Hampden Great House (Distillery Edition 2022)

Mega Great House! Was so disappointed in the 2021. the 2022 is really fun.

I like it well. Is of course always particularly strong when you open the bottle fresh. But from memory, I would definitely say that the banana (and also very slightly strawberry) here already makes a difference to the 21 and 20. Just on the nose, there's a wonderful note of föambé banana playing around the pineapple. Yum.

A great Hampden, but which Hampden isn't ;-) The typical ester smell is immediately apparent on the nose, and I found that sugar was also clearly recognizable during the first smell test. Then it subsided when you let it breathe. Then beautiful tropical fruits on the palate. Delicious.

Artisanaly balanced, very fruity with oleasing intensity. The aromas are very very fruity, and oddly satisfying to nose. I get some pineapple, mango, kiwi, but also a bit of darker notes. The palate is fresh, sour, fruity. I had dominant berries flavours with slight tannins present. The finish is quite long and pleasant. Very nice rum!

The 22 is again a really good blend. From memory I locate him rather direction of the 21s, the 20s was still somewhat more balanced.

Fruity, captivating aroma, wonderfully oily texture, perfectly integrated alcohol. The only slightly irritating thing is that the rum does not run down the glass in expected streaks, but rather forms clear drops on the glass wall. But that does not detract from the great taste, of course.

I like it better than the GH 2021 - without having drunk them side by side. Alcohol is super integrated. For me, it's also clearly ahead in a direct comparison with the Great House 2023.

In direkt comparsion to the 2021 version, again less powerfull, seems diluted 😉. Alcohol is integrated very well. Nose: Classic Hampden with a nice smell of strawberries🤤 Yummy Mouth: Classic hampden with solvents, ester, overripe fruits and a lot of pineapple but with much less power to the 2021, more like a daily sipper. Finish: medium-long, funky, fruity, woody. My impressions of the Hampden GH series: 2020>2019>2021>2022

74% ‘19 HGML and 26% ‘11 LFCH On the nose intensely fruity and vibrant. The HGML component is driving the aroma with (over)ripe tropical fruits, lemon juice, splashes of vinegar, rhubarb and black olives. It’s young, and wild, but oh so inviting. In the mouth it opens fascinatingly mature and composed with wood, sugars and barrel spice, before the HGML takes complete control again. Butyric acids sneak up and ambush the tastebuds with highly fermented notes, as well as Greek yoghurt, lemon juice and lots of rhubarb. Solvents intersect and leave room for more discernible flavours such as yellow banana, red fruits (berries) and a hint of passionfruit. The finish is long, candied and -kind of- winterly, but with the butyric presence still lurking in the shadows. It’s bold, challenging, and above all: delicious.

It has all the typical hampden characteristics but is at the same time very balanced and lets you drink it very well. Complex to the right degree. Very good nose and round palate. I recommend buying the bottle. It will keep you company

Clearly fruitier than its brothers GH 21 and GH 20. The blend seems somewhat younger than in previous years.my ranking GH 20 > GH 22 > GH 21

This one lives up to its predecessors in quality. Price to quality is very good at release though it was gone in a flash from the stores. Well balanced and fruity with wood and vanilla as well as light ester notes. Love it but would have loved a larger release of bottles.

Hampden, Great House - both the distillery and the series are big names. The bottling from this year confirms the trend that has been apparent since the second bottling: younger and rather in the middle range of the ABV, far away from possible cask strengths. The blend this year consists probably to a large extent of a fairly young HGML, which is noticeable in the profile: many esters, thereby rather of the tangy variety, provide a fruity, almost going into the herbal flavor profile that one has found so far less in the other bottlings. Through the dilution, however, these esters are quite well-behaved and not too demanding and give for me a round overall picture. Certainly not the strongest of the series, but a tasty blend that you can drink well!

Have the 3 bottlings '20, '21 and '22 again directly compete against each other and have come to the conclusion that all 3 taste very good to me. The '22er is the most intense in the nose. The '20s I find the most elegant from the nose. The '21er, as the year already reveals, is exactly in the middle for me. In terms of taste, all 3 hit the mark for me. The '22er is here denoch in comparison again the most intense or the spiciest. As with the nose, my ranking is reflected here.