Hampden Estate 8-Year

I love everything about this rum. From the nostalgic medicinal looking bottle to the statements about “tropical aging”. I just imagine this rum fermenting in a humid hot open air jungle facility. The muck pits and dunder just reeking and bubbling in the hot sun.

I was at my local liquor store deciding between a bottle of something when the staff member I usually get bourbon advice from said, “you ever try Jamaican rum?” I said I had and I enjoyed it. He directed me to Hampden 46 and Overproof stating I couldn’t go wrong with either. Boy was he right!

Nose is slightly sweet to me, kind of jungly. Not at all overpowering alcohol. It’s got a molasses and pineapple scent to me. Less banana than some other Jamaican rums. Palate is very slightly sweet, with tropical fruits and finishes with an almost acetone bitter bite but in the best way possible. The finish is almost like the nose but spicy and oaky. It’s long and sits with you for a bit. It leaves a bananay taste in my mouth I can’t get enough of.

The liquor store staff member told me if I didn’t like it to try it a week later. Well I liked it
right away but it has truly only gotten better with each tasting. It reminds me of the first time I had an islay scotch like Ardbeg or Bruichladdich Port Charlotte. I loved it and I didn’t know why. That’s how the Jamaican funk is too and Hampden is that funk done beautifully and unapologetically. Thank you Hampden!

This rum are Lying between a good sipping rum or a mixer rum, Think it Got to much smoky cast taste for mixing, but it can Be use for sipping.

Hampden Estate 8 Years Old - ямайский ром из одной из старейших и самых известных винокурен Карибского бассейна. В Хэмпдене создается характерный фруктовый и мощный стиль, который очень нравится фанатам спиртных напитков во всем мире. У этого нового официального розлива Хэмпдена есть крест во всех правильных областях: ром хранится исключительно в тропиках (8 лет) и разливается в бутылки с 46% -ным содержанием спирта без добавления сахара или красителя - трудно приблизиться к ромовой нирване. !

chutnal..............................................ANO

Very in your face and upfront with its style. Love it or hate it. I'm in the former

Great funky Jamaican rum. Complex taste, enough fruits, wood, rotten leaves and bananas. No artificial sweetness, all character. Slightly too woody for me perhaps, but still a classy drink.

Nose: Light (by Hampden's standards) yet fragrant. Dates, almond skins, day-old raisins, and blueberry jam. Of course, there's also the quintessential pineapple but surrounded by aromas like muesli, banana puree, and adhesives. Traces of vanilla and cherries, too.

Palate: The mouthfeel is oily but, in a way, is also effervescent. Pineapples and citrus at the arrival, with blueberries, oats, and tisanes trailing behind. A hint of yeast. Creaminess follows afterward, along with light cinnamon and white pepper.

Finish: Oak, dark cocoa powder, and dusty fabric. Long and gradually becomes more tannic.

Copper in color
With fruity, almond and spicy nose.
On the palate little sweet followed with quick and surprisingly intense whiskey flavors.
Taste clearly stronger than the declared 46%

Un nez petrolé mais pas trop, un touche de caramel et d'alcool, un final présent.
Une belle réussite

This is my most expensive bottle to date. I was expecting lots of funk. What i got was lots of oak and a little funk. A little disapointed overall. You can spend half and get s good bourbon or rye.