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41D4AF5F-9916-452E-B88B-DBAD43C9B831Martinique Distillerie du Simon
HSE Single Malt Finish Islay Smokehead 2002 50cl bottle
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Rum Agricole · 6 years · 44%

HSE Single Malt Finish Islay Smokehead 2002

8.1/10Very good
Rated by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰, Martin Švojgr & 9 more ↓
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How does HSE Single Malt Finish Islay Smokehead 2002 taste?

Aggregated from 11 community reviews.

Oak Orange Smoky Lemon Banana Orange peel +4
Full aroma profile Aroma families · nose & palate · top aromas
On the nose
Smoky 2×Oak 2×LemonOrange peelPineappleBanana
On the palate
Orange 2×SyrupySourLemonOakTropical fruits

1 of 11 left detailed tasting impressions

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What does the community say?

8.1/10 Very good

11 community reviews
2 selected write-ups on this page, all of them in the RumX app

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Distribution of all 11 ratings
9–10 0%
8–9 55%
7–8 45%
6–7 0%
5–6 0%
4–5 0%
0–4 0%

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Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Apr 20217,207 reviewsDenmark
8.2/10

We had a go at several HSE today and I'm a bit tipsy from it.

16 found this helpful

Review by Martin Švojgr

Martin Švojgr
Martin Švojgr
Sep 2024414 reviewsCzech
8.0/10

very smoked

4 found this helpful

Community shelf

18 bottles logged by 17 collectors.

A drinker's rum.

44% opened, 1 emptied.

10 sealed 7 open 1 emptied

What did the community pay for HSE Single Malt Finish Islay Smokehead 2002?

Community paid 40–137 €.

Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 160 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ →

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Details about HSE Single Malt Finish Islay Smokehead 2002

A Rhum Agricole AOC from Martinique, distilled by Distillerie du Simon, at 44%.

DistilleryDistillerie du Simon
CountryMartinique
CategoryRhum Agricole AOC
StyleAged rum, Unsweetened, Rum Agricole
Raw materialSugar cane juice
DistillationColumn Still
ABV44%
Age6 years
Vintage2002
Limited editionYes
Sugar0 g/L
Volume50cl

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Distillerie du Simon

Distillery

Distillerie du Simon 

Avg Rating 8.0/10 340 Rums

Le Simon is Martinique's ghostwriter. It is the island's most technologically advanced distillery, yet it sells no rum under its own name, runs no public tours, and ages nothing on site. Instead it distils two of the most beloved names in Martinique agricole, HSE and, until recently, Clement, on stills moved here from their original homes. What you taste as HSE is, in fact, Le Simon.

Country Martinique Cane juice, not molasses 
Style Aged rum What counts as aged rum 

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HSE Single Malt Finish Islay Smokehead 2002
HSE Single Malt Finish Islay Smokehead 2002
Martinique · 44% · 50cl

Rating guide

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9.0–10.0 Excellent Stash as many as you can afford. Tell no one.
8.0–8.9 Very good your rum Bank a backup. Tell everyone you meet.
7.0–7.9 Good Buy one and recommend it to your friends.
6.0–6.9 Pleasant Solid, super glad I drank it.
5.0–5.9 Average Totally acceptable.
4.0–4.9 Drinkable Not vocally complaining.
3.0–3.9 Poor Wish I was drinking something else.
2.0–2.9 Very poor Nothing nice to say.
1.0–1.9 Unpleasant No, that's not for me.
0.1–0.9 Inedible Pour it out.