Hampden 1990, 32 years, Impressions edition no. II LMDW "New Vibrations"
A pot-distilled rum from Hampden distillery in Jamaica. Jamaican distilleries are famous for using dunder or muck to create high concentrations of acids for use in fermentation. The end result is a menu of rums with different levels of that characteristic Jamaican "funk" and complexity.
Hampden 1990 was bottled at cask strength at 54,6%. This 32-year-old rum was aged continentally in the ex-rum cask. Only 228 bottles of this exciting rum with C<>H mark, meaning C Diamond H with a high concentration of esters, i.e. 1300-1400 gr/HLPA.
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Hampden 1990, 32 years,
Impressions edition no. II
Region: Jamaica
Distillery: Hampden
Age: 32
Distillation: 11-1990
Bottled: 09-2023
Cask no: 4
Cask type: Ex-Rum
Still type: Pot
Maturation: Continental Ageing
ABV 54,6%
Vol. 700 ml
No bottles: 228
Tasting Notes:
‘Fully aged in Europe. The marque C-diamond-H would suggest this long-fermented juice was harbouring 1300-1400 gr esters by HLPA at time of filling, which is a lot. Cane juice vinegar alert! Colour: white wine. Nose: someone in the neighbourhood has been burning old tyres for the whole day, while someone else was grilling sardines with olives and pickles on a rusty old barbecue that had been started with gasoline. Does that sound good enough to you? With water: no actual changes, just some new plywood from Ikea's and a little formic acid. Mouth (neat): continental aging in 'old wood' lets the spirit travel very long distances while keeping fresh and never over-oaked. I believe this glory will remain totally fantastico until at least the year 2100. Well not this very one as they've bottled it, but any sister casks would probably live eternally. It is exceptionally varnishy, shock-full of olives, acetone, ammonia and just old-school glues. And salted liquorice, as usual. With water: the best vinegar ever, plus seawater, concentrated lime juice; pickled anchovies and various plastics and oil-driven elements. There are probably quite a few people who think we're crazy when we say we love this style. Finish: same for a very long time. Stunningly acetic, salty and petroly. Tar and a feeling of benzine in the aftertaste. Comments: ten times more rustic and even simple than the Neisson, but I love it just as much. The two sides of a gold coin.”
Note: SGP:473 - 93 points.
Source: whiskyfun.com
