TRC Hampden Jamaica C<>H 1990
For seasoned enthusiasts: a legendary 1990 Hampden C<>H, 30 years old and cask strength, balancing grilled pineapple, overripe tropical fruit, esters and polished oak. RumX drinkers rave about its creamy texture, depth and near-perfect alcohol integration. With only 260 bottles and no added sugar, it’s a reference continental-aged Hampden for slow, focused sipping and high-end sharing among rum geeks.
- World‑class balance
- Deep tropical fruit
- Excellent alcohol integration
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Legendary, balanced old Hampden C<>H For seasoned enthusiasts: a legendary 1990 Hampden C<>H, 30 years old and cask strength, balancing grilled pineapple, overripe tropical fruit, esters and polished oak. RumX drinkers rave about its creamy texture, depth and near-perfect alcohol integration. With only 260 bottles and no added sugar, it’s a reference continental-aged Hampden for slow, focused sipping and high-end sharing among rum geeks.
Seasoned Hampden fans and ester lovers chasing top-tier, long-aged continental C<>H with intense but polished funk, deep grilled pineapple and complex oak spice at cask strength.
Beginners, those sensitive to high ABV, or drinkers who dislike funky, ester-heavy profiles and don’t want to pay premium, scarce-bottle prices.
How is TRC Hampden Jamaica C<>H 1990 rated?
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Review by Oliver
King's class! 🤴In a direct comparison, RumClub 1990 (26 years) is one point ahead.
Review by Thunderbird
A glass of Hampden history! It still has the classic Hampden essence, only much rounder, riper and extremely tasty 😋. A real treat! Many thanks to Dr. Django Today a small cross comparison with the RA JMC: The TRC is not as intense on the nose as the RA, but much more incisive and intense on the palate. The RA, on the other hand, is almost soft, but more "drinkable"! They don't give each other much... brilliant Hampden essence
Review by Sven
Didn't understand the hype around Hampden until I had this bottling in my glass. Lovely grilled pineapple and other typical fruits, vanilla and wood. Alcohol is excellently integrated. Fantastic rum, but unfortunately far too expensive.
Review by Adrian Wahl
Legendary bottle. Glad to have gotten a sample. Nose is super sexy. On the palate then comes to me almost a little too little, but maybe I just had too high expectations for this sample. On par with the TRC 26 in a direct comparison. Nobilis 93 is still a corner better for me personally. 02/2023 tasted again and remain at 92, horny stuff.
Review by SaibotZtar
Simply great ...
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Geiler sehr speckiger Hampden! Absolute Champions League und bis dato einer der besten Hampdens die ich bisher trinken durfte. Sehr ausbalanciert und lecker, da hätte ich nix gegen eine Flasche im Regal. 😁
Review by Jakob
Already very promising on the nose thanks to the outstanding balance of heavy tropical fruits, pastry notes, subtle lactic acid, spices, wood...impressive. On the palate, the promise made by the impressions on the nose is completely fulfilled - tropical fruits, citrus aromas, wood, spices, pastry sweetness, all in an almost perfectly rounded melange that is pleasantly round without being boring. Outstanding.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
04.09.2022 Meeting up for a nice after event party at my hotel. Good rum and food spread over a full day. Nose Intense, light wood, faint smoke, fruity, glue, ester, faint marzipan. Palate Medium intense, oily, light roasted wood, fruity, naturally sweet, light glue, ester. Finish Very long and warm, ester, light glue, pineapple, light wood, faint smoke.
Review by DomM
Little 1990 C<>H cross-tasting with 2x RA, RC Ed. 5, TWJ and TRC. Honestly, quite hard for me to chose a winner out of the TRC, first RA and first RC… The TRC is definitely amazing. High intensity, yet extremely well balanced with the alcohol being very well integrated. Doesn’t get much better I think.
Review by Leo Krüper
Relatively quiet Hampden. Very balanced and round. I had the tropical HV 2010 C<>H a week ago and it stomps this one into the ground. Tomorrow I will probably not remember this one. Too bad, but life goes on. Still nice balanced bottling, completely overpriced and virtually impossible to get.
Review by Christoph
Despite the relatively high ester content extremely mild and even relatively sweet in taste. The alcohol is extremely well integrated here. To the fruity notes, especially delicious pineapple you notice here clearly, comes something bacony, smoky spicy. The aftertaste is like pineapple from the grill, discreet but long lasting.
Review by cigares
Les esters piquent un peu au premier nez mais on sent aussi beaucoup de fruits, fruits tropicaux trop mûr, banane, ananas. Mais aussi colle à bois. Un côté beurré adoucit ce nez assez extrême. La bouche attaque en force, beaucoup de fruits différents, tutti frutti. Les esters sont plus discrets qu’au nez. Le boisé est très bien intégré. La finale est longue et savoureuse m, les esters remontent à la fin, une légère amertume soutient les arômes jusqu’à la fin. Un très beau Hampden continental.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,8:On the nose, esters and glue, intense, solvents, licorice, overripe tropical fruits like banana and pineapple, some orange peel, roasted wood notes like marzipan, confectionery, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, the molasses is grassy with hay, vegetal with briny olive, flowery and herbaceous, slightly sweet with honey, pairing overripe fruits, slightly pungent and barrel impact, balanced. 8,7:On the palate, the attack is balanced, sweet with honey, overripe banana and pineapple, some citrus fruits like grapefruit and orange peel, medicinal notes like esters, solvents, as the wood is spicy with anise, vanilla, oaky and nutty, mild bacon could be tasted, and molasses is vegetal with briny olive, flowery...on oxidation the rum becomes slightly astringent. 8,6:The finish is long, dry&tannic, the wood is roasted, smoky with crunchy bread, roasted nuts, spicy with anise, quite oaky, pairing slightly pungent tropical fruits, briny, earthy, herbaceous molasses and various medicinal notes. Due to RumX reviews, my expectations of this rum were a notch higher...
Review by mto75
verkostet mit dem Flensburg JMC,beide C<>H Marque, der Flensburg mit mehr ABV, der Rum Cask länger gereift. Im direkten Vergleich wirkt der Flensburg als hätte da jemand einen Turbo eingebaut, an der Nase krasse Noten nach vergorener Buttermilch und Zitrusfrüchten, fantastisch! Der Rum Cask wirkt dagegen fast etwas flach, d.h. deutlich ausgewogener, mit einer breiteren Fruchtpalette und Backgewürzen. Am Gaumen ähnlich, der Flensburg mit mehr Power und Säure, der Rum Cask runder und komplexer, auch etwas speckig-würzig.
Review by Frank
Eine volle und sehr runde Nase: intensive Frucht-Ester, etwas buttrig und deutlich vinegar. Es kommt sogar eine leicht speckige Nuance hinten dran. Honig, Mandarine und Ananas sind dahinter. Die typischen Klebstoff-Noten sind zu vernehmen und etwas trockenes Holz. Auch am Gaumen wieder intensiv und doch rund: feine Ester, leicht adstringent, jetzt ist die Reife Ananas vorne mit süßlich-bitterer Orangenschale. Wieder etwas leicht speckiges und ein wenig kräftige Pekanuss. Hinten und im Abgang zur Ananas leicht Anis. Ein toller, alter C<>H...
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141 bottles logged by 52,000+ RumX members. The ratio of closed / opened / emptied, indicates whether this rum is meant to be drunk or is a collector's item.
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About the Hampden distillery
The Hampden distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Hampden have been reviewed 18,347 times with an average of 8.4/10.
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