Velier MHOBA FAQ Plastic

On the nose, it’s a vivid mix of fermented, fruity, and yogurty notes with banana and toasted aromas; the palate combines rich esters, buttery toast, and a unique, funky twist. Widely considered one of MHOBA’s best—complex, powerful, and highly recommended for flavor seekers.

8.5  / 10  (134 reviews)

Funky raspberry yogurt, buttery esters, bold complexity, long finish.

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    How does this rum taste?

    • Intensely fruity and funky
    • Outstanding complexity for its age
    • Well-integrated high ABV

    FAQ Plastic bursts from the glass with a wild hit of overripe and fermented fruit—think raspberry yogurt, banana, and buttery intensity. RumX tasters praise its complexity and layers: touches of toasted wood, Agricole grassiness, and a balanced backbone of smoky esters and subtle chocolate. Noted for its funky, creamy character that rewards patient sipping. Worth discovering for those drawn to bold, unconventional rums.

    Aroma

    Fruity Overripe Fermented Banana

    Taste

    Overripe Toasted Solvents Intense

    How is this rum rated?

    8.5  / 10  (134 reviews)
    Top 11% South Africa
    Top 12% MHOBA

    "Excellent mhoba,yogurt,vanilla,toasted,raspberry,funky,complex..a little treat."

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    9.0 / 10
    Review by: Clément Boetto🤤🇫🇷

    "Rating confirmed from 5 months ago: 88 points.In the nose raspberry jam (and nicotine?). Hard to distinguish from a Clairin. On the palate, the South African seems round, deep and powerful, that's how it should be. Fine stuff, awesome shit - keep it up, Mhoba! 👏"

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    8.8 / 10
    Review by: Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓

    "24.02.2024 Great tasting event at Whisky Watcher with food and lots of bottles. Retasting and I still like it a lot. --------------------- After resting 15+ minutes this rum starts to release a lot of flavours in the glass. In order to release even more I added a few drops of water. A very nice cooperation with Velier and a very good final result. Fruity with smoky wood, varnish and clear Agricole notes. There is a nice hint of chocolate, anise and floral notes as well. Getting the bottle is almost impossible and the price went through the roof. If you get the chance give it a go."

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    8.8 / 10
    Review by: Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

    "Second tasting: very good Jamaica Funk from Africa ( 1)Unusual nose, even for Mhoba: very fruity, fermented at the same time and many other flavors in a previously unknown combination to me... I like excellent.The palate can unfortunately not quite keep up and the aftertaste is relatively short only the fermented fruit and the butter note remain very long.Great new experience and for the output price top price performance! Meanwhile, unfortunately, much too expensive, if you can get at all."

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    8.6 / 10
    Review by: RumTaTa
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    Details about this rum

    Distillery
    Bottler
    RumX ID
    RX10660
    ABV
    64,3%
    Category
    Pot Still Rum
    Vintage
    2017
    Made from
    Sugar cane juice
    Distillation
    Pot Still
    Age
    4 years
    No. of bottles
    1,445
    Bottle volume
    70cl
    Price range
    <250€
    Type of spirit
    Rum
    Velier • MHOBA 2017 &nbsp; 4yr &nbsp; 64,3% FAQ Plastic

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    The RumX community has already added 135 bottles to their collections:

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    opened
    9
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    12
    Open rate
    16%
    Ø Market value
    212€

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    About the MHOBA distillery

    The MHOBA distillery is located in South Africa. Rums from MHOBA have been reviewed 1,904 times with an average of 8.2/10.

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