Velier Hampden Trelawny Endemic Birds (Yellow Shouldered Grossquit) OWH 2012
Loved by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰, John Coffey & 4 more
For curious explorers of Jamaican funk, this 8‑year Hampden single cask at 60% is a dry, woody, slightly bitter take on the house style. Fruity notes, caramel and vanilla meet a warm, well‑integrated kick. Collectible, limited bottling with a more restrained ester profile than classic high‑voltage Hampdens.
Aggregated from 13 community reviews.
- Dry Jamaican profile
- Integrated 60% ABV
- Collectible single cask
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Aggregated from 13 community reviews.
Dry, woody, tamed Hampden funk For curious explorers of Jamaican funk, this 8‑year Hampden single cask at 60% is a dry, woody, slightly bitter take on the house style. Fruity notes, caramel and vanilla meet a warm, well‑integrated kick. Collectible, limited bottling with a more restrained ester profile than classic high‑voltage Hampdens.
Fans of Jamaican funk who enjoy drier, wood‑driven Hampdens and want a collectible single cask with solid intensity but not maximum ester madness.
Beginners, anyone seeking sweet, easy sippers, or Hampden lovers who only enjoy super‑fruity, high‑ester, explosive profiles.
How is Velier Hampden Trelawny Endemic Birds (Yellow Shouldered Grossquit) OWH 2012 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict , 8.0 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 100% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
A very nice interpretation of a Hampden, I would have loved a bit more kick to it. Fruity as expected with some vanilla and wood on the palate. The ABV makes it nice and warm but something is missing. In my mind it has been tamed too much.
Review by John Coffey
Vraiment impressionnant en terme de goût.. J'avais l'impression de goûter un monymusk et non un hampden.. C'est très différent des hampden à haut voltage traditionnel que nous avons l'habitude de goûter.. Ça manque un peu de punch je trouve.. Un goût de caramel et de boisé assez présent..
Review by Johannes
More on the bitter, astringent side.
Review by Filip Šikula
This series is more shelf stable than top rums for me, but it's still a very enjoyable Jamaica. Citrus notes masked by that odd bitterness for me. The high ABV is beautifully integrated, but it's missing something.
Review by zabo
Dank Johannes war es möglich diesen kleinen Birds Flight zu machen. Im Rennen waren 2xOWH, 5xLFCH (darunter den HV LFCH gemischt) und 2xLROK. Als Fazit meiner Seits, ab LROK machen sie mehr Spaß, die Low Ester Fraktion geht schon. Meiner Meinung nach, sind die Birds das Geld nicht wert, sondern eher ein Sammelobjekt. Große Unterschiede sind für mich nicht wirklich zu erkennen.
Review by Pavel Spacek
The rum was opened for ages, it could degrade the taste of the rum ... Hampden, legendarni jamajska destilerka, ktera krome rumu produkuje take alkohol do parfemu. Ve vsech rumech z teto destilerky ucitite divoke estery, po kterych cely vas organizmus nasakne vuni zluteho tropickeho ovoce - manga, papaji, anansu, broskvi. Jeden z rumu, ktere "must try before die"
Community purchases
23 bottles logged by 15 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
30% opened, 6 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for Velier Hampden Trelawny Endemic Birds (Yellow Shouldered Grossquit) OWH 2012?
Community paid €110–€305.
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