Aroma visualization from community tastings
The Whisky Jury The Duo - Jamaica Rum 1998
Tell me when it gets cheaper
Tell me when it's back in stock
Price alert in the RumX app
Open in the app
Got the app? Open this bottle
Opens this rum in the RumX app
Made for Jamaica funk fans who like to watch two distilleries wrestle: this blends Hampden and Long Pond pot still. Expect banana, pineapple, glue and solvent up front, with dry vanilla, oak, caramel and briny olive underneath. Give it time in the glass — several tasters say Long Pond only wakes up after a while. Some feel the two sit side by side rather than fusing.
The community says- Fruity ester funk
- Rewards patience
- Keep in mind: Alcohol slightly unintegrated
Offers & prices
View price history
Returns & cancellation Shopping safely on RumX
- Secure payment. You pay via RumX with PayPal, Klarna or card. Your payment data is encrypted and we never store your full card details.
- Clear seller. Sold and shipped directly by the partner shop. And you're never on your own: RumX handles support and communication with the shop, so you always get excellent service, whichever shop you order from.
- Honest shop ratings. The stars show your service experience with the shop, not the rum score. They come from RumX users, and critical ones stay visible.
- Returns & cancellation. Your purchase contract is with the shop, so returns and cancellations run through them under their own policy and your statutory rights. If anything goes wrong, RumX helps you sort it out.
10 more payment methodsLive auctions
Offers & prices
No shop currently delivers to Germany.
Auction results: 126–187 € (3 sales in 24 months, incl. buyer's premium, latest 12/2024). How the range is built ›
Buying advice
These ship to you
Yes, if you're after bold, tropical, funky rums for sipping neat.
Similar in style and available now.
More intense
Velier Hampden Maverick 20248.6/10 (94)237.24 €
22 rated both: 14 scored it higher, 7 scored The Whisky Jury The Duo - Jamaica Rum 1998 higher, 1 gave both the same score.Woodier
Velier Appleton Hearts Collection - 20038.7/10 (193)217.14 €
Sweeter
Vagabond Spirits New Yarmouth Silva Collection 20058.6/10 (74)177.51 €
The look inside the bottle
How does The Whisky Jury The Duo - Jamaica Rum 1998 taste?
From community reviews · summarized with AI
Funky Jamaican blend, banana and glue A well-liked cask-strength Jamaican blend — fruity esters, funk and tannic oak. Most call it balanced; a few wish it fused into one thing instead of Hampden and Long Pond taking turns.
Fans of Hampden/Long Pond funk who sip neat
Anyone new to esters or wanting a smooth easy sipper
Style & occasion: Tropical & funkySipping neat
Full aroma profile Aroma families · nose & palate · top aromas
Relative to this rum's strongest aroma family
18 of 37 left detailed tasting impressions · Click an aroma to explore similar rums
Which glass for which rum? The community guide ›
What does the community say?
37 community reviews
Rating scale & review checks
On RumX, 7 means “Good” and 8 means “Very good”.
See the full rating guideHow ratings are made and how we check them ›The website shows a selection of written reviews. The distribution also includes ratings without text. All published reviews are available in the RumX app.
23 selected written reviews
The distribution above includes all 37 ratings, including those without text.
Review by Dr.Django
Most helpful positive review
The Whisky Jury presents an interesting blend of Long Pond and Hampden. "Big" sips are more fun here and allow the full potential of this rum to unfold. Typical Jamaican aromas, plus cookie dough. Oiler and smoother on the palate than expected, not an astringent ester bomb that bombards the mouth with fruit from tropical regions. It's a shame that the finish is very short, reminiscent of the disappointing Nine Zero Hampden 2014.
Review by Johnny Rumcask
Most helpful mixed review
On the nose, Jamaica clearly dominates with its esters and overripe fruits. On the palate, the esters are also clearly present, but the overall taste leans more towards Fiji than Jamaica. Vegetal notes are present as well as bitter tones (cardboard?). I'm undecided whether the blend is better than its parts. For me an interesting sample, but no more needed.
Review by Lot-NAS
Interesting drop, not here, nor there, obviously, but overall a nice bouquet of fruity esters, brine, olives and cucumber. The palate is more on the dry vanilla wooden caramelised side, accompanied by fruity esters. There are also a lot of tannins, but just at the right level. Some time in the glass also brought additional nuances. So don’t rush things, you will be rewarded.
Review by zabo
In my opinion, the Long Pond is pushed into the background here. You can hardly recognize anything of the Long Pond. Even after some time in the glass, it is only faintly discernible. The 2014 Hampden is typical of the vintage as far as I can remember, but doesn't stand out either. Pleasant blend, but unfortunately nothing more
Review by Leo Krüper
Almost only Long Pond on the nose. On the back of the mouth, however, esters from Hampden. You discover more with every sip. A great combination, simply a delicious rum. The bottle is an absolute recommendation to buy and I also love the bottle design.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,6:On the nose, esters and glue, fermented tropical fruits like banana and pineapple, citrus, red fruits, grassy molasses with briny olive, smoky, roasted wood notes like caramel, nuts, spicy, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, instead of grass, hay is there, plastic and rubber hints, wax, vanilla and allspice. 8,2:On the palate, the attack is slightly alcoholic, intense, funky with esters, varnish, fermented tropical fruits like banana and pineapple, red and citrus fruits, roasted wood notes like caramel, smoky, spicy, later caramelized. The molasses brings briny olive, herbaceous touch.On oxidation, plastic hints arise, acidity. 8,4:The finish is long, dry and tannic, complex with tons of ripe fruits, esters, rubber, phenol, pairing various roasted wood notes, smoky, spicy, buttery and briny olive. Edit:23.5.26
Review by Timo Groeger
This one is really good. Great nose, very fruity, banana stands out, also ester is recognizable. On the palate also tropical fruits like pineapple, of course ester and varnish. Also comes across very funky. Very tasty.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
10.07.2025 Retasting and I still like it. Discovered a nice natural sweetness after it has rested for a good while. --------------- #5097 Sunday - The last shots before our partners are picking us up 😊 24.01.2025 - 26.01.2025 A nice weekend in my sisters summerhouse with old friends and colleagues tasting a lot of rums. I can only recommend like we did, no phones allowed and then only music in the background 😊 Colour Medium dark. Nose Fresh, light wood, faint smoke, ester, light caramel, fruity, light banana, light citrus, faint floral. Palate Fresh, medium intense, light wood, fruity, banana, overripe, light olive, faint salt, faint caramel, ester. Finish Medium to long and warm, ester, light wood, fruits, light citrus, light banana, faint caramel, spice, light olive. Empty glass Chocolate, vanilla, light berries.
Review by Joachim Guger
Ester, solvent, banana, pineapple, peanut, very smoky. Nice, strong, complex nose. On the palate caramel, spice, plastic and banana. Strong, funky and fuzzy. Marshmallow, spice and plastic on the finish. Successful blend with clear Hampden dominance. I really enjoyed it. Thanks to Bonn for the interesting sample and the persistence in making me like esters. 😀😀😀
Review by mto75
I think the 2014 HD + 1998 LP experiment was quite successful. The HD is not too dominant, the LP comes through nicely, especially when the glass is left standing for longer.
Review by DomM
Well executed blend. Round and balanced.
Review by Beancheese
To me this was an interesting blend. On the nose this screamed Hampden to me - banana, vanilla, caramel, wood, some solvents, ester and glue. On the palate however this one leaned Long Pond - ester, wood, vanilla, caramel funk, some fruit and smoke. The finish was spice and esters.
Review by Mentalo
Hampden clearly dominates at the beginning. Lots of fruity estery notes, olive, pleasant acidity. The more time it gets in the glass, the more LP comes through with other fruity and woody notes. Could have been a little more LP.
Review by Schnubbii
Nice balance, the parts from Hampden and Long Pond complement each other very well. The alcohol isn't perfectly integrated, but still a very rounded thing in taste. I like it!
Review by alex
Very nice complementarity between the HD which dominates a bit at the start and after an hour the LP arrives quietly. Superb blend. I love it 😍 Beautiful aromatic richness, very good length, a success 🤩🤩🤩
Review by Rare Akuma
Tasted at SDR’24 An interesting balance of citrusy liveliness and high complexity on the nose. It opens with bananas, all sorts: green, yellow and even bananes flambées. Then it turns into soured pineapple juice and lemon, intertwined with plastic, frankincense and jasmine tea. In the mouth complexity is dialed up even further with the same banana and citrus combined with fresh berry mix and crushed juniper. Intensity is driven up with even more myrrh essence, flanked with gardening peat and a hint of rubber. The finish is very long, fruity and with perfect integration of all components; banana, marzipan, green tea and again a faint undertone of rubber. Absolutely fantastic bottling with a great release price.
Review by Master P
Start with creamy notes of vanilla, banana and ester. Nice balance, the shares of Hampden and Long Pond complement each other very well. The alcohol is not perfectly integrated, but still a very rounded taste experience.
Review by Tom Buteneers
I’ve enjoyed the bottle, nice blend of Long Pond and Hampden. Especially the nose with the nice mix of esters, tropical fruits and pastry with marzipan.
Review by Pavel Spacek
... Hampden, legendary Jamaican distillery, which besides rum also produces alcohol for perfumes. In all rums from this distillery you can feel wild esters, after which your whole body soaks in the scent of yellow tropical fruit - mango, papaya, pineapple, peach. One of the rums you "must try before you die".
Review by TheJona'Spirits
An excellent Jamaican blend. The characteristics of the 2 distilleries are very distinct and complement each other. Fresh & macerated tropical fruits (flambéed pineapple, overripe starfruit, plump mango, juicy apple-cinnamon, jackfruit left on the ground). Glue, encaustic and ATV inner tubes. Island spices, all in an arm's length finish.
Review by ...and a bottle of Rum.
Nose: blood orange and glue? You can smell the barrel a little, and the alcohol pinches your nose a little if you hold your snout too deep into the glass. After a while, a slightly musty note. On the palate, you can literally feel the battle between the woody, fruity LP and the pineapple-estery HD. Neither has the upper hand. It remains a draw. Can this be considered a successful blend? The result is quite pleasing, although I have the suspicion that I would have preferred the 2014 HD straight in the glass.
Review by Johannes
Super blend! Could also just be a Hampden!
Review by Sebastian.W
Tasted at SDR2024.
This selection contains no written reviews in this rating range.
Expert reviews
2 critics scored it, averaging 7.7/10. Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum.
Expert review by The Dunder Hut
I was somehow not looking forward to this. With indie Blends i am somehow always doubtful. And here is a good example why. I really like the dominating Long Pond here. But it honestly feels as the Hampden ruined the show here a little bit. It stands next to each other and does not become a new third thing.
Expert review by Tasting Bro's
Read full review ›
The Whisky Jury The Duo - Jamaica Rum 1998 at live auctions
A bid is not a final price: the house sets the buyer's premium, shipping and any customs duty.
All live auctions ›Community shelf
20 bottles logged by 19 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
15% opened, 3 emptied.
What did the community pay for The Whisky Jury The Duo - Jamaica Rum 1998?
Community paid 113–183 €.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 149 €. Price history with 3 auction results in RX+ ›
20 purchased · 38 tasted · 11 wishlist · as of
Details about The Whisky Jury The Duo - Jamaica Rum 1998
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by The Whisky Jury, at 56,9%.
Read on in the RumX Guide
You may also enjoy
Rum enthusiasts who like this rum have also given the following rums high ratings:
The Whisky Jury Hampden The Ester Hunter (catch 1) <>H 2014
The Whisky Jury New Yarmouth The Many Faces of Rum NYE/HM 2009
The Whisky Jury Hampden The Many Faces of Rum C<>H 2007
Velier Long Pond Cambridge STC❤️E 2010
The Whisky Jury Long Pond The Many Faces of Rum STC❤️E 2015
TRC Hampden Jamaica <>H 2001
Set a target price in the app, and we'll let you know as soon as the rum becomes available at that price from one of our partner stores. This works for any rum on your wish list.
Oliver · FounderBy rum lovers, for rum lovers
I'm Oliver, and RumX began in 2018 as a small passion project in Stuttgart, back then under the name Rum Tasting Notes.
Oliver, Stuttgart
About RumX ›YouTube channel (German, English subtitles)
