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Velier Hampden Habitation Velier 2024 LROK <>H LFCH Blend with PM Spirits and Prestige Ledroit
People already into Hampden are the right audience here. A blend of LROK, LFCH and <>H marks: grilled pineapple, ripe banana, vanilla cream and a smoky industrial edge, with a creamy, buttery palate that opens up beautifully with water. Several tasters call out the youth — distillate and wood don't fully mesh — so it reads a little raw and the finish can turn dry.
- Tropical fruit basket
- Creamy mouthfeel
- Opens with water
+10
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How does Velier Hampden Habitation Velier 2024 LROK <>H LFCH Blend with PM Spirits and Prestige Ledroit taste?
Aggregated from 28 community reviews.
Creamy tropical Hampden blend, a touch young Well-liked among Hampden fans for its tropical fruit and "luscious mouthfeel," though more than one taster finds it young, with wood and distillate clashing and a finish that goes dry or short.
Hampden fans who like creamy, fruit-forward funk
Beginners and anyone wanting older, deeper Jamaican rum
How is Velier Hampden Habitation Velier 2024 LROK <>H LFCH Blend with PM Spirits and Prestige Ledroit rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict , 8.5 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 100% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Based on 28 ratings
Review by DomM
After a few less exciting HV release, I like this one very much. Intense and diverse tropical fruit basket on the nose. The <>H component is in the driver seat here. On the palate also very nice. Balanced with tropical fruits and quite some wood despite the moderate age. LROK is dominating here. All in all a very nice blend. The dirfeent marks work very well together, adding complexity. Moderate age brings a vibrant expression yet with „enough“ notes from the cask to add maturity and complexity.
Review by zabo
First of all, many thanks to adrianV for getting and sharing the bottle. Tasted it right after the 2014 Hampden Rumclub and my conclusion is that it tasted much better, even though it's a blend of different brands. Very cool bottling, unfortunately only available in the USA, otherwise I would go for it like a madman, definitely a hit in MaiTai.
Review by mto75
If you look at the cask strength, the ratio is 50% LFCH, 40% LROK and 10% <>H. Not an ester monster on the nose either, more on the fruity and spicy side, but all very harmonious. I almost like it even better on the palate, with marzipan and somehow wintry spice notes. A successful blend. Thanks to Adrian for the shared US souvenir
Review by Mirco
Solid Hampden with the expected ester and fruit notes, clean and typical. Fun in the glass, but offers no special surprises or unique selling points. A good, reliable representative, no more, but also no less.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,2:On the nose, fermented notes like cream, yoghurt, cheese, esters, overripe tropical fruits like banana and pineapple, red fruits, flowery, grassy molasses, vegetal with briny olive and sweet, roasted wood notes, smoky with cream toffee, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, the rum is funky, pungent, solvents are stronger, various burnt, roasted notes join like caramel, roasted nuts, spices like vanilla and anise. 8,4:On the palate, the attack is creamy, balanced with fermented notes like cream, overripe tropical fruits like pineapple and banana, lime, red fruits, vegetal, slightly bitter with briny olive, medicinal with esters, later rubber, as the wood is roasted, sweet with gingerbread, fruit cake, spicy with vanilla, anise, ginger.When the rum is well rested, dryness crawls in, the molasses becomes flowery, herbaceous, grassy and minty, joined by chilli. 8,1:The finish is medium long, very dry, slightly tannic, as various medicinal notes like soap, rubber, phenol, pair fermented tones with cream and tropical, citrus fruits, roasted wood notes, smoky and spicy.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Very tasty LFCH! You definitely can't complain. But overall still really young. I simply like the older Jamaicans more. But the alcohol is very well integrated and the finish is long-lasting.
Review by Serge
Actually delicious in comparison to the last HV Hampdens, but still a little too young for my taste. I think it lacks a little more depth through additional maturation. Apart from that, a good blend.
Review by Mentalo
Schöner Blend mit moderaten Estergehalt. Der Alkohol ist top integriert. Tropische Früchte, Marzipan, relativ viel Süße, etwas Holz. Der macht eigentlich nicht viel falsch. Allerdings fand ich ihn, je länger er im Glas war, immer flacher und leicht bittere setzten sich durch.
Review by Thunderbird
Ein Hampden-Blend von Velier für USA… und ich finde ihn recht gelungen..an der Nase, wie auch am Gaumen sind die die einzelnen Aromen der verschiedenen Marks gut erkennbar. Auch das Zusammenspiel ist gut ausgewogen und bekömmlich. Sehr leckerer Blend. Da hätte ich gern eine Flasche gehabt
Review by daiquiri_lab
The nose is the usual combo of grilled pineapple and ripe banana with smokey industrial tones and noticable wood, but the thing that really sets this blend apart is the incredible level of creamy output that this just trucks in on the palate, particularly with dilution. Rich tropical fruits flow out, with mango and cherry joining the party, but always with an expansive vanilla bean whipped cream aspect. There is a lot of density even with substantial water. Very pleasant to surf down its dilution spectrum. The finish is assertive and lengthy. It makes an incredible daiquiri as well.
Review by Djehey
Sample received from RumX :) Very nice hampden blend. We find the usual markers plus some tweaks like a smoky, ginger and creamy side. Length on the palate is not exceptional.
Review by Adrianv
Iam not Hampden expert to benchmark (yet), but I like this one a lot. Secured few bottles in NYC and tasted it at lical liquor store. This 2014 blend of LROK, <>H and LFCH is for US market only. Nose is accelerating to strong exotic fruits concert, some roasted bananas, smoke, mint and nice esters. Balances on palate, like velvet, fruity, floral, tropical bomb, lot of pineaple, nice finish, very good and also rare rum given it wont be available in Europe.. you can find it just few weeks after release on secondary market for double price... Preparing few samples for RumX community now:)
Review by Schnubbii
Nice blend with rather cozy esters. Rather short and somewhat flat on the finish. Still a nice piece, but you don't have to chase after it.
Review by julie
Able to try this thanks to Adrianv! Bursting with tropical pineapple and sour cherry, but also wonderfully creamy and buttery. It’s a real delight to sample this perfectly balanced rum. It even feels umami to me, especially in the aftertaste. There are fermented and smoky facets as well, which make the whole experience really enjoyable.
Review by Jakob
Great tropical aged Hampden. Rich fruit esters, hints of wood, dark spices. A little tart on the finish, without the final balance. Still of high quality overall, a very good release.
Review by Giuseppe Ambrosio
In the glass, it is quite viscous with a light amber color. On the nose, you can immediately tell that it is a Hampden, but the alcohol is very persistent, even after some time. On the palate, in addition to the typical fruit notes that distinguish it, the alcohol is very present and, in my opinion, not very well integrated, perhaps due to its young age. I find it very immature. The finish is short and the alcohol is still very persistent. P.S.: purely personal opinion.
Review by jayelle
Lots of ripe pineapple/banana, tropical fruit notes. Also some chewy creaminess. Not overly funkiness, but a very nice balance. Water is a must for this. Really opens up a lot with some dilution. My first Habitation Velier. Hopefully not my last!
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Details about Velier Hampden Habitation Velier 2024 LROK <>H LFCH Blend with PM Spirits and Prestige Ledroit
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by Velier, at 60%.
Community purchases
26 bottles logged by 17 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
23% opened, 1 emptied and repurchased.
What does Velier Hampden Habitation Velier 2024 LROK <>H LFCH Blend with PM Spirits and Prestige Ledroit cost?
Community paid €98–€188.
Current best price: €295.00 – above the typical community range.
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About the Hampden distillery
The Hampden distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Hampden have been reviewed 19,582 times with an average of 8.4/10.
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