Hampden Estate 1753 Single Jamaican Rum
Hampden Estate 1753 Single Jamaican Rum is the gateway to high-ester rum: a new 2025 permanent core-range bottling honoring the estate's founding year, 1753 — a 3-year-old (tropically aged in ex-bourbon barrels), 100% copper double-retort pot-still Jamaican rum at 46% ABV (92 proof), with no added sugar, no colouring, and no chill filtration — and it is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.
Hampden Estate, in Trelawny, Jamaica, has distilled famously funky rum since 1753. The 1753 carries the HLCF mark — Hampden Light Continental Flavoured — at 476.9 gr/hlpa esters (3,609 gr/hlpa congeners): a moderate ester level positioned between the mature 8-Year and the 60% Overproof, built on long wild fermentation with indigenous yeasts, molasses, and nearby spring water. UK RRP £65.
Official tasting notes: ripe fruits — pineapple and banana — with hints of nuts, a fresh vegetal touch, lemon, grapefruit, sweet spices, and light stone fruits on the finish. Press notes add candied pineapple, green banana, overripe mango, and fermenting sugarcane.
Why buy the 1753? Because it's the most approachable way into real Jamaican funk — pot-still character, honest specs, no additives, at a strength that shows its work. Browse the rum collection, the Hampden Estate brand collection, and all spirits.
Serving note: neat to taste the esters, then in a daiquiri — HLCF funk makes the classic sing.
Is this a 1753 vintage? No — "1753" honors the estate's founding year. The rum itself is 3 years old, tropically aged in Jamaica.
What is the ABV? 46% ABV (92 proof), 750mL.
What does HLCF mean? Hampden Light Continental Flavoured — one of Hampden's historic ester marks; here 476.9 grams of esters per hectoliter of pure alcohol.
Are there additives? No — no added sugar, no colouring, no chill filtration.