CoR Hampden Jamaica Ed. 17 DOK 2015

Balanced DOK with vanilla, wood and fruit

Balanced for DOK
Vanilla and wood
Tropical fruit
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Balanced, cask-influenced DOK with bourbon vanilla, wood and tropical fruit over tamed funk; powerful 68.9% that many soften with a few drops of water.

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    How does this rum taste?

    RumX members love this unusually balanced Hampden DOK: bourbon vanilla and wood smooth the high-ester funk. Expect tropical fruit, solvent notes and a touch of milk chocolate with plenty of power at 68.9%—many add a few drops of water. With 25 community reviews, this limited 297-bottle release is a rounded, tropical-aged take that fans enjoy for its character and intensity.

    Aroma

    Tropical fruit Vanilla Woody Ester

    Taste

    Tropical fruit Barrel Ester Solvents

    How is this rum rated?

    8.4/10 36 reviews
    Top 33% Jamaica

    The cask definitely did quite some work here. On the nose I get a lot of wood and bourbon vanilla alongside roasted nuts. For a DOK nose, this is remarkably balanced and „round“. No questions asked: there is still plenty of funk with solvent notes and rich tropical fruits. Wood, chocolate and a lot of vanilla on the palate with plenty of power. Again there are tropical fruits, some funk and chemical notes. Yet this is all very much tamed by a lot of bourbon cask notes and not quite the „hammer“ I’m used to from other DOK bottlings. Looking at this bottling versus the DOK rare cask (RX13401), I can only reiterate how much work the cask has done here. Compared to the (older) RC bottling, the cask influence - vanilla in particular- has taken over too much to let the DOK funk fully shine. While you can find some DOK markers as said above, the balance in the RC is way better delivering a more complex profile with much more emphasis on rich fruits and spices. That being said, I still think this is a nice bottling and very enjoyable. It just doesn’t hit the DOK characteristics very much anymore.

    Die Nase ist für einen DOK überraschend recht verhalten. Es sind zwar die klassischen Marker vorhanden, aber man muss sich schon sehr darauf konzentrieren. Der Gaumen ist allerdings enttäuschend.. von den tropischen Früchten ist wenig zu finden, die Ester werden von einer metallischen Bitterkeit begleitet.. dieses setzt sich auch im Abgang fort. Wer starken Holzeinfluss mag, ist hier gut aufgehoben. Bei einem DOK erwarte ich aber etwas anderes und das ist Funk!!!

    #5607 Enjoyed at the Colours of Rum tasting at the German Rum Fest 2025. Now we're getting somewhere. Full power on the nose and palate. A nice intense and fruity profile, but it has a few edges and I think leaving for longer would hav benefitted it a lot. Still very fruity with lots of esters and fruits and a hint of flowers.

    Messebewertung: Ester stark, tropische Früchte auch, aber nicht spezifizierbar. Viel Lack. Hatte auf Grund der hohen Bewertung mehr erwartet, kann dies aber nicht bestätigen. Alkohol gut eingebunden, aber im Charakter allgemein zu schwach

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    Details about this rum

    Country
    Distillery
    RumX ID
    RX23917
    ABV
    68,9%
    Category
    Pot Still Rum
    Vintage
    2015
    Bottled
    2025
    Cask number
    #2
    Mark
    DOK
    Made from
    Molasses
    Distillation
    Pot Still
    Age
    9 years
    No. of bottles
    297
    Bottle volume
    70cl
    Price range
    <250€
    Type of spirit
    Rum
    The Colours of Rum • Hampden 2015 &nbsp; 9yr &nbsp; 68,9% Jamaica Ed. 17 DOK

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    About the Hampden distillery

    The Hampden distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Hampden have been reviewed 16,058 times with an average of 8.4/10.

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