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Rum Shark Hampden 2005
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Sipped neat is where this 15-year Hampden lives — 69% but so well-buried that one taster guessed 50% blind. Expect banana bread, dark chocolate, rum-soaked raisins, toffee and a big wave of oak from the tropical aging. Ester funk is there but softer than usual; a couple of tasters actually missed Hampden's usual bright freshness. Long, dry, warm finish.
The community says- Hidden 69% strength
- Banana bread, chocolate
- Keep in mind: Big oak presence
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How does Rum Shark Hampden 2005 taste?
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Wood-forward tropical Hampden, funk dialed back Many call it their best Hampden — funky, fruity and wood-heavy with a "smooooth" finish that hides the strength. A few miss the classic Hampden freshness and find it a touch heavy.
Hampden fans who want a wood-forward, high-strength sipper
Beginners and anyone wanting bright, light Jamaican funk
Style & occasion: Tropical & funkySipping neat
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28 community reviews
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Review by Galli33
This is a lovely, round LROK from Hampden 🤤 Sooo delicious, funky, sweet… with all the solid edges of Hampden. The 69% are integrated very well, blind i would say it has approx 50%. Very pleasant to drink! Nose: Funky, Ester, Fruity, Trop. fruits, prunes, pineapple, coconut, toffee, caramel, roasted, vanilla, oak(barrel) Mouth: dry, delicious, intense, complex, round, astringend, elegant, funky, full bodied, ester, fruity, coconut, pineapple, caramel, brown sugar, black tea, spicy, oak(barrel), leather, dark chocolate Finish: Medium, dry, delicious, astringend, tannins, trop. fruits, oak(barrel, vanilla, roasted, dark chocolate, leather
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
The nose is awesome and extremely complex. English Breakfast tea meets banana puree, prune and neat wood with some dark chocolate and toffee. For 69% very harmonious.Taste then an absolute explosion of fruit, spice and beautiful intense wood tones, if the thing is not minimum 80% tropical matured I do not know. Very intense after banana bread with dark chocolate coating, toasted coconut chips, rum raisins, roasted almonds, leather and honey, prune and date, allspice and dark caramel. Grandiose and incredibly tasty and drinkable despite 69%!!!Like tipping st. Lucia, foursquare and 94 New Yarmouth together. Really cool.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
29.10.2022 whisky & Rum Festival, nice event with a few friends and a few of our own bottles. Another really nice Jamaican rum. Intense and fruity with nice ester, chocolate and caramel. Very long, medium dry and warm finish with nice fruit.
Review by Pavel Spacek
... Hampden, the legendary Jamaican distillery that besides rum also produces alcohol for perfumes. In all rums from this distillery, you can smell wild esters, after which your whole body soaks up the scent of yellow tropical fruits - mango, papaya, pineapple, peach. One of the rums you "must try before you die".
Review by Sebastian Kornett
Great hampden very spicy finish. Makes really fun.
Review by Jakob
Seems a bit dull overall, the classic freshness of Hampden is somewhat lacking for me. Nevertheless, quaffable with heavy wood notes and nicely balanced sweetness.
Review by Johannes
Not much ester, but plenty of woody notes. Tastes almost tropical matured!
Review by Vinsdorf
Definitely the best Hampden I have had. Typical funky jamaica but the finish is so smooooth
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2 critics scored it, averaging 8.8/10. Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum.
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9 bottles logged by 6 collectors.
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11% opened, 0 emptied.
What did the community pay for Rum Shark Hampden 2005?
Community paid 146–550 €.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 508 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›
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Details about Rum Shark Hampden 2005
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by Rum Shark, at 69%.
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