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Duncan Taylor Hampden Single Cask Rum C<>H 1990
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Sip this one neat — it's built for a tasting glass, not cola. A classic 1990 Hampden: ripe pineapple, tropical fruit, glue and that Play-Doh ester funk, with vanilla, oak and caramelised almond sitting behind. The 52.9% is beautifully knit in, so it drinks dangerously easy for a high-ester Jamaican. Several tasters found it fruity, creamy and rounded.
The community says- Ripe pineapple fruit
- Classic ester funk
- Well-integrated alcohol
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How does Duncan Taylor Hampden Single Cask Rum C<>H 1990 taste?
Summarized by AI from 26 community reviews.
Fruity, funky old Hampden that drinks easy A well-loved old Hampden — fruity, funky and unusually easy-drinking. A few fans wish it had been bottled at full cask strength, but nobody has much to complain about.
Fans of aged Hampden and tropical Jamaican funk
Anyone put off by glue, solvent and ester notes
Style & occasion: Tropical & funkySipping neat
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26 community reviews
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Positive from 8.0 · Mixed 6.0–7.9 · Critical below 6.0
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Most helpful positive review
Very fruity and easy drinking for a Hampden! Nice one. Classic 1990s Hampden with lots of fruit esters and a nice creaminess. Doesn't clash and fits well with the other sister casks. Hardly anything to complain about. Almost shamelessly dangerously easy drinking!😄
Review by Pavel Spacek
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Nice, but mild and weak ... Hampden, legendarni jamajska destilerka, ktera krome rumu produkuje take alkohol do parfemu. Ve vsech rumech z teto destilerky ucitite divoke estery, po kterych cely vas organizmus nasakne vuni zluteho tropickeho ovoce - manga, papaji, anansu, broskvi. Jeden z rumu, ktere "must try before die"
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
05.03.2016 Finally back in Kolding again after some years at Messe C in Fredericia. Much easier to get home when it's within walking distance. Had my good friend from Singapore visit for a month and that ended up in a lot of tasting 😊 Tony brought this one, a bottle birth that became very popular and almost ended its life at the event. Notes. Nose: wood, glue, intense, ester, fruity, banana. Palate: Intense, balanced, wood, ester, banana, citrus. Finish: very long, fruity, pineapple, ester, wood, light smoke, medium dry.
Review by Oliver
Excellent Hampden. Beautiful nose and perfect mouthfeel. Perfectly integrated alcohol. A rum to fall in love with!
Review by Jakob
Classic Hampden profile, stands out in direct comparison with other 1990 releases primarily due to its reduced drinking strength. This can work well, especially in view of the high ester power waiting in the glass; in my subjective opinion, the releases in which the maturation is even more pronounced score particularly well in a direct comparison with other vintage representatives. Both the additional years in the cask and the full strength of the bottling play a role here. My lament is at a high level - the release lacks neither quality nor drinking pleasure. A very good rum.
Review by Johannes
Fantastic Hampden at drinking strength!
Review by Michael Schou
21-11-2025 - Rate 9.3 Have had this on my wish list for a long time. Finally found a sample at Berlin Rum Festival 2025. It fully lives up to the expectations. Nose with tropical fruit, pineapple, wood and ester. Palate also tropical fruit, oak/wood and ester. Long finish dominated by oak and ester
Review by zabo
A nice surprise for me at the Catawiki stand. The old Hampden has everything you could wish for and even more than you expected. For me, it was a real hit and one of the few highlights of the 14th GRF
Review by Tim
Unmistakable Hampden DNA with pineapple, apple and overripe fruits. Also vanilla, caramel and wood, but more in the background. On the palate also fruity, marzipan and spicy woody, with chocolate and roasted aromas joining in the finish. Very good rum, but not a top rum in my opinion.
Review by Alexander Rasch
Very balanced and round Hampden that brings everything I want from a C<>H. Alcohol and also the acidity of the 'pineapple' are perfectly integrated. Easy to drink and tastes so good. That’s really fun.
Review by bossi
Compared to TheRumCask 26yo, the nose of the Duncan Taylor is somewhat more restrained and not quite as deep and complex - but the emphasis here is definitely on "in comparison", otherwise the relationship and the underlying vintage are clearly recognizable. On the palate and in the finish, it is not quite as acidic and aniseed-heavy as the TRC, but a little drier. At the back, two of us tasters also had an association with roasted/caramelized almonds, which were not found in the TRC. At cask strength, this rum would probably have been on a par with the TRC, but that's all complaining on a high level. 90 points
Review by Kornuscha_88
Bought a sample at the Armagnac festival 2026 at Catawiki, luckily. What a beautiful, intense, fruity, complex Hampden. Wow. Exceptional spritziness. Alcohol is wonderfully integrated. Nose is really funky, fruity overripe pineapple, the typical Playdoh note for me… that’s why we drink Hampden
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12 bottles logged by 10 collectors.
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8% opened, 0 emptied.
What did the community pay for Duncan Taylor Hampden Single Cask Rum C<>H 1990?
Community paid 192–429 €.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 358 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
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Details about Duncan Taylor Hampden Single Cask Rum C<>H 1990
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by Duncan Taylor, at 52.9%.
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