Velier Hampden Rare Cask Series HGML 2010
For experienced palates: a tropically aged, cask‑strength Hampden HGML with big esters, grilled pineapple and overripe tropical fruit, glue/solvent notes and dry, woody spice. RumX members praise its intensity, balance and oily texture, often ranking it among the best Rare Casks despite the steep price.
- Huge ester funk
- Tropical fruit basket
- Oily, powerful mouthfeel
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How does Velier Hampden Rare Cask Series HGML 2010 taste?
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Intense, dry HGML funk bomb For experienced palates: a tropically aged, cask‑strength Hampden HGML with big esters, grilled pineapple and overripe tropical fruit, glue/solvent notes and dry, woody spice. RumX members praise its intensity, balance and oily texture, often ranking it among the best Rare Casks despite the steep price.
Seasoned Hampden fans who love high‑ester Jamaican funk, dry cask‑strength profiles and oily, powerful single casks with lots of pineapple, glue and roasted oak.
Beginners, anyone sensitive to 60%+ ABV or looking for sweet, easygoing sippers; also budget‑conscious drinkers expecting strong value for money.
How is Velier Hampden Rare Cask Series HGML 2010 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 8.7 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 100% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
Rum reviews
A selection of the most popular reviews from our community. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Krogulczyk
Astonishing bottle! The age works well with the Hampden George MacFarquhar Lawson mark. The rum is on the drier side. I have not encountered much of fruit. However, the typical Hampden characteristic of the grilled pineapple is existant here. Im really suprised by how balanced that rum is. The ABV is imperceptible. A ton of glue, solvents, nail polish with a good measure of notes of burnt sugar, sour cherries, spices, and roasted oak. I also found some notes of blue cheese and rosemary. Robust, dry and worth the money. Well done Hampden!
Review by Adrian Adame
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Review by Chris Lewis
My first HGML and i found it to be fantastic. Full bodied funk with a creaminess i‘ve never encountered before. Really enjoyable and probably my favorite pour from GRF12.
Review by zabo
Tasted at the Pueblo del Ron Nuremberg 2024. First of all, a big thank you to the guys from Kirsch, who opened a new bottle especially for my dram. It was a revelation for me to be able to taste it so freshly opened. A real cracker.
Review by Benoit Mahe
Un excellent Hampden. Un petit peu moins complexe que le Habitation Velier mais on est dans la même catégorie (dans le haut du panier).
Review by Thomas
Really good HGML. Great ester notes and very drinkable despite 63.6% vol. Nice 🇯🇲 funk. But simply too expensive for the price.
Review by Schnubbii
Great, very round HGML! Tropical fruit and salted caramel. The only thing stopping me from buying a bottle is the price.
Review by Frank
Tropically matured single casks directly from Hampden are then already something special. And HGML is already one of my favorite marks.Nose: intense and yet round. Full and typical Hampden aromas. Pleasant but dominant esters with a distinct vinegar note and solvent. A nice pineapple marzipan sweetness, dark honey, sweet and sour lemon and lime give the fruity-sweet side. Besides that, it is also spicy and very slightly smoky. 87Palate: starts astringent, then briefly bitter and then comes all the power of the esters. Sweet and sour pineapple with lemon zest but also fresh lemon come intensely to the palate as do marzipan and nail polish. It seems creamy overall, almost oily. Ester and pineapple as well as astringency extend well into the finish. Great, mature HGML. 89
Review by Jarek
Tasted at the Village 2024 in Nuremberg. I don't know many HGML bottlings yet, but this one seems slightly tamed. I find it very pleasant and delicious. Perhaps it's due to the tropical maturation. But it is still clearly an HGML. I find it very tasty and the price is the only thing stopping me from buying a bottle at auction.
Review by DomM
This is a very nice bottling no doubt. Rich in flavours including the HGML fruit basked, roasted notes and plenty influence from the cask. Alongside the DOK this is clearly the best bottling of the rare cask series. Only if you try it side by side with other tropically aged HGMLs, you will find that some liveliness is missing. The HV 2010 bottling is actually a few steps ahead of this one presenting the make perfectly and with a bit more excitement than this (very good) bottling.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Very tasty HGML. An incredible amount of tropical fruits, pleasant esters, candied caramelized pineapple, citrus cordial, light cookies and candy sugar as well as a subtle acidity in the finish. It's really fun! Apart from the price, there's nothing to complain about.
Review by TheRhumhoe
This Hampden HGML shows a remarkable aromatic intensity, the beginnings of which can be felt on the nose with an explosion of fruit and phenolic notes. It is heavy, intense, powerful, but it remains greedy. Then the palate reveals new fruity notes, like red fruits and their acidulous side, spicy notes, a light floral side and tannins. The whole is fat, heavy and very aromatic. The finish focuses more on the fruit and phenolic notes. A rum in the pure Jamaican tradition with superb aromas, but although it is the best of the Single Cask series, its price remains questionable.
Review by Agricoler
Very good Hampden with a lot of funk and beautiful tropical fruits. But the woody notes are also very present, just right for me. The only thing that bothers me is the overly alcoholic spiciness. This does not lead to a 9 rating
Review by Serge
Took a few empty sample bottles to the fair and let me fill the. A beautiful and rich rum that comes along heavy and oily. Nice to have tried him, even nicer not to have paid for a whole bottle 😂.
Review by Sebastian Kornett
I had greater expectations for a 12 year tropically matured HGML. Great Mark.
Community purchases
46 bottles logged by 52,000+ RumX members. The ratio of closed / opened / emptied, indicates whether this rum is meant to be drunk or is a collector's item.
Also on the wishlist of 18 members.
About the Hampden distillery
The Hampden distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Hampden have been reviewed 18,347 times with an average of 8.4/10.
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