Hampden Great House (Distillery Edition 2024)

Fruity, funky Hampden with bite

Expressive tropical nose
Classic Hampden funk
Vanilla sweetness
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Praised for a tropical nose of pineapple, banana and esters with vanilla, this 57% Hampden is fruity and woody; some find it sharp and young, better after breathing or mixed.

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    How does this rum taste?

    RumX members love the expressive tropical-fruit nose—pineapple, banana and estery funk—with a hint of vanilla. At 57%, the palate brings fruity, woody Hampden character; some find it buttery and balanced, others a touch sharp and young. Several suggest letting it breathe or enjoying it in a Cuba Libre or Mai Tai. A popular limited release (6,800 bottles) with 103 community reviews and strong buyer confidence.

    Aroma

    Tropical fruit Pineapple Ester Banana

    Taste

    Tropical fruit Woody Pineapple Ester

    How is this rum rated?

    8.3/10 103 reviews
    Top 39% Jamaica

    Freshly opened and tasted both neat and as a CubaLibre. Personally, I don't find it one hundred percent convincing neat, as it's a little too aggressive on the palate. Perhaps it should have breathed longer. But it delivers all the better in CubaLibre. I'll probably have to give it more time again.

    This Great House doesn't convince me at all. The nose is still the best thing for me. Beautiful esters, lots of fruit and subtle sweetness are perceptible here. On the palate, however, it loses me: initially a strong sweetness, then it immediately changes to a spicy woody side, fruit and esters are hardly recognizable...only the alcohol is quite well integrated. Funk has been completely lost here. The finish is dominated by spice... Clearly the weakest Great House bottling for me

    So, there it is. A little earlier and also much more available and in larger quantities. This range is clearly going downhill - as is the rum itself. While I find the combination of HGML and LFCH quite cool and interesting (I really liked the HGML in 2022), I find the maturity a little lacking here. Without knowing the blend and the age exactly, I would say that it could have stayed in the cask a little longer - especially the low ester part. I certainly won't be getting one this year.

    Didn't expect much... therefore not disappointed. On the whole a Hampden as you know it... Fruity, estery and funky ... for me completely dull and nothing that would justify the price. The rum has clear off-notes, tastes very young and bitchy with a disturbing (Virgin Oak?) influence. Quite ok in Mai Tai but doesn't win me over here either.

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    Details about this rum

    Country
    Distillery
    RumX ID
    RX21830
    ABV
    57%
    Category
    Pot Still Rum
    Bottled
    2024
    Made from
    Molasses
    Distillation
    Pot Still
    No. of bottles
    6,800
    Bottle volume
    70cl
    Price range
    <100€
    Type of spirit
    Rum
    Hampden 57% Great House (Distillery Edition 2024)

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    About the Hampden distillery

    The Hampden distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Hampden have been reviewed 15,886 times with an average of 8.4/10.

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