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The most outspoken rum there is
Where most distilleries finish their fermentation in a day or two with cultured yeast, Hampden lets it run for up to fifteen days with what is naturally in the air and in the vats. Added to that are dunder and muck: residues full of bacteria from earlier batches.
That yields extremely high ester values, the compounds that make rum smell of ripe banana, pineapple and solvent. Distillation is exclusively in copper pot stills, in batches of about seven hours.
The eight bottles we stock
The Hampden Great House Distillery Edition 2024
Great House Distillery Edition 2024.
€ 119,99
Hampden Estate Great House Distillery Edition 2025
Great House Distillery Edition 2025.
€ 119,99
What are esters, and what does DOK mean?
Esters are aroma compounds that form during fermentation and distillation; they give Jamaican rum its fruity, almost solvent-like character. Jamaica has established marque codes for the ester content of a batch. OWH is the lightest, with forty to eighty grams per hectolitre of pure alcohol; LROK sits around two to four hundred; DOK, at fifteen hundred to sixteen hundred, is the legal maximum. Hampden makes them all.
Wakefield, Trelawny
- The house in brief
- 1753The year the estate bears.
- 2009The Hussey family buys the estate.
- 2010Maturation is taking place on site again.
- 6Copper pot stills.
Hampden is in Trelawny, the parish in north-west Jamaica known for its heavy rum style. The estate dates back to the eighteenth century; since 2009 it has belonged to the Hussey family.
There are six copper pot stills, including a John Dore from 1960. The molasses comes from their own cane and is fermented unpasteurised, precisely because the wild yeasts and bacteria have to do the work.
Since 2010 the rum has again been aged on the estate itself instead of in Europe. In that climate six to seven percent evaporates per year; a fifteen-year-old Hampden is therefore a rare thing.
Fifteen days of fermenting on whatever naturally lives in the vat.
Where best to start
Start with the Pure Jamaican Rum. That is the bottle with which the estate returned as its own brand in 2018, and the best introduction to the style.
The Overproof at 60 percent is not heavier in taste but in strength; it is often used in tiki cocktails.
The Great House editions are released annually in limited numbers. Call 0570 541 278 if you would like to know what is in stock now.
Frequently asked questions about Hampden Estate
How many bottles of Hampden does ’t Bockje have in stock?
8, from the Pure Jamaican Rum to the fifteen-year-old and three Great House editions.
What makes Hampden special?
Fermentation lasts up to fifteen days on wild yeast, with dunder and muck added. That gives extremely high ester values.
What are esters?
Aroma compounds that form during fermentation and distillation and give rum its fruity, almost solvent-like character.
What do codes such as LROK and DOK mean?
These are Jamaican brand codes for the ester content of a batch. LROK is around two to four hundred grams per hectolitre of pure alcohol, and DOK, at fifteen to sixteen hundred, is the legal maximum.
Where does the rum mature?
Since 2010 on the estate itself in Jamaica, in ex-bourbon casks. Six to seven percent evaporates per year.
Which Hampden is best to try first?
The Pure Jamaican Rum.
Order, collect or drop by
- In stock in our shop at Brink 2 in Bathmen
- Available to order online and have delivered, including abroad
- Order online or collect in Bathmen
- Personal advice via 0570 541 278 or info@bockje.nl
- Opening hours: Tuesday to Friday 09.00–18.00, Saturday 09.00–17.00. Closed Monday and Sunday
Wij verkopen geen alcohol aan personen onder de 18 jaar. NIX18.
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Wij verkopen geen alcohol aan personen onder de 18 jaar. NIX18
- Tuesday to Friday 09.00 – 18.00
- Saturday 09.00 – 17.00
- Monday and Sunday closed