While Hampden’s appearance hadn’t changed dramatically since 2016, there is plenty to see with fresh eyes. Two 23,000 liter (5000 imperial gallons) double retort stills were installed circa 2020, increasing Hampden’s batch distillation capacity to the same level as Appleton’s. Two recently built aging warehouses enable a significant quantity of rum on-site for the first time in the estate’s history.
Mate! Thanks again for this. With you guiding us through, it feels like I was there, ESPECIALLY since you seem to be drawn to many of the things I would have been keen on, especially the liming of the lees!! I was meant to be on that trip with you and Mrs. Wonk, but with the birth of my son, I had to step aside ::heavy sigh::
Couple questions:
- Are you at all able to describe the orders emanating from the fermentation building?
- When referring to the lees, are they meaning the left over yeast bodies from the fermentation? I understand that in different distillation categories (Rum vs Cognac for example) the same word could mean different things respectively.
Mate! Thanks again for this. With you guiding us through, it feels like I was there, ESPECIALLY since you seem to be drawn to many of the things I would have been keen on, especially the liming of the lees!! I was meant to be on that trip with you and Mrs. Wonk, but with the birth of my son, I had to step aside ::heavy sigh::
Couple questions:
- Are you at all able to describe the orders emanating from the fermentation building?
- When referring to the lees, are they meaning the left over yeast bodies from the fermentation? I understand that in different distillation categories (Rum vs Cognac for example) the same word could mean different things respectively.
Cheers!