Hampden Great House Distillery 2020 Edition - 59% 70cl

We've started to see more from this impressive Jamaican distillery in the last few years, especially own-label Hampden bottlings.

The Great House Distillery Edition has been released to mark their textbook style, which we can tell you is a must-try amongst the growing number of rums today.

A limited edition of 1,200 bottles which were originally only sold at the distillery and at special events.

Expect funky fruits along with tropical fruit and some savoury notes alongside.

Nose: Subtle and well balanced, very spicy with lots of white pepper and really heavy oak spices – almost bourbon esque in some ways.

Palate: All the usual suspects line up – Banana, huge amounts of vinegary slighty fermented Pineapple Juice, white grapes, green apple and subtle hints of peppery oak spice and ginger.

Finish: Savoury, the sweeter notes take a backseat to allow the now slighty musty and every so slightly salty and smoky woody oak notes come through and gently but never completely fade out.