HD 1998, 23 years, Jamaica edition No. 6
An unnamed pot-distilled rum from a traditional 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 1998 vintage Jamaican 100% pot still rum that has been continentally aged for 23 years before being bottled in 2022. The rum has matured in an ex-rum barrel and was bottled at an ABV of 61,9% vol.
This rum is made from HLCF mark, and HLCF means Hampden Light Continental Flavored, with a high concentration of esters, i.e. from 500 to 700 gr / hlpa.
Jamaica 1998 edition no. 6
Region: Jamaica
Distillery: HD
Age: 23
Distillation: 12-1998
Bottled: 04-2022
Cask no: 6
Cask type: Ex-Rum
Still type: Pot
Maturation: Continental Ageing
ABV 61,9%
Vol. 700 ml
No bottles: 255
Tasting Notes:
“We've had another HD (remember, that's not Harley-Davidson) from the same series just last week, and thought it was brilliant. Of course this is Hampden, the marque being 'HCLF', so Hampden with 500-700 gr esters/ HLPA. Colour: straw. Nose: new scuba diving suit (isn't Christmas around the corner), balsamico, olives, pickled gherkins, carbon, new tyres, acetone… etc. With water: more acetone, nail polish remover, glue, tarry ropes ala Ardbeg, also dried rambutans and longans, which is very specific… Mouth (neat): superlative, immense, tarry, salty, briney, even a tad 'burnt', as in 'burnt tyres'. Perhaps a wee cup of onion soup? Some sweet chilli mix too. With water: good fun, the dried longans and rambutans are back. This one is very sensitive to H2O, the lower you go down the degrees, the sweeter it gets, which is not common either. Finish: long, acetic, sweet as well. Sweet tar, even orange liqueur and then a medicinal side in the aftertaste. Comments: I think I liked last week's HD even better, for it was drier and saltier, as far as I can remember. But a great Hampden, nonetheless.”
Note: SGP:663 - 90 points.
Source: whiskyfun.com
