MHOBA Select Reserve Glass Cask Rum 2021

So young and yet already grown up, with a fermented vanilla cane, mixed with pecan, all in a young barrel with small shavings of burnt wood.

No surprises in this one, classic Mhoba. Very good

The Mhoba Glass Cask does not have this slightly exhausting garlic/truffle oil aroma on the nose as perceived in Mhoba Strand 101 and French Cask. Instead, I perceive very light floral aromas behind the tumbleweed. On the palate then also more easy sipping than Strand 101 and French Cask. Really very very tasty, very round and balanced. Caramel, spice and this typical for Mhoba steppe grass. Simply a round thing. The finish is medium long, with some toffee and caramel.

Mein erster Mhoba, mal schauen. Tolle Nase. Ester, massig Milchschokolade. So riechen Rumkugeln. Viel rote Früchte. Im Mund dann würziger. Warm und kräftig. Erstaunlich, was man aus 2 Jahren Fassreife rausholen kann.😀 Toller Rum für Liebhaber von Rumkugeln. Eine positive Überraschung und Dank nach München für das Sample!😀😀😀

A Mhoba that's still as compelling as ever, with improbable aromatic combinations such as fermented yoghurt with burnt sugar, a hint of salt, sugar cane and floral notes as well as ripe fruit. A rum that leaves no one indifferent. On the palate, the attack is lively and powerful. Sugar cane joins musk, mushroom and compost notes to form a block against spices and young, lightly roasted oak. Fruit is only sporadic on the palate. The alcohol is well integrated into this zany, initially puzzling profile. The finish, of decent length, returns to fermentation, some fruit, spicy wood, but above all with a hint of smoked meat like bacon that adds another dimension. A rum that offers a most original gustatory voyage.

For his young age already very complex and intense! He is on the dark sweet spicy side with light fruit parts... the Mhoba rum I always like better

Bisher noch kein großer Mhoba Fan da ich die Rums auf jeden Fall spannend finde aber selten rund und oftmals für mich Off Noten mitschwingen. Dieser braucht viel Zeit im Glas wenn man durch die intensiven Klebstoff Noten durch möchte. Dann wird er durchaus interessant. Am Gaumen leider scharfkantig. Dafür schöne warm. Gefällt mir gut. Wird im Glas besser mit der Zeit.

I have tried this rum several times over the course of a few months. It keeps getting better and better over time. Definitely recommend to let the rum breath in the glass for some time. Maybe add a drop of water. Tip; this should be your last rum of the evening taking the % into account I prefer my rums and whisky with a high percentage of alcohol, but this is quite a stiff one Pouring and tasting the first glass gsve me the opinion of an unbalanced rum that was high in alcohol while bringing nail polisher and ester up the nose. At that time, i would have rated it a 4 out of 10 Having revisited the rum, I would rate it a 8 out of 10. Giving this rum some air really opens this rum and balances it while proving a lot of taste.

Edit: finde ihn nicht gerade ausgewogen. Ist für mich der schwächste Mhoba den ich im Glas hatte MHOBA NIGHT. Nicht schlecht, aber jetzt auch nicht ein Rum, der mich wirklich umhaut. Beim diesem Vergleich wurden insgesamt 5 verschiedene Mhoba getestet.

Interesting on the nose and palate