Category: Hampden

What Makes Jamaican Rum Taste So Funky?

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Overripe bananas. Tropical fruit. Fermented fruit. And sometimes aromas that are almost impossible to describe. If you’ve ever opened a particularly characterful Jamaican rum, you’ll probably know exactly what I’m talking about. It’s what rum enthusiasts often call Jamaican funk. Some people absolutely love it. Others find it a little challenging. But where does that… Continue reading What Makes Jamaican Rum Taste So Funky?

Comparing Barbados and Jamaica Rum: Who Wins?

Posted in Appleton, Barbados, Clarendon, Foursquare, Hampden, Jamaica, Monymusk, Mount Gay, New Yarmouth, Pure Single Rum, Rum, Single Blended Rum, St. Nicholas Abbey, WIRD, Worthy Park1 Comment

An answer to the age-old question of which is better?
Rum from Barbados or Jamaica.

Tasting Highlights from The Whisky Exchange Rum Show 2025

Posted in Antigua, Barbados, Belize, Black Tot, Don Q, DropWorks Distillery, Elixir Distillers, England, English Harbour, Fiji, Foursquare, Hampden, Havana Club, Ian Burrell, Jamaica, Long Pond, Rum, St. Nicholas Abbey, Tamosi, The Rum Show, The Whisky Exchange, Worthy ParkLeave a comment

Rum Tastings at The Whisky Exchange Rum Show 2025

Hampden Estate Pagos

Posted in Aged in ex-Sherry Casks, Hampden, Jamaica, Luca Gargano, Lustau, Pagos, Pure Single Rum, VelierLeave a comment

*REVIEW* of

Hampden Estate Pagos – the first 100% ex-Sherry Cask-aged rum

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Rums of the Year: 2020

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Rums of the Year: 2020.

A brief look back at a few of my rum highlights of 2020.

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2018’s Best Rums and Opinions on Rum’s Current Position

Posted in 2005, Antigua, Appleton, Barbados, Cane & Bean 1870, Compagnie des Indes, Dominus, Don Q, England, English Spirit, Foursquare, Hampden, Jamaica, Kill Devil, Luca Gargano, Martinique, Mhoba, Mount Gay, Neisson, Neptune Rum, Plantation, Premise, Principia, Rhum, Rhum Depaz, Rhum JM, Richard Seale, Ron, Rum, SMWS, VelierLeave a comment

Opinion on rum’s current position in the UK.

Are spiced rums good for rum?
Favourite rums from 2018.
Rum in 2019.
Is rum the new gin?
My top 3 rums of 2018.
My top 3 distilleries in 2018.

SMWS R7.1: “Welcome to Jamrock”

Posted in 100% Pot Distilled Rum, 16 Year Old Rum, Hampden, Jamaica, Pure Single Rum, Rum, SMWS, SMWS R7.13 Comments

SMWS R7.1: “Welcome to Strawberry Jamrock. Yeah Mon” REVIEW of SMWS’s latest Jamaican single cask rum (from Hampden).

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Velier Royal Navy Very Old Rum

Posted in 12 Year Old Rum, 15 Year Old Rum, 20 Year Old Rum, Blended Rum (a mixture of column and pot), Caroni, Guyana, Hampden, Jamaica, Luca Gargano, Rum, Rum from a traditional column still., RumFest 2017, Trinidad, Velier2 Comments

Velier Royal Navy Very Old Rum: REVIEW of a new Velier release.

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Adelphi Selection: Hampden 15yo

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Adelphi Selection: Hampden 15yo REVIEW

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Kill Devil Hampden 16yo

Posted in 100% Pot Distilled Rum, 16 Year Old Rum, Hampden, Jamaica, Kill Devil, Pure Single Rum, Rum, Vivian Wisdom3 Comments

Kill Devil Hampden 16yo REVIEW