Hampden Estate 8 Year Old
Hampden Estate Ltd. · Hampden Estate Distillery, Trelawny Parish, Jamaica
Nose
Bold and unfiltered in character. The funk translates to extraordinary fruit intensity — tropical fruits, dried apricot, and a hint of bubblegum.
Palate
Very long, with waves of tropical fruit, funky esters, dark toffee, and a final earthy, almost leathery note.
Finish
Tropical Fruits, Banana, Molasses, Oak, Coconut, Toffee
- Base Ingredient
- Blackstrap molasses, fermented with proprietary wild yeasts
- Distillation
- Deep amber-gold with mahogany edges
Cocktail Suggestion
Hampden Jungle Bird: Combine 1.5 oz Hampden 8, 0.75 oz Campari, 1.5 oz fresh pineapple juice, 0.5 oz fresh lime juice, and 0.5 oz demerara syrup. Shake with ice.
Food Pairing
Jamaican jerk chicken with mango salsa.
Hampden Estate 8 Year Old is liquid resilience — 270 years of Jamaican tradition finally bottled for the world.
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