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Hampden Great House (Distillery Edition 2024)
The surprise here isn't the fruit — it's the wood. The nose is classic Hampden: pineapple, banana, glue, overripe tropical funk. But the palate turns roasted, spicy and young, with a virgin-oak edge and a heat several tasters call sharp. Some love the fruit-bomb funk; plenty rank it among the weaker Great House years. Opinion genuinely splits.
The community says- Tropical ester funk
- Pineapple and banana
- But: Sharp, hot palate
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How does Hampden Great House (Distillery Edition 2024) taste?
Aggregated from 143 community reviews.
Fruity Hampden funk, but woody and young Loved by some as a fruity, funky flavor bomb; others find it young, woody and too sharp neat. Widely seen as one of the weaker Great House editions.
Fans of Hampden ester funk and tropical-fruit pot still
People who dislike sharp heat or young oaky rum
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85% rate it 8 or higher. 19 selected write-ups from 143 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by zabo
Most helpful positive review
Freshly opened and tasted both neat and as a CubaLibre. Personally, I don't find it one hundred percent convincing neat, as it's a little too aggressive on the palate. Perhaps it should have breathed longer. But it delivers all the better in CubaLibre. I'll probably have to give it more time again.
Review by Thunderbird
Most helpful mixed review
This Great House doesn't convince me at all. The nose is still the best thing for me. Beautiful esters, lots of fruit and subtle sweetness are perceptible here. On the palate, however, it loses me: initially a strong sweetness, then it immediately changes to a spicy woody side, fruit and esters are hardly recognizable...only the alcohol is quite well integrated. Funk has been completely lost here. The finish is dominated by spice... Clearly the weakest Great House bottling for me
Review by Serge
So, there it is. A little earlier and also much more available and in larger quantities. This range is clearly going downhill - as is the rum itself. While I find the combination of HGML and LFCH quite cool and interesting (I really liked the HGML in 2022), I find the maturity a little lacking here. Without knowing the blend and the age exactly, I would say that it could have stayed in the cask a little longer - especially the low ester part. I certainly won't be getting one this year.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#4902 Whisky Live in Paris 27.09.2024-30.09.2024. Another great event meeting a lot of RumX new and old friends. This year three weren't as many new releases as in 2023, but I still had a great time. Nose Fresh, medium intense, light wood, fruity, light mint, light pineapple, light earthy, light orange, faint chocolate. Palate Round, balanced, light wood, fruits, light coconut, faint pineapple, faint mint, faint earthy, faint herbal, sweet. Finish Medium long, round, balanced, sweet, fruits, light orange, faint chocolate, light caramel, light wood. This has been turned into a mainstream release and they are close to each other. Would have loved a higher ABV and more "umph" in the profile.
Review by Basti
I quite like the nose with lots of fruity notes, especially pineapple and mango. I also perceive floral/flowery aromas and some vanilla. Unfortunately, it completely fails on the palate. Very unbalanced, pungent and peppery. One of the weaker GH releases for me.
Review by Adrian Wahl
Doesn't pick me up completely. Somehow not round. Woody, but still young. For me, one of the worst in the series. Solid but not super good. Now comes the Mai Tai test
Review by Leo Krüper
Solid Hampden without recognition value
Review by Aussierumfan
Not massively impressive overall but the typical hampden notes are still there. On the nose typical hampden, tropical fruits, banana, pineapple and funk. Fruity on the palate but its a bit out of whack and rough. Punchy.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,6:On the nose, the first impression we get are estery overripe tropical fruits like pineapple, banana with roasted, spicy wood notes like caramel, vanilla, as the molasses is vegetal and unavoidable nail polish. On aeration, we get some nice nutty pastry with mango and cherry, grass notes, nicely round. 8,6:On the palate, the attack is fruity and woody with overripe tropical fruits, dried ones with figs, the wood is roasted, dry, spicy with burnt sugar, caramel, vanilla, salty.The molasses is vegetal with an olive, hay, artichoke. Very creamy vanilla with strawberries, citrus balances vegetal notes very nicely, as some licorice also pops up. 8,5:The finish is long, dry, fruity with overripe tropical fruits, the wood is roasted, creamy, spicy, the molasses vegetal.Some earthiness crawls in with peat...In the end very balanced. Very consistent...underestimated, more balanced as 2023, 2022 Edit:16.3.25 Well, tasty, 0,1 up
Review by SaibotZtar
Didn't expect much... therefore not disappointed. On the whole a Hampden as you know it... Fruity, estery and funky ... for me completely dull and nothing that would justify the price. The rum has clear off-notes, tastes very young and bitchy with a disturbing (Virgin Oak?) influence. Quite ok in Mai Tai but doesn't win me over here either.
Review by Banana Joe
By and large as expected. Fits seamlessly into the range, no outlier up or down. I find it better than the 2023 and worse than the 2021. A whole bottle is only worth it for the collection.
Review by Schnubbii
Typical Hampden nose. A little rough and "unrefined" on the palate. Not really bad, but still quite young, also lacking a little refinement and maturity. For me personally, the weakest Great House so far.
Review by Timo Groeger
Also muss sagen der Great House 2025 war doch etwas besser. Hoer haben wir allerdings aucj den typischen Hampden Funk. Ester und tropische Früchte, vor allem Banane und Ananas. Etwas Vanille ist am Gaumen aber auch noch erkennbar.
Review by abaker-rum
This expression of Hampden has a much more muted nose than some of the other offerings. It has a solid mix of banana, caramel, oak, and some funk. It does leave me with a heavy toasted oak barrel after taste.
Review by Martin Ekrt
Compared to GH21, I find this one a bit more estery, you could say sweeter. Maybe it reminds me of Younger. Very good for me. A lot of esters, molasses, pineapple. Molasses on the finish, caramel, overall it sounds like something from Guyana. Quite different from GH21, but I'd rate it the same. Both are good rums. Edit: this is the first time I'm testing this one and I'm not changing anything on the rating. It's a good vintage
Review by Jarek
Whisky Live Paris 2024 (trade fair evaluation, only overall rating and personal recommendation to buy): In a few words: Stable. On first impression, I didn't notice anything that would make the GH 2024 stand out from the previous GHs. I would like to have more of this, but not necessarily a whole bottle.
Review by DomM
Classic Hampden notes on the nose with grilled pineapple and some wood. Fruit acids are a bit too intense for my liking. Funky on the palate, again with some fruit acid. Feels a bit young and harsher in comparison to the previous editions.
Review by TheRhumhoe
Un Hampden dans la pure tradition et sans fioriture. Le nez est orienté sur le funk des esters, de la colle et du vernis à ongles, mais aussi sur des notes fermentées qui partent vers les fruits tropicaux (ananas, banane et mangue notamment). Une trame de fond sur la vanille et des accents plus rôtis se fait sentir et ajoute un peu de cachet à ce nez des plus classiques mais bien exécuté. Le rhum est assez direct, vif mais reste gourmand en bouche. La ferveur se fait également sentir avec les fruits tropicaux, les esters, mais aussi le beurre et le sucre brulé qui amènent une direction plus pâtissière au profil. Si la vanille est toujours présente, le ton devient plus sec en bouche, notamment en raison de la montée du boisé et du piment au palais. L’alcool est bien intégré. La finale est de bonne facture et laisse toujours cette trame boisée et vanillée en suspens, mais avec un peu de cuir en supplément. Orange, ananas, banane et esters s’ajoutent au bouquet final pour apporter rondeur, équilibre et funk. Un Hampden simple et efficace, facile d’approche mais qui manque peut-être un peu de profondeur par rapport aux autres cuvées Great House.
Review by Master P
I must honestly say that it is one of the most unspectacular Hampdens. The smell is ok, like tropical fruits with slight hints of funk and ester. The taste is very weak and quite sweet. The finish is extremely short, a pity...
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Details about Hampden Great House (Distillery Edition 2024)
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, distilled by Hampden, at 57%.
Community purchases
343 bottles logged by 262 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
14% opened, 18 emptied and repurchased.
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Community paid 81–127 €.
Current best price: 109.90 € – within the typical community range.
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+23 purchases in the last 3 months.
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All releases in this series
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Hampden Great House (Distillery Edition 2020)
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Hampden Great House (Distillery Edition 2021)
Hampden Great House (Distillery Edition 2021)Fruity, funky Hampden that drinks smooth
Hampden Great House (Distillery Edition 2022)
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Hampden Great House (Distillery Edition 2023)
Hampden Great House (Distillery Edition 2023)Rounded, fruit-forward Hampden with tamed esters
Hampden Great House (Distillery Edition 2024)
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