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What you need to know: 

• Habitation Velier is readying three more Jamaican funk bombs for release - Long Pond 2019 STC♥E, Hampden 2017 DOK & Monymusk 2015 MMW; all bottled in 2022.

• The new Long Pond expression, distilled in 2019 and bottled in 2022, will be bottled under the STC♥E marque at a 60% ABV. The STC♥E is a considerably heavy marque with esters gr/hL AA ranging from 550 - 700, just below the infamous super high-ester TECA/TECB/TECC marques.

• The new Hampden expression, was distilled in 2017 and bottled in 2022, under the DOK marque and bottled at 60.5% ABV. It has an outturn of 1,800 bottles to be released. It is the first Habitation Velier bottling of a Hampden DOK. The DOK is the highest ester marque from Hampden, with an ester gr/hL AA of 1,500 - 1,600, the highest permissible legal limit for Jamaican rums for export.

• The new Monymusk expression was distilled in 2015 and bottled in 2022, under the MMW marque, at a 59% ABV. It has a total outturn of 1,500 bottles to be released. The MMW (for Monymusk Wedderburn) marque is the distillery's second highest ester count marque, with an ester count of 290 - 300 esters gr/hL AA, only topped by the MLC marque.

Habitation Velier is readying three more Jamaican funk bombs for release - Long Pond 2019 STC♥E, Hampden 2017 DOK & Monymusk 2015 MMW; all bottled in 2022. Jamaican rums are well-known and loved for their funky hogo flavor profile - think fusel oil, olive brine, heavy burnt bananas. 

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Habitation Velier Long Pond 3 Years Old 2019 STC♥E

Long Pond is a sugar estate and distillery located in the Jamaican Parish of Trelawny, which most recently announced the reopening of the distillery's operations after several bouts of closures.

The new expression, distilled in 2019 and bottled in 2022, will be bottled under the STC♥E marque at a 60% ABV.

STC♥E (for Simon Thompson Cambridge Estate) is a considerably heavy marque from Long Pond, employing the use of both the distillery's muck pit and dunder, with esters gr/hL AA ranging from 550 - 700, and places just below the infamous super high-ester TECA/TECB/TECC marques.

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Habitation Velier Hampden 5 Years Old 2017 DOK

Hampden needs no introduction. The Jamaican gem has been a big hit amongst the rum community, but perhaps what is more notable is the fast rising popularity of the DOK marque from Hampden. This would be the first official bottling from Habitation Velier of a Hampden DOK, with the distillery itself preparing to launch a 12 Year Old DOK (the oldest yet) in 2023.

The new expression, was distilled in 2017 and bottled in 2022, under the DOK marque and bottled at 60.5% ABV. It has an outturn of 1,800 bottles to be released.

The DOK (for Dermot Owen Kelly-Lawson) is the highest ester marque from Hampden, with an ester gr/hL AA of 1,500 - 1,600. For reference, the legal maximum ester count permitted by the Jamaican government is 1,600, which is right where the DOK stands.

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Habitation Velier Monymusk 7 Years Old 2015 MMW

Monymusk comes from the Clarendon Distillery, which primarily supplies Diageo for its Captain Morgan and Myers blended rums, with only a small proportion going towards the Monymusk-labelled bottlings. More specifically, Monymusk is known for its butyric acid flavor profile that is somewhat umami and comparable to aged parmesan cheese. 

This Monymusk expression was distilled in 2015 and bottled in 2022, under the MMW marque, at a 59% ABV. It has a total outturn of 1,500 bottles to be released.

The MMW (for Monymusk Wedderburn) marque is the distillery's second highest ester count marque, with an ester count of 290 - 300 esters gr/hL AA, only topped by the MLC marque. 

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