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Velier Papalin Jamaica High Esters 2019
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"Rich, funky and fruity" is how one member sums it up, and that fits. This 57% Jamaican blend of Hampden, Worthy Park and Long Pond throws roasted pineapple, banana, cookie dough and a whiff of nail polish at you, then turns drier and saltier on the palate. Several tasters call it a fine ester entry point, though a few find it young and a little rough.
The community says- Roasted pineapple
- Funky esters
- Keep in mind: Young, slightly rough
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Funky, fruity Jamaican ester bomb Most love this funky, fruity Jamaican for the money — pineapple, cookie dough and glue. A few note it's young and rustic, and the finish fades quicker than people want.
Aroma profileFans of Jamaican funk and ester newcomers wanting a real taste of it
Anyone wanting a soft, aged, polished sipper
Style & occasion: Tropical & funkySipping neatCocktails & mixing
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Yes, if you're after bold, tropical, funky rums for sipping neat.
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124 community reviews
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Review by DomM
Most helpful positive review
Very nice Jamaican blend. Intense and funky on the nose as well as on the palate. Tropical fruits and cookie dough are dominating. The relatively young age brings a vibrant rum to the table yet the tropical maturation clearly shows, providing a balanced profile between age and playfulness. In contrast to the Hapden/WP Papalin bottling, here I see the upper hand clearly with the higher ABV bottling. Dilution clearly reduced intensity and funk particularly on the nose.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Most helpful mixed review
#4870 Whisky Live in Paris 27.09.2024-30.09.2024. Another great event meeting a lot of RumX new and old friends. This year three weren't as many new releases as in 2023, but I still had a great time. Nose Fresh, faint wood, fruity, light citrus, spice, light roasted, light pineapple, faint floral, ester. Palate Warm, round, balanced, faint wood, light roasted, light citrus, light banana, spice, naturally sweet, medium dry. Finish Medium long, fresh, round, fruity, light citrus, faint chocolate, medium dry, faint smoke, ester. This one is slightly better than the lower ABV release and it shows how flavours change when you add water.
Review by Olivier Raynaut
This Jamaican rum blend strikes a perfect balance of the island’s signature funk. The nose and palate showcase classic notes of pineapple, banana, and a touch of nail polish remover, yet all are beautifully restrained and harmonious. Lightly aged, the wood influence is subtle, allowing the round, fruity character to shine. There's little spice, but an explosion of dried pineapple takes center stage, delivering a tropical intensity that lingers. Mid-palate, a surprising salty, nutty note emerges, adding depth before a long, satisfying finish. Incredibly enjoyable and offered at an amazing price—this is a rum worth seeking out.
Review by TheRhumhoe
A Jamaican Blend that's affordable on every level, both in terms of price and quality. The nose is funky and fruity from the outset, with esters, nail polish, solvents, pineapple, banana, citrus and olive. The profile is fresh and generous, followed by a softer veil of wood, caramel, marzipan and cookie dough. It's not the most complex profile, but it has its own character. The profile stiffens on the palate with warmer, spicier and more mineral notes. The drier tone and salt note add character. Roasted oak gains ground, complementing the fruit. Esters remain powerful, reflecting the blend that makes up this rum. However, the freshness of the nose has disappeared. The alcohol is rather well integrated into this rather rough and vigorous profile. The finish is not the longest, but offers fine tannins that embellish the palate with roasted wood, exotic fruit and esters. The whole is dry, warm, medicinal and harmonious. A versatile young rum that makes an excellent "daily sipper" thanks to its aromatic diversity and rich terroir.
Review by Timo Groeger
And then a Jamaican High Rster, but somehow it doesn't quite get through to me. Lots of tropical fruits, especially banana and pineapple, also some ester, but this fermented taste is a bit off-putting.
Review by Michael Schillheim
So far, the Papalins have not really convinced me across the board. The Jamaica High Ester changes this a little. A young Jamaican that offers fine fruit notes, light cookie dough, toasty, wood and a subtle smokiness on the nose. Dry on the palate, pineapple, citrus fruits and spices. The medium-long finish is a little weaker. However, it remains dry throughout and offers plenty of ester.
Review by Mentalo
At least this one offers a great value for money. Cookie dough and lots of pineapple. Pleasant, slightly creamy mouthfeel. The alcohol is very well integrated, making this a well-rounded package overall. Also good for newcomers to the high-ester category.
Review by TheJackDrop
A great experience with Club Lille rum. Quite a lot of esters without being a bomb, nice exotic fruits, especially pineapple, some spices at the end to spice up the taste. Medium finish, a little dry perhaps.
Review by zabo
Once again, a nice Velier Papalin bottling. Got to try it first as a special MaiTai at DomM. Also not bad neat at all. I'd probably classify it more as an easy sipper, but for the price, more than okay for in between.
Review by Gil Firth
Good morning Jamaica! For the ester lovers... A great rum in a great price. Unfortunately nothing new. Is it better than a young high ester Hampden? No. טעימה בוקר אור... אוהבי גמייקה. מלא אסטרים, עשב, טרופי בהיר כמו אננס. בעיקר לקה. אין בשורה אבל בקבוק טוב סך הכל במחיר בדיחה.
Review by Julien Ries
Papalin Jamaica High Ester full proof. 57° An aromatic bomb for a tiny price! It's funky on the nose with lots of esters, that roasted pineapple, that typically Jamaican fruitiness, with the Hampden mark <>H presence, also Worthy Park and Long Pond. I had already tasted its reduced version which was excellent, but this full proof version is even more powerful. This unbeatable quality-price ratio to discover the Jamaican terroir.
Review by Jakob
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Review by thomas fraboulet
Distilleries Hampden, Worthy Park, Long Pond. Taste: Ester, pineapple, citrus. Little wood, little spices, little glue/varnish. Dry almost salty profile, alcohol well integrated compared to a Navy strength type Smith&Cross. Good value for money.
Review by AlanElGalan
It hits hard with banana, pineapple, honey, wood. Right as the burn peaks, it sweetens with overripe and even rotten fruit. The finish reminds me of a flavorful cognac with some funk (big papaya note) and a tad bit of varnish. I can understand why this rum is well regarded. It maintains a balance of intensity and sweet roundness. It’s a lovely neat sipper and I bet this would be killer in a cocktail.
Review by Adam Rajchert
Fragrance: Wood, vanilla, red apple, custard apple, honey, flowers, lacquer, root vegetables Taste: Esters, wood, bubble gum, plum, vanilla, red apple, custard apple, pudding, tobacco, metallic, vegetables, root vegetables, dark chocolate, anise, cinnamon, thyme
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Interesting what just 10% more alcohol makes up compared to the 47%... Where the diluted one is clearly more fruity and sourly creamy sweet, this one is clearly more mineral, salty, smoky and spicy and slightly chocolaty. The esters come across quite differently here. The 47 is better suited for easy sipping and beginners, but the 57 clearly has the edge in terms of complexity.
Review by Michael Janek
21.1.2025 famozni fragrance (kanagom jemnounky), I can stand to smell it all evening brutal flavour (bulldozer on the tongue, like two rollers with a crusher on an iron dump) Velier and Jamaica = an irresistible combination
Review by Sebastiaan Linssen
Tasted at home What a fantastic rum. If your are a lover of high ester rums, this is a must try. Price quality ratio is very good.
Review by TheJona'Spirits
👃 & 😋 Easy drink, fairly fine concentration of tropical fruits (pineapple, banana, mango, jackfruit) and citrus. The esters are present and do the job for this kind of blend. Nice note of biscuits, spices, roasting of oilseeds. More glue, solvents and varnish on the nose than on the palate. You can detect the presence of green olive and mild tapenade. Palate livelier than the nose. A dry, balanced and funky profile though a bit young. 💡 This Hampden, Long Pond and Worthy Park blend is a good entry into the funky world of Jamaican rums. I prefer the first full proof 7 years (red label version), but this remains a good sipper.
Review by Arnaud Faverjon
It's fun and cheap, but we need more blends like this!
Review by Jus Liens
The smell is in line with Hampden, but already tamed compared to a Rum Fire. The palate is flattering, it's easier to handle than the Rum Fire, but you still need to have a bit of a tough palate to handle its 57°. The strength is high but very well integrated. The aging has done it good. It's a bit less rough, a bit more complex too. The wood has made it a bit wiser but hasn't "standardized" it. It's a rum that presents itself very well to an enthusiast and for discovering Hampden. I'm at a loss for words to describe it. I don't find the overripe Pineapple or Banana scents often found. The Esters, varnish/solvent aspect is definitely there. The wood too, discreet. For a Hampden, it's almost pastry and caramel-like even if we're not at all in the Foursquare register for example. In the end, I think what I appreciate is that it's both full of character but accessible, and above all very balanced. I regret that the palate isn't longer. It's not short, but I find it nose > palate > finish. A rum I know well. I've already gifted it. I prefer it to many competitors in the "around 60€" range. A well-deserved 8/10, tending towards 8.5.
Review by Serge
Nice Jamaican High Ester Blend with good value for money and a nice cookie dough note on the nose. Definitely worth picking up for the price – but in my eyes mainly as a mixer. Not quite my thing neat.
Review by sweetiemode
Perfectly balanced low aged blend of three prominent Jamaican houses. Feels like the Long Pond and Hampden largely accent a core of chocolate banana rich WPL—which so happens to be one of my favorite rum marques, so it’s no surprise I love this. Great to sip on and even better in a cocktail. Bought at $50 which is an easy 9/10.
Review by Dávid Kempl
Awesome Oily Sweet raisin and other friut smell Complex Well integrated alcohol Medium long finish
Review by Leslie Haigh
Very nice Jamaican rum
Review by Wernie
A very nice young Jamaican, with a great color for 5 years. Funky fresh on the nose, initially citrus fruits, cookie dough and varnish, then light spices and young wood follow. The palate is wild and unruly and a bit unbalanced, you can feel the youthfulness of this drop. The sweet cookie dough instantly transforms into strong wood aromas, varnish and bitterness. The nose clearly scores the points here. But for 45€ won (including shipping) a good PGV.
Review by Ian Gilman
This is a perfect crossover episode, or like a merging of two friend groups who all end up being natural friends. This combination of Jamaican rums is one of the best things I’ve tried all year and I immediately bought a backup. I’m less familiar with the characteristics of Long Pond but I’d say that the bana bread notes of WP and the rotten fruit funk of Hampden are easily recognizable. At this price, and probably for much more, there is not a better rum.
Review by Deadfame
Excellent blend of young Jamaican rums. Aroma inviting, of course pronounced, fruity. Tropical fruit like banana, pineapple, citrus. Some flowers and similar. A bit of spice. The taste basically describes it with a gentle presence of technique (but really little). This funk is rather on the side of overripe fruit. Finish dry, gently long, fruit still lingering. For me, a great drink for the price, can be enjoyed. If someone is looking for fruity and non-technical funk, this is the rum :)
Review by Michael Schou
01-03-2025 Can’t quite remember nose and taste. Tasted it at the whisky and rum fair in Kolding. Had no expectations but was pleasantly surprised. Velier when they use their magic. For what it is, this is a really good glas. 500.- dkk is a lot of rum for the money. 11-04-2025 - Rate 7.8
Review by Michal S
Very ester-heavy Jamaica, a bit rough around the edges, but totally fine for the price.
Review by Pavel Ungr, RumRock
Vintage 2019. I rate it 8.0 out of 10, a very good rum.
Review by cetto
After several tastings, I confirm it wasn't the best purchase. So-so.
Review by scooter
Nice funky blend of rums. On the nose Sharp, esters, minerality In the palate Esters, saline followed by fruitiness, berry, pineapple, strawberry Finish Not as long as i would like, still the fruitiness from the palate remain some minerality/ olives Pineapple. Overall a really nice rum for the price. Also an amazing Mai tai rum. Very good with the velier papalin worthy park blend. 9/10 Mai tai.
Review by Kryštof Skrbek
In my opinion, a very good rum for ester beginners. Both versions – the diluted as well as the original. WP dominates, but the characteristic notes of Hampden and Long Pond are also clearly recognizable.
Review by Anonymous
Rich, funky and fruity
Review by Buddudharma
Nice blend, okay neat, but for me more of a mixer with good value for money.
Review by DeMaddin
Price performance very good....
Review by Gautier
No doubt, it's a Jamaican, the esters are there, the empyreumatic, rubbery, medicinal, camphor, woody side is well felt, a touch of tropical fruits, spices. Not disappointed by the journey, thanks www.passion-rhum.com
Review by Richard Colwell
Strong, funky, high-proof Jamaican. The ester-notes lean more in the sour/pineapple direction than banana. The palate is strong with decent funk. The finish is long, fresh with sour notes and subtle smoke and metallicity.
Review by Solidfunk
High esters indeed but not necessarily as high as the biggest Jamaican versions. Banana vanilla and custard. Light golden pour. Sharp boozy finish. Plenty of habenero spice in the finish. Tried this at Pink Flamingo.
Review by Henry Davies
It’s an honest and easy to like Jamaican blend. Nose is unmistakably Jamaican, with fresh esters, pineapple and a lovely cookie dough yeast undertone. On the mouth it’s a little simple, some more glue and esters, lighter tropical fruit and lychee and more of the cookie dough. The finish fades quickly and then persists, with more spice and a little olive and oak. Solid drinker, not quite sure where it fits but an interesting rum
Review by Filip Heimerle
it's good but it's the same as the previous pap
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Expert review by The Auditor Reviews
Read full review ›I am incredibly impressed. This blend is an excellent example of high ester rums but it doesn’t veer into the overly industrial side of things. Great tropical fruits, spices, and a touch of that weird glue funk to bring it all together. The aroma fills the room as soon as your pour it.
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What does Velier Papalin Jamaica High Esters 2019 cost?
Community paid 47–62 €.
Current best price: 51.69 € – within the typical community range.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 53 €. Price history with 3 auction results in RX+ ›
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Details about Velier Papalin Jamaica High Esters 2019
A Navy Rum from Jamaica, bottled by Velier, at 57%.
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