Cadenhead Hampden

Dai · Post by **Dai** » Fri Dec 26, 2014 6:59 am

I'm in the middle of a glass of the Hampden by Cadenhead a 12year old pot still rum I've added 10ml of water which you have to let the glass sit for 10/15 mins. I have to say it's a nice rum deep liquorice taste is the main taste sensation I'm not one for picking up a multitude of flavours just the basics for my palate. I can't tell you what the gnat had for breakfast when he pisses in my glass. I'll leave that to the frozen one. The flavour remind me of mount gilboa not the exact flavour but the same vain so to speak. Yes a bottle of this would definitely go down well.

Rum-pelstiltskin · Post by **Rum-pelstiltskin** » Fri Dec 26, 2014 7:24 am

I've a bottle of Hampden Estate Gold which is VERY Jamaican. Almost Smith and Cross like. Much heavier than Appleton's such as the VX or Reserve.

Dai · Post by **Dai** » Fri Dec 26, 2014 8:00 am

Rum-pelstiltskin wrote:I've a bottle of Hampden Estate Gold which is VERY Jamaican. Almost Smith and Cross like. Much heavier than Appleton's such as the VX or Reserve.

Nice to know. I've seen it advertised but never read a review.

Hassouni · Post by **Hassouni** » Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:50 am

Rum-pelstiltskin wrote:I've a bottle of Hampden Estate Gold which is VERY Jamaican. Almost Smith and Cross like. Much heavier than Appleton's such as the VX or Reserve.

Remember Smith & Cross is a Hampden product

Dai · Post by **Dai** » Fri Dec 26, 2014 1:44 pm

Hassouni wrote:
Rum-pelstiltskin wrote:I've a bottle of Hampden Estate Gold which is VERY Jamaican. Almost Smith and Cross like. Much heavier than Appleton's such as the VX or Reserve.
Remember Smith & Cross is a Hampden product

I'll have look those two up in the new year. Also the wife threatened to buy me the Cadenhead for my birthday in Feb I might hold her to it.

Dai · Post by **Dai** » Fri Dec 26, 2014 1:49 pm

http://www.hampdenrumcompany.com/distillery.html
http://hampdendistilleryjm.blogspot.co.uk/

Just for a read over the holidays

Rum-pelstiltskin · Post by **Rum-pelstiltskin** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 10:56 am

Dai wrote:
Hassouni wrote:
Rum-pelstiltskin wrote:I've a bottle of Hampden Estate Gold which is VERY Jamaican. Almost Smith and Cross like. Much heavier than Appleton's such as the VX or Reserve.
Remember Smith & Cross is a Hampden product
I'll have look those two up in the new year. Also the wife threatened to buy me the Cadenhead for my birthday in Feb I might hold her to it.

Drink Supermarket have the Hampden Gold. Around £17 a bottle. If you like Jamaican style then its well worth a try. Similar to Myers's but without the treacly molasses

Dai · Post by **Dai** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 3:13 pm

I'll checkout the Hampden Gold.

Kevin · Post by **Kevin** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 4:36 pm

Denizen's new Merchants Reserve rum has a nice full body similar to Smith and Cross. Both have Hampden Estate rums in the blend. Love them both.

Dai · Post by **Dai** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 5:16 pm

Kevin wrote:Denizen's new Merchants Reserve rum has a nice full body similar to Smith and Cross. Both have Hampden Estate rums in the blend. Love them both.

Sounds interesting. Pity though so much rum out there and so little money to buy it. Not sure it's in the UK yet.

Dai · Post by **Dai** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 10:08 am

The new Mezan has come.

Post by **Capn Jimbo** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 1:37 pm

Dai wrote:http://www.hampdenrumcompany.com/distillery.html
http://hampdendistilleryjm.blogspot.co.uk/

Just for a read over the holidays

A nice read indeed. Managed to snag a pic of Hampden's classic pot with two thumpers - one for low wines, one for high - with a tubular condenser, all copper. This is a magnificent setup. What happens is that the wash is distilled in the pot still, with the vapors running through a smaller, first thumper filled with low wines (first run distillate). This increases the alcohol somewhat. The vapors from the first thumper bubbles up through the second thumper, for the same purpose (further distillation), then the final vapors are condensed by the tubular condenser at the end.

This is a first class, classic rum setup. The actual purpose is to avoid having to distill twice with the pot still, and achieve a similar result by the further distillation in the thumpers. It is fair to call this a classic, pot stilled rum. This system was common in Jamaica, and is still used to their great credit. This is the way rum should be made, with the proviso that no additives or further tweaking occurs (unlikely as pot stilling is MUCH more flavorful and unique than any column or Coffey output).

Dai · Post by **Dai** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 3:24 pm

Dai wrote:The new Mezan has come.

Trying a glass of the Guyanese rum and all I'll say as it's the first glass is, go get you some. This stuff is really nice. It's not a heavy rum like ED more akin to a Barbadian rum sort of. Well worth £33

https://www.masterofmalt.com/rum/mezan- ... -1998-rum/