Single Cask Rum, 'Jamaica - Hampden 2014'

• Single cask rum distilled by Hampden Estate in Trelawny, Jamaica, and bottled by Holmes Cay
• Diamond H (<>H) marque
• Produced from a blend of molasses, fermented sugarcane juice skimmings, dunder, and muck
• Open fermented for 10 days using ambient yeasts
• Double distilled in copper pot stills
• Aged 10 years; aged 4 years in Jamaica and 6 years in the UK before being bottled in New York State
• Big aromas of tropical fruit and caramel on the nose precede a bold palate of young pineapple, mango, pickled lemon, and allspice with ripe pineapple, espresso, and tobacco on the long finish
• No sugar, coloring, or other additives
• Non-chill filtered; 62% ABV

Holmes Cay’s first single cask release from Jamaica’s legendary Hampden Estate was distilled from one of the distillery’s high-ester marques, <>H or Diamond H, a Continental Flavored Rum (a high-ester style of rum traditionally exported for blending and flavoring) with ester counts between 900 and 1000 grams per hectoliter of absolute alcohol (g/hL AA). For reference, Hampden’s notoriously potent Rum Fire—a Light Continental Flavored Rum—may only reach a maximum ester count of 600 g/hL. The <>H marque is known for a particular concentration of fruity esters responsible for the distillery’s signature pineapple-and-ripe-banana-forward profile.