STOLEN Overproof Rum

We found this rare stock at a historic, 250 year old family-run sugar estate and distillery in Jamaica, renowned for making some of the best heavy pot still rums in the world. Like other Jamaican rums, Stolen Overproof Rum uses dunder (the liquid left in a boiler after distilling a batch of rum) as a traditional flavor source. Unlike other Jamaican rums, this rum is the last of a 6-year aged rum distilled using very old, traditional pot stills; the same as those found in Scotland to make superior single malt whiskies. Mountain rain water collected by the estate’s own rain water retention system is a key ingredient. The sugar cane is grown entirely on the estate and hand-harvested by local farmers. The sugar cane mash is fermented using a proprietary yeast strand that is cultured in outdoor wooden vats. After the distillation, the rum is carefully matured in ex-whiskey barrels.

The result is a distinctively smooth 123 proof dark bronze rum with extraordinary complexity and depth of flavor. The nose is not the wet grass one might expect but rather offers a dose of white and black pepper spice married with charred oak and ripe banana. On the palate, there is a hint of charred vanilla along with notes of tangerine, banana, and pear. The rum has medium viscosity and lovely long legs, leaving a luscious light coat in your mouth.

STOLEN Overproof Rum Tasting Notes

Nose: White and black pepper, charred oak and ripe banana.

Palate: Charred vanilla, with notes of rich pineapple, banana and pear notes.

Finish: Medium viscosity, luscious light coating in the mouth.

Distillery Information

Hampden Distillery is the only distillery in Jamaica that specializes exclusively in the making of Heavy Pot Still rums. It prides itself in the Art of making High Ester Rums from knowledge handed down from generation to generation using fermenters made more than a century ago. Although utilizing the latest technology and equipments to ensure product quality, Hampden’s Master Distiller and Wash Masters pride themselves in predicting the outcome of each production run making the process an art as much as a science. It is this, the long history, the retention of skills, the transference of knowledge through the generations, the preserving of tradition, the use of fermenters that allows for the right yeast interaction with the carefully blended wash materials and the unique processing of it’s Lime Salts that makes Hampden paramount in the High Ester universe of rums. Hampden do not use commercial yeast but cultures, suspends and regenerate its own. It is for this reason that Hampden is privileged with having the most loyal of customers that vote their approval via their orders decade after decade. We are proud that some of our current buyers can tell stories of their grandfathers not only buying rums from the distillery many years ago but also supplying equipment for the sugar factory and spending summers at the estate

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