Hampden 2013, 10 years, Jamaica edition No. 15
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.
A 2013 vintage Jamaican 100% pot still rum that has been tropically aged for 6 years before being bottled in 2023. The rum has matured in an American oak cask and was bottled at an ABV of 66,8% vol.
This rum is made from <>H mark. It means Diamond H, with a high concentration of esters, i.e. from 900 to 1000 gr / hlpa.
Jamaica 2013 edition No. 15
Region: Jamaica
Distillery: Hampden
Age: 10
Distillation: 07-2013
Bottled: 08-2023
Cask no: 434968
Cask type: American Oak
Still type: Pot (<>H)
Maturation: 6 years in the tropics
ABV 66,8%
Vol. 700 ml
No bottles: 213
Tasting Notes:
Very high ester count here, <>H meaning around 1,000 g/hlpa and medium amounts of cane juice vinegar. Colour: gold. Nose: greatest of news, your brand new Pirellis have arrived! ß- this and only this. With water: all kinds of glues, Pattex, UHU, Loctite and compadres. Benzine. Mouth (neat): utter love for this. Dazzling mentholated caraway, loads of rubber and liquorice, some tarragon, salt, carbolineum, things reminiscent of 'that abandoned old petrol station', white balsamico (our Italian friends say that's not proper balsamico)… With water: we tamed it. It loves water. Seawater and drain oil. Finish: very long. Dazzling salted liquorice. Comments: I don't think there's much you can do against these 'chemical monsters' that are so close, in spirit, to the early Ardbegs. I mean, stuffs that we were not really supposed to drink in their unblended forms. Aren't we real rebels?
Note:SGP:464 - 91 points.
Source: whiskyfun.com
