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Samaroli Hampden Trilogy Caksus LROK 2012
Opinions land all over the place here: fans of the LROK mark call it a balanced, floral Hampden with pineapple, marzipan and caramel, while ester chasers find it too tame — one calls it a "Low-Ester-Hampden." Expect tropical fruit, a bit of glue, leather and smoke at a firm 60%. Several note it needs air to settle the alcohol before it opens up.
- Pineapple and marzipan
- Long spicy finish
- Balanced Hampden style
+10
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How does Samaroli Hampden Trilogy Caksus LROK 2012 taste?
Aggregated from 48 community reviews.
Floral, fruity Hampden LROK, gentle on funk Well liked but not adored — a solid, fruit-and-marzipan Hampden LROK that funk hunters find a touch quiet. Give it time to breathe or the alcohol pokes through.
LROK fans and people who like fruitier, floral Hampdens
Ester hunters chasing brachial, high-funk Jamaican bombs
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21 of 48 left detailed tasting impressions
How is Samaroli Hampden Trilogy Caksus LROK 2012 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.1 sits in the “Very good” band. 93% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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44% rate it between 6 and 8. Selected write-ups from 48 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Based on 48 ratings
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Nice funky and salty apple Hampden! Very harmonious. Has something of the green Haribo apple rings only in liquid Jamaica funk form. I think it's awesome! 😄🍏 Also fruity for once, a slightly different style than usual
Review by cigares
Le jour 4 du calendrier Samples de Luxe. Regoûté un an et demi après. Une évidence de nez jamaïcain, raisins au rhum, glace Jamaïque en concentré ! Mais aussi du massepain et des agrumes. Bouche avec de l’alcool mais intégré, arômes funky sur la retenue. Des agrumes encore plus présents (kumquats). Un rhum moins démonstratif que d’autres, mais équilibré et savoureux. Une finale longue et riche mais pas très complexe. Décidément, et contrairement à beaucoup, j’aime beaucoup le mark LROK. On se sent à la plage avec un punch aux fruits tropicaux.
Review by Adrian Wahl
Relativ klassischer LROK. 80/100 Punkten
Review by zabo
Alles in allem ein solider LROK. Das Mark ist zwar nicht mein beliebtestes aber ab und zu zum easy Sippen für zwischendurch ganz in ordnung. Mir fehlt einfach hier der gewisse Funk. Fazit gut, aber für eine höhere Bewertung leider nicht gut genug.
Review by Martin Augustin
Karamell, tropischer Fruchtkorb mit viel Ananas und Marzipan strömen in die Nase. Sehr butttiger low Estee Geschmack, dafür ist der Alkohol sehr gut eingebunden. Leichte Jamaika Kost.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Finally back home in Denmark after a nice extended weekend in Rostock.Here is the final evening out where we started with the Samaroli Hampden Trilogy.The nose is fruity with esters, floral, vanilla ad caramel as well as light leather and tobacco notes.The palate is also fruity with esters and smoky wood, spice and leather as well as light solvent flavour.The finish is long and warming with wood, mango, caramel and a light nuttyness.This rum needs to rest for a while or the alcohol will disturb the nose and palate. Once rested it's a lovely release.
Review by Oliver
Beautiful low-ester Hampden.
Review by Jakob
Solid overall. On the palate with a slightly too dominant alcoholic impact, which only flashes briefly but is still recognizable. Even apart from that, this bottling is unfortunately not able to convince me of the LROK marque. Although the wood, spice and sweet notes emerge somewhat more clearly alongside the tropical fruit, I am more at home with the more brute esters in terms of taste and therefore miss the fireworks of the overripe fruit.
Review by Holle525
Einer der schlechtesten Hampden die ich je probiert habe aber immer noch ein guter Rum.
Review by Benoit Mahe
Le nez et la bouche sont gourmands avec un bel ananas caramelisé. Au nez on trouve aussi des notes florales, de fruits jaunes, de la poire et de massepain. La bouche est lourde, avec des esters légers. L'alcool n'est pas très bien intégrée. La finale est sur le cuir. Ça manque de texture, la finale est courte mais on ne passe pas un mauvais moment. Mis à côté du LROK officiel, c'est moins bon.
Review by Rumclub Latvia
For me too much wood. Should use less intense ex-bourbon barrel.
Review by Pavel Spacek
... 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"
Review by Johannes
Hier fehlt mir die Süße. Recht trocken, wenig Ester.
Review by Mathieu C.
Esters 200-400 g/hlap
Review by Rhum Mirror 🇧🇪
The LROK is very fine and fresh on the nose, it is rather floral in addition to the typical markers of Hampden.In the mouth it is powerful and funky as you like. It's heavy on tropical fruits and has a nice length on spices and some empyreumatic notes. It starts strong for the youngest and wisest of the bunch!
Review by Romanodeltauro
For me the least successful of the trilogy, even if very interesting. The mouth is very powerful, with nice fruit notes, but a little too much leather. The nose is below the HLCF for me. The finish is much longer than the other two, which is a positive point.
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Details about Samaroli Hampden Trilogy Caksus LROK 2012
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by Samaroli, at 60%.
Community purchases
27 bottles logged by 25 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
22% opened, 4 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for Samaroli Hampden Trilogy Caksus LROK 2012?
Community paid 96–169 €.
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27 purchased · 48 tasted · 2 wishlist · as of
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