Hampden Estate Pure Single Jamaican Overproof

Mon premier Hampden, aucun regret, le rhum jamaican dans toute sa splendeur...

taste - 9/10
smell - 8/10
sweetness - 6.5/10
price/value rating - 6/10

Quite special strong, very specific, something to remember

I am typically a fan of unaged or lightly aged rums so it’s tough for me to review this Hampden. It’s funky it’s hot it’s Overproof. It does make one hell of an old fashioned

A good amount of caramel and burnt pineapple but still pretty dry. Not as fiery as you might expect for the high percentage, but still fiery enough!
Probably the best overproof I've tried, but be warned - don't try and drink the bottle in a single session or who knows where you'll end up!

Toto je presne funky Jamajka akú si predstavujem. Vôňa sa rozprestrie do celej miestnosti a navodí tú správnu atmosféru. Je to úžasný Overproof plný chutí, jemne zahreje a v ústach zapojí každý chuťový kanálik. Doporučujem všetkým milovníkom overproof rumov.

Truly a great Jamaican single rum. Great synergy of spice, sweet, bite, and burn. Get this instead of Appleton. The aroma has intense notes of fruit.

intense but not that boozy, aroma and flavor changes continueously while the bottle opened. Nice overproof rum on its price range.

Aged 8 years in Jamaica
100% Pot still
Wild fermentation
Unsugared
Uncolored

Nose: Musky, caramel, smoke, salt, banana, spicy
Palate: Super "dark" and pungent. First comes a short wave of very salty caramel, then loads of pepperiness and loads of leather, smoke and oak, overripe bananas, some weird muskiness like
very dark seed oil of some sort, minerality.
Finish: Stays for a long time in mouth, especially the leather and musky aromas, after some time you get a hint of sweetness and vanilla.

Overall: Amazing rum, huge amount of pungency and flavour for not over the top amount of ester marque rum. Infact i would say this is like smith&cross cranked to a 10. Wonderful rum with wonderful heritage.

I appreciate this rum but not quite my thing unique funky island flavors, great scent like Hampden 8 but the over proof is hard to handle as a sipper, unlike Fourquare over proof. Still glad to have it in the collection.