Hampden Estate 8-Year

Has some body, fruity, pineapple, and bananas. Cinnamon sweet after notes.

- vůně typická Jamajka, sladké ovoce, ananas, hlavně kůže, mastnota
- chuť jamajka, 46% jemná, nasládlá, banány, mastnota

i don't have much to add to the reviews below, it is probably a love it - hate it rum, and i must say i do like it. Although it smells pretty weird in the beginning, if you let it rest for a while it becomes better. The taste is rich, fruity and sweet. Finish is lasting.

this is a great wild rum. i like the fruit and the low sweetness. definitely not for everyone.

At first the nose is ... awful. Like a chemical product in the painting industry ...
If you dare taste it, now it is different. You understand how particular rums can be according to the culture and style. This is form Jamaica. Wooden, dry, not round or sweet. More aggressive and energizing. Not my style but add 2 if it is yours !

The colour is naturally light and straw yellow with no trace of additives as suspected.
The nose is funky, very aromatic and teaming with rubber, ripe sweet banana, glue, coconut and medicin cabinet. Hints of vanilla also fade in.
The taste is medium to heavy bodied with the same notes found in the nose, complemented by honey, slightly toasted barrel and overripe pineapple, fading into a medium long finish.
This is classic and funky, fermented hampden, but not so much as to scare away newcommers to brand. Well done hampden (This review was done with the first release, with no age proclamation on the label)
To those that think this is more whiskey than rum, I would claim the exact opposite. This bottle of rum is as real as it get's:-) (8.7)

Wild rum with many different tastes. Strong and dry, mostly for more experienced drinkers looking for something different.

Lots of very strange notes like nail polish remover, paint solvent and paint stripper, also rubbery, but then again quite rich on tropical fruits. I generally like Jamaican rums and their funky edges, but here these notes are so overpowering they steer away too much from what I find attractive in a rum.

I wasn't sure what the fuss was about when it came to Hampden. I get it. Fantastic Jamaican rum. Has the strong Jamaican funk that you either love or hate, but then there's a bit more complexity than the standard Jamaican bottle like Coruba or Wray & Nephew. Would I pay double to triple the price of those other bottles? Eh. I'm not sure, especially if you're only going to use this in cocktails, but man I would love this as a gift.