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Velier Hampden Rare Cask Series HGML 2010
Sipped neat, this is a tropically-aged Hampden HGML: grilled pineapple, mango, marzipan and the classic glue-and-nail-polish ester funk, with an oily, almost creamy body. At 63.6% the heat stays surprisingly tame for most tasters. Several call it rounder and "leicht gezähmt" from tropical aging — lovely, but a few miss the wild power and long finish they expect from HGML.
The community says- Grilled pineapple ester
- Oily creamy body
- But: Thin finish
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How does Velier Hampden Rare Cask Series HGML 2010 taste?
Aggregated from 66 community reviews.
Oily, pineapple-heavy Hampden funk, slightly tamed Loved as a rich, oily HGML full of pineapple and ester funk. Most catch: it's a touch tamer, less complex and shorter on the finish than the celebrated HV version.
Hampden fans who like tropical fruit and ester funk
Beginners and anyone put off by glue and nail-polish notes
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What does the community say?
98% rate it 8 or higher. 20 selected write-ups from 66 community ratings. 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 Lukas Jäger
A tropically aged HGML, you don't see that every day either!Intense and powerful and with clear HGML characteristics. Due to the tropical aging rather wilder and "pointed" in the esters, especially on the palate a strong marzipan note even for HGML. Still, something is missing for me here flavor-wise, a bit more breadth and complexity and depth in the fruity notes. Also, the everlasting finish typical of Hampden is not present here, which I find very disappointing. If you then consider the price and put it in relation to the HV HGML, this bottling just can not fully convince. Nevertheless, still tasty and good, a Hampden tastes almost always.
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 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 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 Martin Augustin
A typical Hampden on the nose. Very tasty tropical fruit basket with lots of pineapple and citrus fruits. Complemented by a little marzipan and banana. Esters only discreetly in the background. The pineapple is incredibly present on the palate. Otherwise the tropical fruit basket with lots of mango and some nail varnish. The pineapple remains pleasantly dominant in the long, warm finish. A very good, but not an outstanding Hampden, it is not varied or complex enough for that.
Review by Mentalo
Den hohen Preis ist die Abfüllung zwar nicht Wert und er verliert für mich auch im Vergleich zur HGML Abfüllung der Habitation Reihe. Aber es ist trotzdem ein schöner, runder tropisch gereifter Hampden mit viel Frucht, Ester, leichter Minznote, etwas Holz , einer angenehmen Säure und einer leicht öligen Textur. Der Abgang ist etwas „dünn“. Da verliert er für mich am deutlichsten.
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 Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
I picked up a fresh batch of samples from a friend and had a go at them yesterday. This is a nice and intense release and I particularly love the floral notes that are released once rested for a while. Draws really nice curtains in the glass. The empty glass is really nice and even more flavours can be picked up.
Review by Adrian Wahl
Phew...if you consider the price and also what the "standard" HV HGML is able to perform, then one must speak here of a bitter disappointment. Nose is not so promising and a bit bitter on the palate. Solid Jamaican at which the PLV is incredibly bad.
Review by Tschusikowsky
In itself a tiptop bottling. The typical markers are there, the esters come through well, good drinking sensation. Nevertheless, something is missing to leave a lasting impression. Due to the designation as a rare cask, I simply expected something that stood out more.
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 SaibotZtar
Delicious HGML Tropically stored. Nice fruity nose with relatively little esters . On the palate also rather restrained but nice oily mouthfeel with lots of fruit, esters and wood . Finish then a bit bitter. A good drop ... PLV fits for me here unfortunately not.
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 Thunderbird
Hampden Mark HGML... one of my favorite Marks... and a great rum here too. Tropically matured and not quite as fruity... but with beautiful esters... the spices predominate somewhat on the palate and the alcohol is not quite perfectly integrated.
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 Leo Krüper
Weit weg von den legendären HGMLs, die es gibt. Schöne Süffigkeit, hintenraus fehlt etwas die Power und die Komplexität. Da hatte ich bei dem Preis und Daten deutlich mehr erwartet, auch wenn der Rum selbst natürlich fehlerfrei ist.
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 martin slezák
Colour amber Aroma overripe banana, pineapple, tropical fruit, polish remover, esters, Flavour esters, overripe banana sweetness, pineapple, deglazer, fine well-integrated alcohol Finish long banana pineapple, tropical fruit esters
Review by Johannes
Very nice Hampden, where you can clearly taste the tropical maturation. This is perhaps somewhat lacking the fruity notes. Nevertheless, very high level. Must soon pass in comparison with the HV Hgml.
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Auction results 345 € – 434 €
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Details about Velier Hampden Rare Cask Series HGML 2010
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by Velier, at 63,6%.
Community purchases
23 bottles logged by 23 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
13% opened, 0 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for Velier Hampden Rare Cask Series HGML 2010?
Community paid 429–580 €.
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