Tag: Hampden

  • Kill Devil Jamaica 2001 Hampden <>H 17 Year – 58.8%

    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…

  • Hampden Estate Single Jamaica Rum 2010 LROK 11 year – 47%

    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…

  • Rare Cane Jamaica 2001 Cask Strength Pot Still Rum (Hampden) – 57.6%

    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…

  • 5-Star Rums of 2022!

    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…

  • Down Island Jamaica HD 2012 (Hampden) 10 Year – 60%

    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…

  • Blackadder Raw Cask Finest Jamaica 2000 Hampden 14 Year – 57.4%

    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…

  • Hampden 2011 Endemic Bird Series “Pewee” 9 Year LFCH – 61.2%

    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…

  • Faultline Jamaica Rum (Hampden) 14 Year vs 16 Year

    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…

  • Golden Devil Jamaica (Hampden) 12 Year Single Cask

    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…