Hampden Estate's overproof bottling is its house rum at 60%, drawn from the same long-fermented pot still marks as the 46% version. It is full-flavoured Jamaican rum, with nothing added.
About This Rum
The rum is a blend of several Hampden marks, the distillery's ester grades, and the higher-ester components give it a sharp, fruity lift. It is pot distilled, aged in the tropics and bottled at 60% ABV without sugar or colouring, and the Pure Single Jamaican Rum wording on the label means it comes from one distillery and from pot stills alone. This 750mL bottle is the North American format.
Tasting Profile
- Nose: Roasted banana and pineapple, clove and nutmeg, candied lemon zest, then barley sugar and butterscotch.
- Palate: Stewed tropical fruit, mango and papaya cooked down to jam, with cinnamon, buttery pastry, liquorice and a wisp of coal smoke.
- Finish: Big spice and tarred oak, easing into butterscotch and mint.
Serving & Food
At 60% it works two ways. Sip it neat in a small glass with a splash of water to loosen the fruit, or use a measure as the backbone of a Mai Tai or rum punch. With food, think jerk chicken, grilled pineapple or coconut macaroons.
How to Enjoy
Tiki cocktails that need real Jamaican character, or an introduction to the Hampden style at full strength.
Product Details
Producer: Hampden Estate, Trelawny
Category: Pure Single Jamaican Rum
Style: Overproof pot still rum
Additives: No added sugar or colouring
ABV: 60%
Proof: 120
Country: Jamaica
Format: 750mL
About the Distillery
Hampden sits in Trelawny, on Jamaica's north coast, and has made rum on the same estate since 1753. Its method is old-fashioned: fermentation relies on wild yeasts and runs for up to three weeks, and the distillery keeps dunder (spent wash) and a thick, bubbling 'muck' that go back into the ferment to build the fruity, funky esters Hampden is known for.
For most of its history the estate sold its rum to blenders. The Hussey family bought Hampden in 2009, began laying down stock for their own label, and released the first Hampden Estate bottlings in 2018 under master distiller Vivian Wisdom.