Bedford Park Hampden <>H 10 Year Old Rum 2014
Hampden Estate's <>H marque is one of the great signatures in rum — a high-ester pot still mark from Trelawny, Jamaica, built on wild fermentation and dunder. This Bedford Park single cask captures it at full voice: distilled in 2014, aged first under the Jamaican sun and then in Europe from 2019 in an American oak ex-rum cask, and bottled in 2024 at ten years old and a formidable 66.8% ABV. Cask #434858 yielded just 239 bottles, non-chill filtered with nothing added. If you collect serious Jamaican rum, this is the kind of cask that defines a shelf.
- Distillery: Hampden Estate, Trelawny, Jamaica
- Distilled: 2014 · Age: 10 years · Bottled: 2024
- ABV: 66.8% (133.6 proof) · Size: 700mL
- Marque: <>H · Cask: #434858, American oak ex-rum
- Outturn: 239 bottles · Non-chill filtered, no additives
The Story
The bottle belongs to Bedford Park's Shady Grove series, its labels drawn by illustrator Elise Conlin, and it follows the classic Hampden maturation arc: tropical aging at origin, then a slower continental finish in Europe. Hampden's marques are a language of their own — <>H sits in the distillery's high-ester family, all ferment-driven funk and fruit. Set it beside the Spinnaker Hampden LFCH 8 Year Old Rum 2016 for a marque-to-marque comparison, or the Bedford Park 16 Year Old Jamaican Single Barrel Rum for the same bottler's longer-aged take on Jamaica.
Tasting Notes
Raisin, pineapple and molasses lead, wrapped in unmistakable Jamaican funk — overripe fruit, a little solvent brightness, and warm oak. The palate is powerful and oily, and the finish runs long and dry, the esters echoing well after the sip.
How to Enjoy
Neat, rested, and approached with respect at 66.8% — a teaspoon of water stretches the fruit beautifully. High-ester Hampden also transforms a Mai Tai, but a cask this rare deserves the glass first. Find more Jamaican heavyweights alongside the Spinnaker Worthy Park WPM 9 Year Old Rum 2015 in our rum range.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the <>H marque mean?
It is one of Hampden Estate's pot still marques, denoting a specific high-ester production style — expect intense tropical fruit and the distillery's signature funk.
How many bottles exist?
Cask #434858 produced 239 bottles.
Is it cask strength?
Yes — it is bottled at its natural 66.8% ABV, non-chill filtered and with no additives.
A true collector's Hampden, available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor in strictly limited numbers.