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CDI Hampden Jamaica High Proof DOK 2009
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The twist here: for a DOK — Hampden's highest-ester mark — this one leans savory. Several tasters pick up olive brine and Kalamata alongside the expected overripe pineapple, banana and nail-polish esters, with vanilla and milk chocolate underneath. It's heavy, intense and long on the tongue. A few feel the 55% dilution softens the fruit, but most still call it a fine DOK.
The community says- Wild ester funk
- Tropical fruit
- But: Savory olive note
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How does CDI Hampden Jamaica High Proof DOK 2009 taste?
Aggregated from 35 community reviews.
Intense, funky Hampden with an olive-brine twist Most rate it a good, intense DOK — heavy, funky, long finish. Some love the savory olive-brine twist; others find it lacks complexity or wish it had more punch than 55%.
Fans of high-ester Hampden funk
Anyone new to Jamaican rum or sensitive to esters
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Review by Insta: spiritofbernard 🇫🇷
Most helpful positive review
One of the best Hampden bottled by the India Company that I have tasted!
Review by Zorman 🇩🇰
Most helpful mixed review
Most impressive when nosing it. The funk is there, but had expected more in the palate based on the reviews and the fact it’s a DOK. Find it lacking complexity and the finish is too short and dominanted by the alcohol. Will have to give it a try again
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
On the nose interestingly here rather olive brine, perry and grape jelly, overripe fermented pineapple and almond pastry. The whole thing is then repeated quite similar taste only that the olive brine (black kalamata olives) together with custard and milk chocolate and overripe pineapple and banana in the interplay. Delicious but not quite as drinkable as the 60% and not quite as fruity as the 44%! But still a terrific DOK.Here definitely the exception where I taste the reduced alcohol better than the 55% for it beats the 60er everything!😅Really exciting what so different alcohol content make!
Review by RumTaTa
Second tasting: a trace of smoke or bacon is added. I correct my rating by -4 points, because I have since learned other and better bottlings. So the relation is right again. A typical representative but with turbo booster. Compared with the standard bottlings of Hampden both in the nose and on the tongue much more intense and differentiated. The rum stays on the tongue forever. I would not be surprised if I can still taste it tomorrow morning!
Review by DomM
Intense and powerful. Compared to the 12y RumClub 09 DOK, it feels like „not quite there yet“ - a couple of years more aging really pushed the rum forwards.
Review by Santo
Another bottling spoiled by dilution, the taste of olive and brine bothers me a little but it's still a good fruity Rum even if I'm not a fan of continental aging.
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 zabo
Nach den ganzen Guyana Rums, die ich vorher im Glas hatte ein schöner Gegenpol dazu. Ein schöner DOK, aber leider kein Überflieger. Vielleicht hätte diesem ein bißchen mehr ABV gut getan. Trotzallem ein feines Tröpfchen.
Review by John Coffey
A great hampden with all these markers without being too strong
Review by Luca
On Christmas Eve 2022 together with the 44% and the 60% variant in direct comparison. Heavier and less fruity than the 44% variant. Very similar to the 60% variant You have to know what you're getting into with this one. Very intense, heavy and abrupt...a massive DOK indeed. For me, this vintage is a very special, because it is clearly different in profile from the younger ones and has a lot more to offer in terms of fruit and complexity.
Review by Filip Heimerle
Prijemny hampden
Review by Ba_rum_ka 🤎
Na me ještě ne… vůní ano, chutí ještě velmi ostré… vím - vědomě - že kvalitní, ale na mě šíleně “jamajkový” 😅🫣😅
Review by Viet DO PHAN
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Avg. community purchase price 103 €
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42 bottles logged by 37 collectors.
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30% opened, 5 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for CDI Hampden Jamaica High Proof DOK 2009?
Community paid 73–135 €.
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Details about CDI Hampden Jamaica High Proof DOK 2009
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by Compagnie des Indes, at 55%.
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