MHOBA Select Reserve French Cask Rum 2019

Very pleasantly surprised by this Mhoba profile. Very good

Very tasty, great nose, very nice on the palate. The balance is perfect

This Mhoba offers us a lot of fruits (Banana / Coconut / Mango / Pineapple / Dry fruits) a huge greediness (Pastry brioche / Butterscotch / Chocolate / Fatty nuts) on sweet spices (Cinnamon / Vanilla / Pepper).We feel, under all these aromas the small side of sugar cane with vegetal (Hay / Green) as well as a beautiful freshness (Citrus / Ginger).fortunately we still have in the background the empyreumatic side of Mhoba (Solvent / Tar / Rubber).it is overall really good!

Po hodně dlouhé době se vracím k přechutnání kousku, od kterého jsem měl celou láhev. Jestli si dobře vzpomínám, tak jsem měl batch 1, 2 i 3 a všechny byly dost odlišné. Co Mhoba to zábavná africká haluz. Rum, co je třeba vyzkoušet. Možná až na Bushfire, který jsem moc nedával 😀 Edit: přechutnávam a je to pořád stejně divný i dobrý zároveň

#4621 23.02.2024 Relaxing at home warming up for the tasting at Whisky Watcher in Odense tomorrow. Nose Medium intense, light wood, faint smoke, fruity, ester, light solvents, vegetal. Palste Medium intense, light roasted wood, fruity, ester, solvents, spicy, faint rubber. Finish Very long and warm, wood, light roasted, ester, light rubber, faint coconut. The empty glass has some nutts, light caramel and faint chocolate. Price to quality is very good in my mind.

A very intense and sparkling Mhoba!I am always pleasantly surprised by this distillery!I am curious when in the next few years times a long matured Mhoba is available!Cheers to the Happy E(a)ster team! So far a very good choice

Undiluted 75/100Diluted to approx.46% 80/100

The 3rd sample (Mhoba) was unfortunately nothing for me. Little complexity - reminiscent of Tres Hombres. Wood, spices and some sweetness. Light estery notes on the palate. The 65 ABV one tastes clearly out.

Blind Tasting,

For the short aging great complexity and great fruitiness.

#3 RumXHighE(a)ster weeks: Blind tasting: Fiji 🤔 5-10 years of aging approx. 55% low ester Unvaried/boring… Not a big fan of this one. As a simple sample it‘s a bit unvaried/boring. The finish is quite short and the alcohol is vanished without a trace. For me the 151 Strand is still the mhoba benchmark

C: honey, bright yellow N: acetone, wood, spices (green pepper). Tropical fruit (papaya, green apples?) well hidden beneath the acetone/ nail polish. Some bitter chocolate later on. P: mildly sweet on the first sip, with ripe fruits upfront (papaya and apples, kiwi), little astringent. F: metallic, wood, slightly peppery. Guess: ABV-wise, i’d say in the 53% range. I am wildly guessing: maybe Fiji or some sort of Clarendon? Like 10y of aging. Reveal: very woody for being just 2yo! Not my favorite

RumX Ester Calendar Day 3, blind. Tangy esters, solvent and some dominant alcohol. We don't have a bottling from Jamaica here. A slight nuttiness pairs with a woodiness that I almost didn't recognize as wood.A rather familiar aroma lingers on the tongue that one or the other rather doesn't like and triggers bad associations(it doesn't get more specific 😛).Mhoba is and remains exciting with each bottling, even if not all of them appeal to me. French Cask is probably one of them, I don't like the kind of woodiness so much. Nevertheless, I always enjoy Mhoba, because it is different and the bottlings are continuously improving. A nice enrichment of the rum world!

Knowing the spirit of the distillery, this Mhoba is different in many ways from the standards on offer. Very pastry-like (brioche, cookie, butterscotch), the nose also evokes sugarcane, esters and rubber on a background of sweet spices and exotic fruits. A particularly sweet, gourmand profile on the nose. The profile is just as intriguing on the palate. Esters, rubber and burnt notes mingle with exotic fruits and warm spices, sugar cane and caramel for a most surprising blend. A powerful yet flavorful Mhoba, where the alcohol is very well integrated. The long, warm finish is at once ester-like, caramelized with crème brûlée and fruity with coconut, banana and mango. Woody, candied sugarcane and spicy notes are also present. A very drinkable Mhoba, less heavy than its congeners, but just as interesting for the distillery's future.

also here on the nose floral notes, coupled with a buttery-lovely (fruit-yogurt) note, as I could already detect in other MHOBAs.