Hampden S.B.S DOK - Virgin Oak Cask DOK 2020
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Nail polish, overripe banana and pineapple hit first, with a surprising layer of vanilla and toasty oak from the virgin cask. It's a young Hampden DOK — two years — so the ester bomb runs the show, but several tasters were surprised how round the fresh oak makes it. One member even caught a bourbon-like note on the nose.
The community says- Intense ester funk
- Vanilla oak balance
- But: Short aging shows
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How does Hampden S.B.S DOK - Virgin Oak Cask DOK 2020 taste?
Summarized by AI from 36 community reviews.
Young, funky Hampden DOK with vanilla oak A well-liked young DOK: intense esters, solvent and tropical fruit softened by vanilla and oak. Most call the price-to-quality excellent; a few say more aging would help and the finish turns dry and bitter.
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Anyone put off by solvent and nail-polish notes
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Positive from 8.0 · Mixed 6.0–7.9 · Critical below 6.0
Review by zabo
Most helpful positive review
Edit: Tasted with FischeJ as a nightcap, good doc at a good price Tasted at Serge's Franconian Tasting Gang goes Tiki. In the end, it has everything you would expect from a DOK. But compared to others that I've had in my glass in the meantime, it falls a little short. Conclusion: A good DOK, but there are far better ones.
Review by Adrien B
Most helpful mixed review
Well, it's a dok! Even at 57 it remains very powerful. Damp undergrowth, rubber, fruity green banana, acidic passion exotic fruit, freshness. Compared to Plus, more vanilla.
Review by Jakob
Typical high ester representative, almost somewhat restrained due to the dilution. There is an alcoholic tinge, but thanks to the 57% the overall picture is very solid.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,4:On the nose, esters, nail polish, some solvents, intense, funky, overripe tropical fruits like banana and pineapple, citrus, red fruits, vegetal molasses, grassy, roasted wood notes like cream toffee, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, the molasses becomes flowery, herbaceous, fresh with tea, new fruits arrive, like lime, papaya, various roasted tones with nuts, leather, pastry, spiciness and some smoke. 8,6:On the palate, the attack is tasty, creamy, slightly funky with esters, solvents, overripe tropical fruits like mango, banana, pineapple, red fruits, roasted/toasted wood notes with cream toffee, caramelized, spicy with vanilla and allspice, as the molasses is at first sweet with honey, later vegetal with briny olive, flowery, herbaceous, some vinegar note arises, when the rum is well oxidized, stronger oak. 8,5:The finish is long, dry, warm, slightly bitter, as grassy, flowery molasses, pairs roasted wood notes, smoky and spicy and various fruits like tropical, yellow, red and funkiness with medicinal notes. Edit:21.3.26
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Solid DOK. Virgin oak is a good choice here for such a short maturation period. Red fruits, sour pineapple, some caramel, vanilla and pastry and young wood. Overall quite tart, spicy and balanced for such a short maturation period.
Review by Skyfly
Experimental Cask Series - Sample #2: After the first sample, this is a real surprise, as you can taste a clear difference. It turns out that the base product is good. The "fresh" cask was able to make the rum much rounder than the first cask with pre-seasoning; the alcohol is barely noticeable.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#6705 26.04.2026 Always nice when a friend pops by with a few samples to enjoy. Thanks Peter for a nice afternoon with nice rums. Another release where the quality to price tag is extremely good. A nice and intense profile with fruits, caramel and spices.
Review by Timo Groeger
A very tasty high ester rum. It had a short storage time, but I really like that kind of thing. The ester naturally predominates here, but there are also tropical fruits on the nose and palate. Really great value for money.
Review by Michael Ihmels 🇩🇪
Now a Hampden S.B.S Dok Virgin Oak. The 57% is quite well integrated. On the nose already very fruity, especially pineapple stands out. On the palate the fruit also dominates. Very good.
Review by Serge
Amazingly tasty for the short storage period. Virgin Oak was a good choice here.
Review by Richard Krupa
smell better than pk, also pepper and heat, nail polish, esters
Review by Master P
I have to say I'm positively surprised by the little mate, nice fruity ester notes with great funk. Light marzipan honey notes. The Virgin Oak nicely rounds off the Doc, so absolutely not disturbing. This one has a slight acidity in the finish. Alcohol is also well integrated.
Review by Johannes
This DOK could benefit from a somewhat longer aging. Alcohol not perfectly integrated.
Review by Michael Schillheim
You can tell it lacks aging. But not as bad as I expected beforehand. Not a highlight, but a solid first impression.
Review by Nivius
Who would have thought that the Virgin Oak would be my favorite from this series - at the beginning we even left it closed because we thought it would be boring anyway and before it was even tasted for the first time, it ended up in a MaiTai and it was sensational! But a new oak barrel is great when it comes to vanilla and woody notes, which you often don't have on your radar. On the nose, the first association was even bourbon. Then on the palate, in addition to the estery notes, there are also beautiful vanilla and dark wood tones, which then finish off beautifully mild. This one will probably be the first to be empty.
Review by rum_sk
Online tasting with Joshua Singh. Explosion in your mouth. In a positive sense. Best out of the set for me. Full of esters. Very minty flavor, funky taste, long finish. I love it.
Review by Harald
Color: Chestnut Smell: An ester bomb, as expected. Funky without end. Less dominated by fruity ester aromas (tropical fruits), rather solvent, varnish and nail polish remover. Also floral with perfume. In the background, I smell comparatively little from the cask, which despite the short aging gave it quite some color. The alcohol is well integrated. Taste: Soft, fruity and mild in the mouth. Not very sweet. Then a flavor explosion when swallowing – strong tropical fruits, esters, vanilla, wood and some spices. Finish: Long, warming and spicy. The ester aromas linger long. In the aftertaste, it becomes dry and woody-bitter. That costs some points in the rating. 85 points Conclusion: Actually, I am a big fan of DOK, HERR & Co., i.e. high ester rums. This one is very good but still doesn’t blow me away.
Review by Stan Hardy
My personal winner of the series. In this case, less is more. Great value for money with wonderful DOK power.
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24 bottles logged by 22 collectors.
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41% opened, 4 emptied.
What did the community pay for Hampden S.B.S DOK - Virgin Oak Cask DOK 2020?
Community paid 16–28 €.
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Details about Hampden S.B.S DOK - Virgin Oak Cask DOK 2020
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by 1423 World Class Spirits, at 57%.
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