Hampden Estate 8 Year Pure Single Jamaican Rum

Clean taste with nice sweetness, but the alcohol afterburn was too much.

Smokey was the first impression but then the caramel, light-bodied tropical fruits shown through the smoke. Part of the advent calendar day 4

Nose has rich sweetness, spice and caramel. Has a punch in the palate that you might not expect from a 46% spirit. Lots of resinous phenols. Long finish.

Great high ester Rum at a decent price. Very interesting HoGo flavors and aged to perfection.

N: Bananas, mint, and chalk first. Overall effect is medicinal and very funky. It's actually really hard to describe and I'm not gonna do it justice. Other fruits come later, then some brown sugar and cola. It's also herbal and grassy with some bitter tea-like characteristics. Then there's something like chilled vegetables in the nose - really stretching to describe this. It's odd, funky, not really engaging, but not so off-putting as to turn you off completely. P: Sweet, but not fruity. Tannic and bitter. Minty, herbal, and medicinal. Spicy and woody bite on the finish, and it builds nicely over time. There's not a lot in terms of flavor, just a lot of feel. Flavors really stay in the nose. This is reminds me of like a super funky white wine. Thinking of a really bitter and vegetal Sancerre I had once, for example. It's nice as a true curveball (or knuckleball, really), but it's hard to consider trying this again. Someone out there will super love it, but that's not me. I've actually enjoyed this bottle for being so different, but don't think I'll do it again.