautiful DOK with good alcohol integration. Ester not too dominant, but amazingly easy to drink. In the 2nd tasting again a slight upgrade, as he really thrilled me.
Review by Thunderbird
A Hampden DOK? Can't really believe it, it seems pretty tame, the classic Hampden markers are there...but too fleeting! This Hampden does not convince me
Review by Vincent D
On the nose, the explosion of esters confirms that we are dealing with a DOK. We find the usual markers of Hampden rums. Impression confirmed on the palate, with alcohol properly integrated. Pretty cool.
Review by Mike H.
Extremely light for a DOK, an easy sipper that seems tamed down.
Review by Rare Akuma
Exactly what I imagine a sun-bathed Jamaican barbecue would smell like - roasted, spicy and overly fruity, without going over the top into rotten territory. We start with banane flambée, pineapple chunks and mixed berries. Cooking and slowly thickening into a deep fruity sweetness. Subsequently the fructose gets slashed down by fresh lime juice and sharp nail polish remover. And at last the heart appears with violently roasted influences such as bacon, campfire, BBQ-spices and a hint of pimento, before dying in jasmine tea. More round and approachable in the mouth. Extremely fruity start with plantains, pineapple chunks, cantaloupe and applejuice. But honestly, there’s probably 15 more fruits in here. The roasted notes revealed during nosing are still present, but much less oppressive. It’s elegant, smoked with firewood, and serves crispy bacon and marshmallow-on-a-stick. The profile is also less medicinal than expected, rather bitter with a slight hard glue and aniseed touch. The taste persists for quite a bit, and is very comparable to the aftertaste of a large glass of pineapple juice. Very fruity chased by a woody undertone.
Review by zabo
Another 2009 DOK, the expectations were high for one of my favorite brands and vintage. I was not disappointed, the typical markers are more than clearly recognizable. But as a conclusion, it still didn't manage to secure a spot on the podium.
Review by Jussi Piirainen
Let this rum sit in the glass for a while before tasting. On the nose: Ester, glue and nail polish dominate the profile. Overripe pineapple and banana notes are there too. Vanilla notes. Little bit of woody notes. Quite mild on the intensity level for a DOK mark. Taste: Esters, overripe banana and pineapple upfront. Then you get little bit of smoky, fermented, dry, bitter notes with a little bit of pepper. Abv is integrated very well. Finish : Esters, overripe pineapple, glue, varnish. Little bit of tea notes at the end. Medium finish Nice barrel pick by The Whisky Jury once again. I really enjoyed sipping this sample.
Review by Rhum Mirror 🇧🇪
Nose: big glue comes straight to our nostrils! Exotic fruits, typical of Hampden, then confirm where we are... just in case we had any doubts. Pineapple, very ripe banana... complete this intense but not aggressive nose. Palate: This is clearly a Hampden, with its exotic fruits, strong glue and olives. The 56.1% are well integrated! The long finish is on smoky wood. This was my 1st pure old DOK and I was not disappointed!
Review by Mentalo
Alcohol well integrated. Still full ester power on the nose. On the palate very gentle for a Dok. The ester fruit notes are there but nowhere near as pronounced as you’d expect from this brand. Finish with slight smoky note and some sourness.
Review by Philip M. 🇧🇪
03/05/25: tasted at a local spirits shop. Tasted this bottling for the second time, and I'm still a fan of it. It's not an in-your-face DOK though, but very enjoyable. I'm looking to buy a bottle to add to the cabinet!
Review by Stijn Zino
Very nice DOK, but onedimensional over the whole line. Long finish. If you need a DOK on your shelf this is worth buying, because it's price quality. Still some bottles available.
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Details about The Whisky Jury Hampden The Road Rummers HD Jamaican Rum DOK 2009
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by The Whisky Jury, at 56,1%.
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