Hampden Single Cask (Astor Select) HGML 2017
Everyone who's tried this lands in the same camp — if you already chase high-ester Jamaicans, they call it superb; if you don't, it's a wall. Overripe pineapple, mango and passion fruit pile up next to nail polish, glue and a strange savory, meaty streak. At 73.4% the heat is real, but tasters say it's well integrated. Dry, funky, long. Not a first Jamaican.
The community says- Overripe fruit funk
- Savory meaty streak
- But: Fierce at 73%
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How does Hampden Single Cask (Astor Select) HGML 2017 taste?
Aggregated from 9 community reviews.
Wild, dry ester bomb for Hampden fans The people who love ester bombs rate this near the top — wildly fruity, funky and meaty, bone dry on the finish. Everyone else should stay well clear.
seasoned funk chasers and Hampden collectors
beginners — the esters and 73% overwhelm
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How is Hampden Single Cask (Astor Select) HGML 2017 rated?
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What does the community say?
100% rate it 8 or higher. 4 selected write-ups from 9 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by LukaŽiga
9,3:On the nose, medicinal with esters, nail polish, glue, iodine, funky, fermented, overripe tropical fruits like pineapple, banana, passion fruit, mango, maracuja and kiwi hints, vegetal molasses with briny olive, roasted wood notes like pastry, burnt sugar, marzipan, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, guava, citrus and red fruits arise, slightly astringent, rum is intense, high ABV perfectly integrated, molasses is candied, floral, wood notes spicy with allspice, caramelized, metallic patina joins, some rubber. 9,2:On the palate the attack is intense, slightly bitter, funky with medicinal notes like esters, glue and nail polish, extremely fruity with fermented, overripe tropical fruits like banana, pineapple, mango, maracuja, passion fruit, strong guava, kater citrus and red fruits, papaya, as molasses is vegetal with briny olive, grassy, sweet with honeycomb and wood is roasted with marzipan, nuts, brown sugar, spicy with allspice, ginger, dry. 9:The finish is long, dry&tannic, medicinal, slightly chemical with phenol, fruity with banana, pineapple, mango, guava, mirabelle plum and citrus fruits, molasses is vegetal, sweet with honey, as oak smoky, meaty, brings caramelized tones.
Review by Skyfly
Blind, I would definitely have guessed a TECA. The aroma profile is just extremely meaty from nose to finish. The variety of tropical fruit aromas is definitely unmatched; accompanied by well-integrated esters, a bit of nail polish, and subtle wood notes. On the palate, it's quite dry, which intensifies in the finish.
Review by Ysmir
Poured from a sample. Simply put, this is an excellent rum. A stunning degree of balance with the over-ripened tropical fruits, powerful estery funk, and tropical maturation. There's this unusual savory component that presents as roasted oak on the nose, then turns into savory and decadent meatyness on the palate, along with everything else. Finish is long and very dense with shifting notes. This is not for the faint of hearts, but those who do enjoy these types of rums should find it brilliant.
Review by rbfsnow
Wow this HGML is from another world !
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Details about Hampden Single Cask (Astor Select) HGML 2017
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, distilled by Hampden, at 73,4%.
Community purchases
3 bottles logged by 3 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
0% opened, 0 emptied and repurchased.
3 purchased · 9 tasted · 7 wishlist · as of
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