Rumclub Private Selection Ed. 28 Cudjoe (Aged Ghana Rum)

Edition 28 Cudjoe is a Spirit of Rum bottling in the Rumclub Private Selection line, a young Ghana rum finished in a Hampden HD cask and bottled unsweetened at cask strength, 67.4%. African rum is still unusual territory, and pairing it with a high-ester Jamaican finish makes this a single cask with real individuality and a divisive streak.

The nose is fruity, overripe and mineral, with papaya, while the palate brings pineapple, young wood and a fruit-schnapps intensity over spice. The finish is dry and alcoholic, with pineapple and banana. The Hampden finish amplifies an already estery, tropical character, giving wild yellow fruit and plum alongside firm, youthful oak. At over 67% this is no easy sipper; it is loud, raw and unmistakably young. It suits drinkers who love cask-strength Hampden and ester-heavy rum and want something genuinely off the beaten path.