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Taste
Banana, Fruit schnapps, Fruity
Most mentioned across 14 tasting notes
- Perfect for
- People wanting an easy, funky Jamaican for cocktails
- Less suitable for
- Hampden fans chasing bold ester and a long finish
Hampden Gold
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One member summed it up as "try and mix this one with pineapple juice" — and that's really where this Hampden lives. Expect an estery, tropical nose of banana and pineapple, but a palate that's thin and fades fast. It's the light, budget-friendly end of Hampden: some funk, not much depth, short finish. A few tasters found real grapefruit and mineral notes neat, but most reach for it as a mixer.
The community says- Estery tropical nose
- Less suitable for: Hampden fans chasing bold ester and a long finish
- Keep in mind: Short finish
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From community reviews · summarized with AI
Light, thin Hampden best in a mixer Members see it as a lightweight, mixable Hampden with good value. Divisive: some enjoy the clean grapefruit-and-salt side neat, many find it thin, rough, and short on the funk they expected.
People wanting an easy, funky Jamaican for cocktails
Hampden fans chasing bold ester and a long finish
Style & occasion: Tropical & funky
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37 community reviews
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Review by Hogo Hobo
Most helpful positive review
Very pleasant surprise: fairly quiet nose (by hampden standards) palate was mineralic, dry, clean and superb grapefruit, with touches of olive and salt to finish. Not rough at all. Distillate still delivers at 40%.
Review by MarcT
Most helpful critical review
Only for mixing, to rough otherwise fory taste.
Review by Stefan Persson
Overall a rum with a rather typical Jamaican funky nose, but very soft and light at the palate that my son offered me a glass of. It’s probably a quite short aged golden colored rum produced by the Hampden Estate in Jamaica.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Try and mix this one with pineapple juice yuuuuum.
Review by Steffmaus🇩🇰
Tasted this in March 2021, and to me this likely goes better as a mixer, than drinking neat. Estery and spicy in the nose, and taste-notes of tropical fruits, which disappears fast and with very little lingering flavor
Review by Pavel Spacek
Pure distillate without esthers and everything that describes Hampden. Ooops
Review by Christoph
Hampden Funk at a bargain price. Here, the price-performance ratio is clearly considered, and for mixing not overly expensive cocktails, this is ideal.
Review by Montana
A slightly sweet and oily smell, some ester. The taste is first slightly sweet, then sharper, quite pleasant. The aftertaste is rather short.
Review by DerAlexausHRO
Neither pure nor in a Cuba Libre a pleasure.
Review by Portman
Unusually arbitrary for a Hampden.
Review by Han
Very good for mixing - very very good price performance
Review by Oliver
Nice entry level HampdenHas but little character. Relatively thin and short finish compared to its big brothers. Good PLV.
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Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
Read full review ›It could also replace Myers's in drinks where you maybe do not need the extra sweet treacle molasses flavour. This really is a very good example of a classic Jamaican gold mixing rum and one I would recommend you seek out. It offers a very punchy little alternative to Appleton...
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48 bottles logged by 39 collectors.
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52% opened, 13 emptied.
What did the community pay for Hampden Gold?
Community paid 8–19 €.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 17 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›
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Details about Hampden Gold
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, distilled by Hampden, at 40%.
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