Independent bottler Secret Cask presents a newly designed six-year-old Pot Still Rum from the Hampden Estate in Jamaica, aged in an American Bourbon cask, bottled in 2022 at 44%. With a lower alcohol content, this rum delivers delicious smooth, sweet notes of tropical fruit, buttery toffee and some vanilla.
Tasting notes
The extremely fruity nose deliver aromas of ripe pineapple, banana and vanilla.
The palate is balanced and well structured.
Hampden Distillery was founded in 1753 and is one of the oldest distilleries in Jamaica, producing Heavy Pot Still Rum. Its know-how has been developed and refined over generations. It is an art to produce high methyl ester rum from fermenters over a hundred years old - Hampden masters this art like no other distillery.With these SecretCask bottlings, we would like to present you with one of the most legendary rum varieties of Jamaica.Hampden rum is distilled from the company's own organic sugar cane molasses in a traditional copper distillery on a charmingly beautiful site in Jamaica dating from 1753. The secret of the casks is revealed to the connoisseur with every single sip.SecretCask is an independent Swiss bottler specialising in exceptional rum. Founded in 2017 by two friends, Markus Ramseyer and Christian Naef. Markus has been active in the world of whisky since 1998 and has built up an excellent reputation as a whisky enthusiast, collector and connoisseur.
