Hampden Estate 2016 The Younger LROK 5-Year

taste - 9/10
smell - 9/10
sweetness - 7.5/10
price/value rating - 9.5/10

This is a great bottling from Velier to an affordable price.
The nose is fruity with aromas of esters, pineapple, banana and citrus.
At the palate it’s fruity, funky and spicy with flavors of esters and pineapple.
The finish is long, fruity, spicy, fresh, dry and woody.
Picture: My opened bottle and a poured glass out in the Stockholm archipelago.

intense sweet tropical fruits, baked bananas, and spices on the nose. The palate offers a mix of molasses, funky fruits, and a spicy, woody finish. I would love to feel more esters to give higher rating.

Glue, flower, exotic fruit in aroma; sweet fruit start, light technical body; decent technical tail.

Good rhum 👍 *****хороший ром по хорошей цене *****

I am not a huge collector, so I don't have a lot of cherished rare bottles, but this is one that I dole out an ounce at a time, straight, as a look at what my golden mean is for Jamaican rums, as close to a one-size-fits-all burst of sippable hogo as I have found. Remarkably sippable for the amount of flavor it packs. It's like taking the charm of an unaged overproof and doing just enough aging to round out the rough edges of a younger rum without fundamentally altering or overlying its character with more "mature" elements.

As a newcomer to rum, this is a perfect bottle to help understand the impacts of aging has on spirits; you can really taste the "in-betweenness" of this and say, a Rum Fire and the Hampden 8. Inject this into my veins.

Rum zrál 5 let v sudech po bourbonu v tropech. Značka LROK (Light Rum Owen Kelly) značí 300 - 400 g/hlpa esterů; přesně má 314,8 g /hlpa esterů a 1567,1 g/hlpa těkavých látek.
Andělský podíl: 34%

Aroma: Na Hampden nezvykle zasmrádlé - shnilá jablka, citrony, nakyslost, travnatost, nemocniční dezinfekce.
Chuť: Ovocná žvýkačka, lehce kořenitá, medově sladká. Opět závan dezinfekce.
Dozvuk: Závan dezinfekce a kořenitosti, trpké sušené ovoce (švestky). Delší, lehce hořký.
Sladkost: 0/3
Zvláštní, zasmrádlý Hampden. Opět platí to, co u LROK 2011 - dobrý rum, ale díky přemrštěným investičním cenám je lepší pořídit 8yo či Overproof. 8-/10.

Al naso esteri, fermentato, frutta tropicale(ananas), solvente, note funky.
Al palato sempre esteri e fermentati così come formaggio stagionato, ananas,pepe, dal finale molto leggero e delicato

Az első hampdemem, nagyon finom és erőteljes rum. Karakteres hosszú lecsengés. Az adatlapon nem jól szerepel az alkoholtartalom mert "csak" 47%. Éljen Jamaica 😁

This is a stunner .

Nosing
Bannana,papaya and mango

Tasting
Heaven , more ripe Bannana , toffee and soft fruits

This is an amazing drop .

Hampden 2016 LROK The Younger combines the aromatic intensity of tropical maturation with the freshness of a young rum. With an ester content and an overall high proportion of flavour-bearing congeners, exotic aromas unfold from mango to fresh pineapple juice and orange peel to cloves.