HAMPDEN RUM FIRE

Volume: 0.7 litres | Alcohol content: 63% | Chill filtration: No | Colouring: No

Special Features:

Rum Fire expresses Hampden Estate's high-ester style as a white overproof rum. Its molasses undergoes a long fermentation with wild yeasts before being distilled in pot stills. This production method shapes its intensely aromatic character, with banana, mango and pineapple.

At 63%, Rum Fire is particularly suited to cocktails that call for an expressive rum, such as a Daiquiri. It contains neither added sugar nor colouring and is not chill-filtered. The bottle contains 0.7 litres.

Tasting Notes:

• Nose: The powerful nose combines fermented banana, pineapple and passion fruit with subtle tar and scorched sugar-cane syrup. With air, slate, medicinal balm, mustard seed, camphor and rubber emerge. Iris and dahlia complement the sugar-cane notes.
• Palate: The opening is lively and creamy, with plenty of pineapple and banana alongside savory, chervil, cress and rocket. A fibrous sugar-cane impression then appears, accompanied by a tarry note. On the back palate, lemon and grapefruit peel combine with sage, fennel, verbena, cumin and grey pepper.
• Finish: The long, intense finish begins with an impression of lemon yoghurt. Vegetal notes accompany lavender, rose, Williams pear and mirabelle plum. Sugar-cane blossom and linden honey appear on the exhale, while fermentation notes return in the empty glass.

Distillery/Bottler:

Hampden Estate is located in Trelawny, Jamaica, and dates back to 1753. For many years, the distillery supplied most of its rum in bulk to other businesses in Jamaica and abroad. Following its acquisition by Everglades Farms in 2009, it developed its own white and gold rums.

Hampden is known for its copper pot stills and the high ester content of many of its spirits. Esters are aromatic compounds that contribute to their distinctive aromas and flavours. Rum Fire continues this distilling tradition as a white overproof rum.

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