Category: Hampden Estate
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Kill Devil Jamaica 2001 Hampden <>H 17 Year – 58.8%
Kill Devil Jamaica 2001 Hampden <>H 17 Year – 58.8% Stats: 100% pot still rum from Hampden Distillery in Jamaica that was distilled in November of 2001, aged for 17 years, and released at cask strength: 58.8% ABV. This single cask rum was released by independent bottler Kill Devil in an edition of 288 bottles and…
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Hampden Estate Single Jamaica Rum 2010 LROK 11 year – 47%
Note: This review was written in October, 2021. I just found it in my archive having never published it. Some new information and personal perspective has been added. Hampden Estate Single Jamaica Rum 2010 LROK 11 year – 47% Stats: Distillery release of an 11 year, tropically aged, single marque expression from Hampden in Jamaica. At the…
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Rare Cane Jamaica 2001 Cask Strength Pot Still Rum (Hampden) – 57.6%
Rare Cane Jamaica 2001 Cask Strength Pot Still Rum (Hampden) – 57.6% Stats: Inaugural release from independent bottler Rare Cane out of Washington state. This is a single cask expression of Hampden pot distillate from 2001 that aged in oak for 20 years in the UK and was released at cask strength, 57.6%, without additives or…
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5-Star Rums of 2022!
My 5-Star Rums of the Year! This past year I purchased or sampled well over 100 rums, reviewed 30 of those, of which I gave eight a 5-star rating, indicating I enjoyed it enough to want a back up bottle. For the sake of this list, I’m only including rums that were new to me…
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Down Island Jamaica HD 2012 (Hampden) 10 Year – 60%
Down Island Jamaica HD 2012 (Hampden) 10 Year – 60% Stats: First Hampden release from new independent bottler Down Island from Hollywood, FL. This rum was distilled in Trelawney, Jamaica in a copper pot still in 2012, aged in American Oak (presumably ex-Bourbon – cask #66-03) for three years at origin followed by seven additional…
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Blackadder Raw Cask Finest Jamaica 2000 Hampden 14 Year – 57.4%
Blackadder Raw Cask Finest Jamaica 2000 Hampden 14 Year – 57.4% Stats: Independent bottling of a single cask Hampden distillate from September 2000 that aged 14 years continentally, rumored to be the LROK marque. Only 202 bottles were produced with no filtration or additives. Background: I first got to try this expression several years back in the…
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Hampden 2011 Endemic Bird Series “Pewee” 9 Year LFCH – 61.2%
Hampden 2011 Endemic Bird Series “Pewee” 9 Year LFCH – 61.2% Stats: This was a limited edition bottling as part of the Trelawny Endemic Bird Series. Certain markets in the US and abroad received single casks (~250 bottles each) of different single marque expressions from Hampden Estate. These were all distillery releases, not IB’s, and priced…
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Faultline Jamaica Rum (Hampden) 14 Year vs 16 Year
Faultline Jamaica Rum (Hampden) 14 Year vs 16 Year I was fortunate enough to be sent a sample of the Faultline 16 year old Hampden from a fellow r/rum Reddit companion so I thought it would be fun to do a comparison of it to my 14 year old Faultline/Hampden. Here we go! ***** Faultline Jamaica Rum…
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Hampden Great House – Distillery Edition 2020 – 59%
Stats: A limited release of 3000 bottles, made in copper pot stills, aged entirely in Jamaica, and bottled at 59% ABV, this blend consists of 80% of their lowest ester mark (OWH) from 2013 and 20% <>H (between 900-1000 esters) from 2017. Originally only available at the distillery, this is the second release that has…
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Golden Devil Jamaica (Hampden) 12 Year Single Cask
Stats: K&L Wines Exclusive Single Cask pick under the Golden Devil label of a 12 year, continentally aged Hampden Estate C<>H marque (1300-1400 esters), bottled at 64.1% ABV, with only 290 bottles produced. Nose: Delightful fruit bouquet… fresh pineapple, mango, and banana, not of the typical rotting or overripe funk variety, but more of a…
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