Hampden Estate, Falmouth

Had an incredible time hosted by Shelley who showed us the entire rum-making process, including a lot of Jamaican history. Big thank you to Andrew as well for showing us around some upcoming new plans they have for the property! Highly recommend this tour, and don’t forget to taste the Rum Fire!

Loved my guide Steve! The grounds are beautiful and the rum factory smells divine, even through my mask! The rum tasting at the end was also delicious. I tried both the overproof (anything over 51% alcohol and thus over 100 proof) and the exported gold bottle neat (without anything in it). Loved the gold bottled rum, smooth and full of flavor with depth to be enjoyed neat. The overproof needed mixers for me. Fascinating history lesson of the country and its people thrown in for free too! The tour of the factory was so interesting and I needed to buy some at the end of the tour too. Remarkably reasonably priced for the tour and the bottles for taking home.