Jamaica 2023 – Hampden C<>H Edition Yellow Catawiki - Oloroso

Jamaica 2023 - Hampden 1300-1400 GR/HLPA Oloroso

Region: Jamaica

Distillery: Hampden

Age: 1 year

Distillation: 06-2023

Bottled: 03-2025

Cask no: 135

Cask type: 1st fill Oloroso Sherry Hogshead

Still type: Pot (C<>H)

Maturation: Continental

ABV 62.3%

Vol. 700 ml

No bottles: 75

Tasting Notes:

“1,300–1,400 gr esters/hlpa here, so a proper C<>H. One must say, the ultra-young HDs from this series we’ve tasted so far have been nothing short of interstellar. Colour: full gold. Nose: UHU glue, formic acid, gherkin brine, and garlicky mussels in white wine. With water: more petrichor, fresh tar and black garlic. I find it utterly brilliant, I fear. Mouth (neat): as for the oloroso, who knows, but the rest – glue and salted liquorice galore – is utterly gorgeous. One just needs to enjoy this rather, let’s say, excessive style. With water: superb saline tension, marked by whiffs of acetone and ammonia. It’s absolutely mad, really. Finish: massive salty and ‘chemical’ bitterness, which inevitably pushes the drinker into a bout of introspection, something along the lines of, do I really like this, and if so, why do I like it, am I normal, will society judge me, etc, etc, etc. Comments: pure madness, the kind you simply won’t find in malt whisky; bacterial fermentation has clearly become the flavour of the day. Just saying…“

Note: SGP:374 - 90 points.

Source: whiskyfun.com