Hampden S.B.S Jamaica 2020 HGML Virgin Oak HGML
Nail polish, overripe pineapple, mango and passion fruit hit first, then a marzipan-and-honey sweetness before the young virgin oak pushes in. Classic Hampden HGML fireworks at full cask strength. Most tasters love the fruit and ester punch but agree the 4 years show: it turns woody-bitter and slightly vinegary at the edges. Fruity, wild, and not quite finished.
The community says- Overripe tropical fruit
- Ester fireworks
- But: Tastes young
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How does Hampden S.B.S Jamaica 2020 HGML Virgin Oak HGML taste?
Aggregated from 32 community reviews.
Wild, fruity Hampden, tasty but young A fruit-and-ester bomb people genuinely enjoy, with the alcohol well tucked in. The recurring catch: it drinks young, with a woody-bitter, occasionally sour edge some wish had more cask time.
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19% rate it between 6 and 8. 14 selected write-ups from 32 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,8:On the nose, esters on steroids is the first impression we get, some nail polish with overripe, fermented tropical fruits like pineapple, passion fruit, banana, mango, then roasted wood notes as marzipan, pastry, honey. On aeration, a molasses is felt, spicy wood, vanilla, cream toffee, citrus and red fruits, well fermented with cream toffee and dried in the end.Complex, very enticing, aromatic. 9:On the palate, the attack is sweet with esters on steroids, very fruity, with overripe tropical fruits like pineapple, passion fruit, banana, mango and delicious roasted wood with cream toffee, honey, vanilla, pastry. After resting, fermented red fruits arise, we might think of tasting a prunes marmelade a bit later, molasses is vegetal, earthy, the wood smoky, spicy with allspice, at last a lime is present. Delicious and balanced.Alcohol is integrated very good. 8,7:The finish is long, a bit dry, very fruity with marmelade like notes, estery, with floral and vegetal molasses, smoky and woody with crispy bread note..
Review by Michael Ihmels 🇩🇪
Next up was a Hampden. Again really delicious. I love Hampden. Very fruity on the nose and in the taste...tropical fruits such as mango and pineapple come to the fore. I highly recommend this rum.
Review by RumTaTa
Sehr guter Rum mit sehr fruchtiger Nase. Am Gaumen ebenfalls sehr fruchtig, zusätzlich trocken, leicht salzig. Sehr guter junger Hampden, die typische trockene/leicht salzige Note am Gaumen stört mich hier irgendwie. Im Nachklang kommt nochmal sehr viel fruchtiger Süße, was mir sehr gefällt!
Review by Thunderbird
Ein junger HGML und er weiß zu gefallen. Die Nase überzeugt mit einer schönen Fülle an esterreichen tropischen Fruchtaromen von Ananas und Passionsfrucht. Etwas Marzipan gesellt sich dazu. Am Gaumen verteilt er sich cremig mit starkem Marzipaneinschlag bevor wieder Ester und Frucht in den Vordergrund treten, gefolgt von leichter Würze und frischem Holz. Der Alkohol ist sehr gut eingebunden und beißt zu keiner Zeit. Selbst größere Schlücke lässt er zu. Der Abgang ist mittellang mit nachlassender Frucht und etwas dominanterem Holz und Gewürz. Eine sehr gute Abfüllung
Review by Martin Ekrt
Krásně voňavý koš ovoce šmrncnutý lepidlem, lakem apod.. Působí to velmi vyzrálým dojmem. Chuťově zpočátku zase takové zralé ovoce s technickými tóny, ale s poměrně velkým nášupem tříslovin zřejmě díky virgin oak sudu.
Review by Timo Groeger
Again, a nice bottling from S.B.S. Jamaica, so you already know where the journey is going ;-) Mainly tropical fruits and esters on the nose and palate. Can still recognize pineapple in the nose, mango and passion fruit on the palate.
Review by Master P
Jung, wild, frisch. Irgendwie geil. Sehr junge frische fruchtige Esternoten mit ein wenig nagelack. Rote beeren nehme ich auch wahr. Geschmack hat viel power mit typischen Hampden Style. Abgang ist wärmend und Alkoholisch
Review by Jakob
A solid Hampden, the HGML profile remains my favorite among the high-ester rums. The release shows its youthfulness, the tropical fruits are brisk without being too biting - however, I believe that the rum would have benefited from a little more time in the cask, as the flavor counterparts to the fruitiness are still too shy for me. However, the profile is fun and lingers in the glass for a short time - which is partly due to the overall harmonious profile and partly due to the very well-integrated alcohol. A welcome option for Hampden lovers.
Review by zabo
A pretty wild thing that S.B.S has bottled here. The fact that it is very young can definitely not be denied, which is why it still has a few rough edges. All in all, a nice wild ester firework with tropical fruits. If it had stayed in the cask for a few more years, it could have been something really good
Review by Dr.Django
Esters, nail polish, furniture polish and tropical fruits in abundance. With such bottlings, you can already guess from the key data what you are getting in your glass. The integration of alcohol and the influence of the cask are always a question mark. The alcohol could be better integrated here. The rum is also somewhat woody and bitter, which somehow doesn't match the rest of the distillate. Almost a blind buy for me. Thanks for the sample @Rumtata
Review by Adrian Wahl
Nett, aber HGML kommt nicht so durch. Im Mai Tai solide. Alles in allem wohl einfach zu jung
Review by Johannes
Rather on the bitter side, but still really good!
Review by SaibotZtar
First fat nail polish in the nose... Boar really fat . Papaya annas and mango join in ... Alcohol well integrated. On the palate you notice the alcohol more clearly ... Spreads violently in the mouth . Fat esters mango papaya annas and fruit esters without end.... but also immediately a little too woody and bitter notes. Somewhat bitter finish. Good bottling but a little too young. Solid in Mai Tai 3/5
Review by Richard Krupa
Tropicke ovoce a estery, v chuti lehka stiplavost, kterou rychle vystrida naloz ovoce
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Details about Hampden S.B.S Jamaica 2020 HGML Virgin Oak HGML
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by 1423 World Class Spirits, at 65,7%.
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4 bottles logged by 3 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
50% opened, 0 emptied and repurchased.
4 purchased · 32 tasted · 7 wishlist · as of
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