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Velier Hampden Single Cask (French Market) LROK 2019
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"Very unusual for a Hampden" is the line that keeps coming up, and it's fair. The esters you'd expect from Hampden sit in the back here — up front it's sour cherry, chocolate, raisins and ripe pineapple, with heavy sherry-cask influence. At 60% the alcohol drinks surprisingly soft. Most tasters find it delicious; a few think the sherry fights the fruit.
The community says- Sour cherry & cocoa
- Alcohol well hidden
- Keep in mind: Sherry can clash
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Auction results: 100–210 € (9 sales in 24 months, incl. buyer's premium, latest 04/2026). How the range is built ›
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How does Velier Hampden Single Cask (French Market) LROK 2019 taste?
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Sherried Hampden, cherry and chocolate over funk Most call it a delicious, unusually sherried Hampden where fruit and chocolate lead and the funk hides — a few find the sherry clashes, and it can read a touch sweet.
Aroma profileHampden fans wanting a sherried, fruity twist
purists chasing classic loud Jamaican ester
Style & occasion: Tropical & funkySipping neat
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40 community reviews
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Review by Leo Krüper
Most helpful positive review
Very interesting. Meaty, a little eucalyptus or smoke. Strikes a balance between TECA and Hampden. I quite like it, but I wouldn't have recognized it blind. But it would be nothing for a whole bottle. Alcohol very well integrated
Review by zabo
Most helpful critical review
Sorry about that, but I don't like this bottling at all, it immediately reminded me of the Habitation Velier Hampden LROK ex-sherry cask RX21809. Which I also found subterranean. Somehow the two have quite a lot in common and I really don't like either of them. Mediocre but not my taste at all.
Review by Dr.Django
Hampden Tasting, Rum No. 3. I had expected typical Hampden in the glass and was completely (positively) surprised by the RX9242. Here comes the next positive surprise. Not much of the Hampden and funky Jamaica remains in this rum, or is subtly pushed into the background. Raisins, chocolate and dark fruits, especially sour cherries, dominate here. Very sweet with a lot of barrel influence. The alcohol is very well integrated. Very tasty, but a little too sweet for me to give it a higher rating.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#6736 03.05.2026 Relaxing with a few samples while relaxing in my recliner watching a Police Chase TV Series from Sweden. These releases are usually pretty sherry heavy, but this one is more balanced. Fruity with nice spices, chocolate, fruits and some caramel in the light diesel notes.
Review by Julien Ries
The nose starts with lots of esters (Lrok is between 200 and 400g/hL alcohol), with a slightly pheasant-like roast meat that's less repulsive than its expression on this commentary. There's also a hint of very ripe exotic fruit (roasted pineapple) mixed with heady flowers (narcissus, jasmine). The cooked wine adds a great deal to this nose. On the palate, we're still struck by the roast, but the alcohol is very mild, despite 60°. The sherry brings great balance to this juice. Everything is complex, and each moment brings a different layer of aromas. There's fruitiness (lots of it), vanilla and other spices like anise (lots of it). It's greedy and harmonious. The finish is endless with spices and esters.
Review by Timo Groeger
Eugen's samples will be empty soon :(. Here again a typical Jamaican. Lots of tropical fruits such as pineapple and banana on the nose and palate. You can also detect plenty of esters.
Review by Chrischi78
Small series tasting: RX22310 and RX21809 are unusual Hampdens with strongly fermented fruit and sour notes. Both very similar, but RX21809 stands out for me with particularly unpleasant impressions. The rest of the sample goes into the MaiTai
Review by Johannes
Tropical notes, esters. More in the direction of Teca. Very unusual for a Hampden!
Review by Michal S
A very unusual Hampden. Red fruits (especially cherries) permeate the aroma and taste, of course there are classic Jamaican esters, but they are only in the background. Chocolate also appears, as well as wood, and the alcohol is very well integrated. I recommend a taste, you will be surprised.
Review by Schnubbii
Not particularly pleasant on the nose: is it sulphur or something else? A slight fruitiness underneath. Fruity on the palate, but for my taste it clashes with the sherry. Not harmonious at all for me, sorry, it doesn't work for me at all. Any Hampden Pagos or FRC HLCF with sherry works better for me. Given its young age, the finish is unsurprisingly almost non-existent. I would have been annoyed if I had bought a bottle of this. Sorry Hampden, for me this is not a success at all.
Review by Chaos Tsume
A bit disappointed but surprising
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Velier Hampden Single Cask (French Market) LROK 2019 at live auctions
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35 bottles logged by 28 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
5% opened, 2 emptied.
What did the community pay for Velier Hampden Single Cask (French Market) LROK 2019?
Community paid 118–146 €.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 133 €. Price history with 9 auction results in RX+ ›
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Details about Velier Hampden Single Cask (French Market) LROK 2019
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by Velier, at 60%.
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