A few Hampdens

It has been a while. My apologies! RomDeLuxe Hampden “LROK” 2020 2YO (61,4%): A two year old LROK!? I am not sure if we need this but let’s taste it first! Nose: Lots of fruits such as pineapple, banana, strawberry but also honey, macadamia and many more. Something is odd here so I had to…

Hampden Time

After struggling with an illness for the last couple of days we are back with a few interesting Hampdens waiting on my table. The Whisky Jury Hampden 2012 10YO (58,4%): This should be “OWH”. Nose: Clearly Jamaican but not necessarily Hampden, I think that describes it quite well. This nutty profile profile is much closer…

Clarendon (Monymusk) 1995

Today’s Rums are all “EMB”s, a marque that turned out to be probably our favorite Monymusk marque. It refers to the Bog Estate, a distillery that has closed for good many, many years ago, but whose style has apparently been kept alive. There isn’t much information about the estate and essentially everything I know can…