Aroma visualization from community tastings
Corman Collins Hampden 35 Years Old HGML 1983
Ripe pineapple, mango and banana up front, laced with a clean solvent note and finishing on roasted, near-burnt wood and a wisp of smoke. Thirty-five years has rounded this HGML Hampden into something elegant and unusually mild at 55.3%. Several tasters flag an unexpected olive and marzipan note. A refined, complex pot-still Jamaican — not the raw ester bomb some expect.
The community says- Ripe tropical fruit
- Elegant, rounded
- Long smoky finish
View price history
+10 moreShopping safely on RumX Returns & cancellation
- Secure payment. You pay via RumX with PayPal, Klarna or card. Your payment data is encrypted and we never store your full card details.
- Clear seller. Sold and shipped directly by the partner shop. And you're never on your own: RumX handles support and communication with the shop, so you always get excellent service, whichever shop you order from.
- Honest shop ratings. The stars show your service experience with the shop, not the rum score. They come from RumX users, and critical ones stay visible.
- Returns & cancellation. Your purchase contract is with the shop, so returns and cancellations run through them under their own policy and your statutory rights. If anything goes wrong, RumX helps you sort it out.
The look inside the bottle
How does Corman Collins Hampden 35 Years Old HGML 1983 taste?
Aggregated from 28 community reviews.
Elegant, tropical old-Hampden with smoky roasted finish Loved as an elegant, rounded Hampden: tropical fruit, gentle solvent and a smoky, roasted finish. A few rank it just behind siblings from RA and CDI, but most call it excellent.
Experienced Hampden fans who want an aged, elegant ester profile
Anyone new to Jamaican funk or solvent notes
How the community classifies this rum. Each category takes you to similar rums.
Which glass for which rum? The community guide →
12 of 28 left detailed tasting impressions · Click an aroma to explore similar rums
Recommendation
Your next rum
Highlights from the community
How is Corman Collins Hampden 35 Years Old HGML 1983 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 9.0 sits in the “Excellent” band. 96% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
Community voices
What does the community say?
7% rate it between 6 and 8. 7 selected write-ups from 28 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Benoit Mahe
A great Hampden. Delicious, on the fruit with a hint of smoke and sweetness.
Review by Rhum Mirror 🇧🇪
The nose is very expressive and there's no doubt this is Hampden. The profile is elegant, with hints of olives, ripe tropical fruit and citrus. On the palate, the alcohol is perfectly integrated, it's complex and the taste buds take it all in. There are notes of solvent and olives, followed by more gourmand notes of banana and caramelized pineapple. It's an incredible velvet of gourmandise. The length is endless! This rum is incredibly smooth and balanced, and the 35-year wait was clearly worth it! I'm really lucky and happy to have been able to taste it, and even more so in my forties. If the price wasn't an obstacle (it currently sells for €1,000), I'd have a bottle and drink it by the bucketful. There's no doubt in my mind that it's a cut above the Famille Ricci 39 ans. Now all I have to do is compare it to its twins: Rum Artesanal, Kill Devil, Valinch & Mallet, ...
Review by Oliver
Dense, complex on the nose with lots of tropical fruit and (pleasant!) solvent. The great impression continues on the palate. Insanely complex and delicious Hampden. The 35 years of maturation have made the rum incredibly round and elegant. There is an exciting smoky note on the finish. Excellent Hampden!
Review by Carlitooo
Incredibly mild and balanced, the 36 years of waiting were worth it!
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Corman Collins is pretty good at picking their casks and this one is no exception. An intense profile with fruits and roasted wood. I'd say the roasting notes are close to burnt and it leaves a really nice smoky note in the empty glass. Made a note that the empty glass also had marzipan and caramel.
Review by lamb Dave
The aroma is very pleasant and comfortable. but…oddly, it has a significantly heavier ester(sense) and more open scent than either the little-higher-proof tropical HV HGML, the little-higher RA #211, #6, or the relatively lower kill devil. Complicated enough, I like it. round and not spicy, which I think is helped by the low alcohol level. The finish is long, as predicted by the smell and tasting. perfect abv for Hampden.
Review by Leo Tomczak
Im Direktvergleich gegen den RA und CDI als Verlierer vom Platz gegangen.
Expert reviews
2 critics scored it, averaging 9.2/10. Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum..
Expert review by Le Blog À Roger
Read full review →
Expert review by Tasting Bro's
Read full review →
Live auctions
Current bids for this rum at Europe's leading auction houses.
Market value
What this bottle last achieved at auction. A research indicator, not a forecast.
Auction results 773 € – 823 €
from 3 sales, latest 11/2024
Prices incl. buyer's premium — what a buyer pays, not what a sale nets you.
Avg. community purchase price 817 €
What members paid for this bottle, self-reported. Not a market value — the purchases are over three years old at the median and unverified.
Details about Corman Collins Hampden 35 Years Old HGML 1983
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by Corman Collins, at 55,3%.
Community purchases
12 bottles logged by 11 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
8% opened, 0 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for Corman Collins Hampden 35 Years Old HGML 1983?
Community paid 549–861 €.
What members actually paid for their bottles. A typical range, not the current shop price. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
12 purchased · 28 tasted · 22 wishlist · as of
Read on in the RumX Guide
You may also enjoy
Rum enthusiasts who like this rum have also given the following rums high ratings:
Hampden Rum Artesanal HD C<>H 1993
Hampden Rum Artesanal HD C<>H 1993Funky, drying old Hampden, all pineapple and ester
CoR Hampden Impressions (Collection New Vibrations) C<>H 1990
CoR Hampden Impressions (Collection New Vibrations) C<>H 1990Fruity old Hampden, gorgeous nose, short finish
Habitation Velier Hampden Single Cask Salon du Rhum LROK 2010
Habitation Velier Hampden Single Cask Salon du Rhum LROK 2010Intense, fruit-packed tropical Hampden LROK
Silver Seal Hampden <>H 1993
Silver Seal Hampden <>H 1993Gentle, fruity mature Hampden, a touch thin
Hampden Rum Artesanal JMC Distillery C<>H 1990
Hampden Rum Artesanal JMC Distillery C<>H 1990Rounded 33-year Hampden, pineapple and esters
Never miss a price drop.
Set a target price in the app, and we'll let you know as soon as the rum becomes available at that price from one of our partner stores. This works for any rum on your wish list.
Oliver · FounderBy rum lovers, for rum lovers
I'm Oliver, and RumX began in 2018 as a small passion project in Stuttgart, back then under the name Rum Tasting Notes.
What began as my digital tasting diary is now the world's most comprehensive platform for rum fans, today carried by a small team with Jakob, Lukas and Katharina, with Robert supporting us as a freelancer. We combine the collective intelligence of our community with an integrated marketplace, so you can choose with confidence, without paperwork, detours, or expert jargon.
Oliver, Stuttgart
About RumX →YouTube channel (in German)
