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Hampden Great House (Distillery Edition 2021) (RX10651)

The Great House (Distillery Edition 2021) is a limited release rum produced in Jamaica at the Hampden distillery. It has an ABV of 55% and is aged for 7 years. It has a complex nose with intense ester and solvent aromas, as well as tropical fruits, pineapple, banana, apple, mango and caramelized notes. On the palate it is dry and round with balanced flavors of oak, anise, roasted notes and cocoa. Most reviewers found it to be of high quality with complex flavors such as fruit, caramel and wood.

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What does this rum taste like?

The flavor profile of Great House (Distillery Edition 2021) is based on 163 user reviews. We have compiled and summarized the community's tasting notes for you, to give you an impression of the aroma and taste of the rum.

Highlights

  • Complex and intense flavors
  • Balanced with mild, spicy aftertaste
  • High ABV with fruity notes

Nosing impressions

Pineapple Tropical fruit Ester Solvents Woody Fruity Funky Spice Banana Mango

Taste impressions

Tropical fruit Spicy Woody Ester Pineapple Funky Honey Caramel Smoky Intense

Finish

Tropical fruit Spicy Peppery Leather Dry Smoky Barrel Vanilla Woody Cinnamon

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8.7 /10163 ratings

COMMUNITY RATING

Already 163 registered users have rated and tested this rum, leaving an average rating of 8.7 out of 10. A total of 6 users have marked this rum as their favorite (9+ points).

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8.9/10

It's very good very well done, The nose is extra! The ABV is a bit low. Too bad...


Aroma

Pineapple Ester Tropical fruit Apple Caramel

Taste

Tropical fruit Ester Caramel Funky Woody
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8.5/10

This is a really nice Hampden release. Very round and tasty with lots of fruits and a balanced level of esters. I do like it quite a bit - recommended. If you are a „drinker“ don‘t fall for any inflated „collectors“ prices, however. While this is nice, it is not outstanding and there are plenty of Hampdens available which can compete.


Aroma

Tropical fruit Ester Pineapple Solvents Funky

Taste

Tropical fruit Honey Demerara sugar Woody Spicy
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8.8/10

Compared to the 2020 version, less powerfull and woodier in the finish. Alcohol is integrated very well. Nose: Funky, Intense, ester, solvents, buttery, trop. fruits, Pineapple, banana, apple, overripe fruits, mango, caramelized, butterscotch, spicy, woody, roasted, oak Mouth: Funky, dry, round, delicious, balanced, Intense, Ester, spicy, oak(woody), anise, roasted, smoky, cocoa, trop. fruits, pineapple, tobacco, caramelized, Finish: medium-long, funky, dry, warm, ester, woody(oak), vanilla, smoky, leather, trop. fruits, banana, citrus


Aroma

Tropical fruit Mango Pineapple Ester Apple

Taste

Tropical fruit Ester Oak Woody Funky
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8.5/10

Slight devaluation after I tested it against GH 22 and GH 20

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8.7/10

Tasted as a 5cl sample.Olfactory initially a lot of natural yogurt / butter, fruit, leather and esters, as known from Hampden. Then intense flavor of fermented fruit / ester, spices and compared to other Hampdens I have tasted quite sweet after honey. Then a bit smoky in the finish. Alcohol is very well integrated and overall I like it very much. Edit: At the second tasting, instead of yogurt I have rather expired sour milk in the nose, which somehow does not smell disgusting but together with the fruit gives an interesting harmony.Edit 2: Sample empty, still wonderfully interesting rum with great flavor profile. Absolutely recommendable.


Aroma

Buttery Fermented Ester Tropical fruit Pineapple

Taste

Intense Tropical fruit Spicy Ester Honey
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9.0/10

With a to long finish this is the third release of Great House. This one is close to the other two, but I would have loved a higher ABV. In my mind that would have pushed the score a bit higher. I like the light smoky oak from nose to finish. On top of that there is fruit and a hint of caramel, tobacco and leather. The funk is there but the price to quality is very good.


Aroma

Pineapple Apple Smoky Oak Leather

Taste

Caramel Pineapple Banana Tobacco Funky
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8.9/10

On the nose beautiful fruity aromas of tropical fruits, mango, papaya, mirabelle and banana. Esters notes rather in the background.On the palate it continues fruity. Here also comes a pleasant note of confectionery and spices. Very round and successful. Fits naturally into the GH series. Soon again a cross tasting.


Aroma

Tropical fruit Mango Mirabelle plum Fruity Ester

Taste

Tropical fruit Spicy Honey
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8.6/10

Specifics from my comparative tasting with HD GH '19, '20 and '21:Nose: alcoholic, lots of pineapple and estersPalate: fruity and woody, tart, well-balancedAftertaste: mild, spicy, very balancedOf the three, the most balanced. Has enough power despite "only" 55%.

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9.2/10

Tasting day 1: Ananas! Nice nose and taste. There is a strong fruity sweetness, that goes on to a dry aftertaste. All sorts of esters play around, and I have them in an aftertaste even 1 hour later. Tasting day 2: I have some additional fruit in the nose, like pear, and the taste is much better to my liking, this time. I attribute this to giving the sample some additional time to breathe. Very good!


Aroma

Pineapple Ester Fruity Pear

Taste

Spicy Intense Fruity Tropical fruit Sweet
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8.7/10

Vitamin C fruits found in an alcoholic not quite pleasant spiciness, which fortunately comes only in the finish. In taste but super tasty with a nice fruit sweetness. Somewhat smoky, for my taste too little typical HD Ester notes, which are found here rather only in the nose.


Aroma

Smoky Pineapple Passion fruit Ester

Taste

Citrus Woody Smoky Honey
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8.5/10

This is tame but typical Hampden DNA: overripe pineapple and esters, rather young profile, slight wood influence, rather little depth.The mouth is more interesting: Super dry and after the pineapple ester program comes another salty, vegetal note that brings a level of complexity that the nose doesn't reach.The finish is pleasant, not overly long and without surprises. Alcohol is well integrated. At MSRP this is a super rum, but why exactly is there such hype around this bottling?


Aroma

Ester Pineapple Fermented Banana Woody

Taste

Pineapple Ester Tannins Woody Unknown
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8.8/10

im direkten Vergleich mit dem GH20. Erster Eindruck an der Nase: der GH21 hat mehr von den vergorenen Früchten, und auch die typisch buttrigen Noten, die es beim <>H Marque gibt, sind beim GH21 etwas stärker vorhanden. Der GH20 bringt mehr Balance zwischen Würze und Ester-Noten mit. Ob das an der etwas anderen Zusammensetzung liegt (LFCH/<>H vs OWH/<>H) oder gegebenenfalls einem etwas anderen Verhältnis der beiden Marques zueinander, kann ich nicht abschätzen. Der GH21 ist auf gewohnt hohem Niveau, aber der GH20 trifft es noch ein wenig besser für mich.


Aroma

Fermented Tropical fruit Apple Spice Red fruits

Taste

Tropical fruit Honey Peppery Olive Cocoa
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8.8/10

Deutlich milder als die Vorgänger. Auch durch die 55%. Angenehm zu trinken, aber keine Offenbarung wie die Vorgänger.

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8.8/10

Très joli nez mais bouche bien en-dessous du 2020

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8.7/10

The most balanced of the 3 releases so far. Great Hampden for relaxing evenings!

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8.8/10

Third expression in the Hampden Great House series, this one has all the characteristics of Trelawny rums: there is a god amount of funk (with tropical fruits such as banana, pineapple and mango, but not so overwhelming as a CH marque), than a fair amount of mineral and flower that creates a very elegant background. I also sense a sweet and tart note, such as a delicious cream with some lemon peels. To round up everything, there is leather and some wood for some depth! On the palate, it as a very silky texture, ages away from the typical roughness of other wild Jamaican rum… Definitely worth buying it ;)


Aroma

Tropical fruit Ester Pineapple Banana Funky

Taste

Tropical fruit Ester Honey Intense Funky
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8.7/10

A typical Hampden with character. The nose is very fruity, concentrated on tropical fruits (mango, passion fruit, banana and pineapple) and is guided by notes of esters, solvents, spices and wood, enhanced by a floral touch. In the mouth, we are on a rather heavy and powerful profile on which smoky, fermented, spicy and honeyed notes come to disturb the initial fruity frame. The finish is long and diverges sometimes towards fruity and floral notes, sometimes towards spicy, smoky and vanilla notes, which end on a bitter note. A rum at once complete, greedy and powerful.


Aroma

Ester Solvents Flowery Fruity Overripe

Taste

Ester Fermented Warm Intense Funky
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8.6/10

This could have been one of my daily goto rum if it where easier to get hold of. Now in 2023 it’s still really good


Aroma

Tropical fruit Buttery Funky Woody Pineapple

Taste

Tropical fruit Spicy Funky Woody Pineapple
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8.8/10

Dans la continuité des deux batchs précédents.


Aroma

Caramel Pineapple Mango Chocolate Fresh

Taste

Ester Tropical fruit Spicy Apple Caramel
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8.8/10

Quel régal pour un Jam si jeune. Complexe, avec des arômes bien développés. Super jus 😍


Aroma

Tropical fruit Pineapple Woody Solvents Ester

Taste

Tropical fruit Woody Spicy Caramel Ester
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8.8/10

Vergleich zwischen 19, 20 und 21: Im Vergleich am meisten Ester und Wumms und das trotz nur 55 % statt bisher 59 % (19 und 20). Weniger buttrig als der 20er. Dafür mehr Süße. Bisher mein Favorit von den 3, wenn auch nur knapp.


Aroma

Tropical fruit Ester Spice

Taste

Tropical fruit Ester Spicy Woody Sweet
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8.8/10

Für mich bringt der Great House 2021 alles mit was ich mir wünsche von einem Hampden. Ester, Funk aber auch ein ausgewogenes rundes Trinkgefühl, was ich eigentlich nur von älteren Hampdens kenne. Hier punktet der Blend. Wie viele Andere auch finde ich die Ester Bomben von Hampden sehr geil. Aber der 2011er Velier LFCH war schon immer einer meiner liebsten. Das hier ist die totale Steigerung davon. Die 55% find ich passend und nicht störend.


Aroma

Fruity Pineapple Banana Caramelized Woody

Taste

Fruity Pineapple Ester Woody Toasted
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8.4/10

Ich bevorzuge den 2020er.


Aroma

Pineapple Tropical fruit Ester Caramel Apple

Taste

Spicy Tropical fruit Woody Alcoholic
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8.7/10

Velmi dobrý rum bohatý ve vůni i chuti, estery a tropické ovoce.


Aroma

Complex Pineapple Cocoa Funky Banana

Taste

Complex Tropical fruit Dark chocolate Floral Citrus
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8.5/10

50% LFCA 2011 50% <>H 2018 Im direkten Vergleich mit ‘19, ‘20 und ‘22: ganz neue Zusammensetzung, geschätzt 710 Ester und damit mehr als Doppelte wie die beiden Vorgänger; wenig intensiv, wie der 19er, in der Nase und mehr Essig; am hellsten zusammen mit dem 21er, mehr Ester und speckig am Gaumen. Nase: als erstes angenehme Ester mit einem deutlichen Anteil Essig, wirkt auch leicht buttrig. Dahinter auch gleich Ananas mit Zitrone und Banane. Er bekommt hinten raus mehr Karamell und etwas Holz. Von der Nase Vorberichte der schwächste von allen bisher. Am Gaumen deutlich anders als die Vorgänger: ein höherer Ester-Anteil, der hier aber mit deutlich Umami, fast schon Speck hinterlegt ist. Wirkt dadurch fast cremig. Dann natürlich wieder Ananas und Karamell mit süßer Lakritze. Gefällt mir!!


Aroma

Ester Vinegar Pineapple Marzipan Lemon

Taste

Ester Umami Bacon Creamy Licorice

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What are the specs of this rum?

Country
Distillery
ID
RX10651
ABV
55%
Made from
Molasses
Distillation
Pot Still
Age
7 years
No. of bottles
2400
Bottle volume
70cl
Price range
Under 250€
Category
Rum

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About the Hampden distillery

The distillery Hampden is located in Jamaica. Rums from Hampden have been reviewed 6,665 times with an average of 85/100.


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