Sold outDec 2022In short · Hampden (Jamaica), 21 years.
“An abundance, or even better an explosion, of esters centring mainly on strawberries either dowsed in vinegar or petrol with further aromas being marker pens, pear drops…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS R7.4 is a single cask of Hampden, in Jamaica, 21 years old, bottled at 54.7%, released in the Dec 2022 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered R7.x is from Hampden.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
In Trelawny, Jamaica, Hampden was founded in 1743 by Archibald Stirling and has changed less than any distillery on the island. Molasses ferments for up to two weeks in open cedar vats with wild yeasts, dunder and muck from its pits, then runs through pot stills only, giving some of the most ester-laden rum in the world: funky, fruity, wild. Hussey family's.