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Velier MHOBA FAQ Plastic 2017
"Hampden meets Agricole," as one member puts it, and that's the hook — a South African pot-still cane-juice rum that drinks like a Jamaican funk bomb crossed with something grassy and wild. Overripe banana, glue and varnish lead, with sour yoghurt, raspberry and roasted wood underneath. At 64.3% the alcohol lands surprisingly well-integrated, and a few drops of water pull out even more fruit. Only four years old but tastes far more mature.
The community says- Ester-fruit power
- Well-integrated 64%
- But: Shortish finish
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Wild, funky cane-juice rum with yoghurt and glue The runaway favorite Mhoba for most tasters — funky, fruity and complex, with alcohol that sits far calmer than the proof suggests. If you want a long finish, this one runs a touch short.
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newcomers put off by solvent and sourness
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86% rate it 8 or higher. 46 selected write-ups from 148 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Clément Boetto🤤🇫🇷
Most helpful positive review
Excellent mhoba,yogurt,vanilla,toasted,raspberry,funky,complex..a little treat.
Review by Tschusikowsky
Most helpful mixed review
Very tasty but overall too intense in my mouth and very woody for its young age
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
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! 👏
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
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.
Review by RumTaTa
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.
Review by Christoph
Hampden from Martinique. Tremendous complexity after 4 years and super integrated alcohol. Overripe fruit with undertones of agricole. Sour yogurt. Dry salted bacon on the finish.
Review by Giorgio Garotti
Compared to the habitation velier on the palate it is more complex and has an excellent richness of flavors! It also gives you a very pleasant very fruity and sweet finish! Mhoba is surprising me more and more!
Review by Jarek
So far my favorite from Mhoba, next to the Mhoba Antipodes (which, however, shows fewer rough edges). Addendum "Small" Mhoba Cross-Tasting 2025: Still one of the better Mhobas. Less spectacular than an Ingwe, more in the direction of Antipodes, but more complex. I find the cherry note in particular very tasty.
Review by DosenZorn
Tasted as a 5cl sample, at first a smell of marzipan and plastic when poured, this changes after some time to fermented fruits, especially banana, slightly smoky and metallic and it lives up to its name on the nose. A good portion of plastic when freshly poured. On the palate, chocolate, barrel and an interesting sweetness, which is then overlaid by slightly bitter wood and spices in the finish. It was my first Mhoba and I like it very much.
Review by Mirco
Mhoba hat potenzial, zukünftig tolle Releases rauszubringen. Die Abfüllungen aktuell deuten in eine positive Richtung. Diese Abfüllung ist mir jedoch noch eine Spur zu biestig. Himbeer Yogurt wie von meinen Vorrednern beschrieben trifft es ganz gut. Schöne Ester Noten.
Review by TheRhumhoe
Un Mhoba percutant qui ne fait dans la demi-mesure. Le nez est vif, fruité, très mûr et légèrement acide, avec de belles notes médicinales sur les esters, la colle et le polish. On retrouve également des notes fermentaires sur la crème, le beurre et le yaourt. Dans ce profil, la canne à sucre, les épices et les notes florales sont un peu plus en retrait. La bouche est d’une grande puissance sur les fruits (banane mûre, agrumes), les épices (vanille, piment) et les notes médicinales (solvants, esters, fermentation). La canne à sucre, le caramel, le beurre et le toast se tiennent en embuscade pour écharper le palais. L’alcool déséquilibre un petit peu le profil global. Un rhum charpenté, sec mais aussi épais et crémeux. La finale pêche ici par rapport au reste du profil. Si l’archétype épicé (piment) empyreumatique (fumée) et carnique (bacon) a de quoi séduire, la longueur est bien trop courte pour en laisser une image impactante. Une finale en deçà des attentes malgré quelques notes fruitées et de canne à sucre chatoyantes. Un très bon rhum dans l’ensemble qui satisfaira les amateurs du genre, mais qui manque de longueur sur la fin pour tutoyer les sommets.
Review by N’ours
A little too much ester for my taste, lots of watts, otherwise well balanced.
Review by mto75
verkostet zusammen mit dem Habitation Velier und dem Glass Cask. Der FAQ kommt deutlich brachialer daher als der Velier, mit einer ausgeprägteren Äppelwoi-Vinegar-Note. Der Glass Cask ist hier sogar noch etwas intensiver als der FAQ. Beim FAQ kommt nach einiger Zeit noch eine schöne Anis-Plätzchen-Note hinzu. Am Gaumen ist der Velier etwas blumiger als die beiden Mitstreiter, die aber beide einen schönen, langen würzig-süssen Abgang mit sich bringen. Mein Favorit unter den dreien bleibt der Habitation Velier. Er ist nicht so intensiv, aber dafür am ausgewogensten/stimmigsten.
Review by Stylo
Gotta say it..for me, it’s weirdly good..on the nose I sense banana flavored yogurt, then a combination of metallic and smoky note..the palate is even more funky, with a unorthodox mix of oranges, chocolate and a butter-y and peppery back palate! The finish is pretty dry, although kinda short. First Mhoba for me..and really makes me crave for tasting more of this distillery!
Review by Alexander Rasch
Mein erster Mhoba und ich muss sagen, dass es schon speziell ist. Besonders die Nase mit den sehr intensiven Noten, welche schon etwas an abgelaufenen Joghurt erinnern mit viel Säure sind Geschmackssache. Am Gaumen eine absolute Wucht. Super süß und kaum noch Säure. Wie ein Toffee Keks. Sehr gelungen und macht viel Spaß.
Review by Santo
Le nez est fou ! Avec des esters de la canne à sucre et du yaourt fermenté à la vanille. la bouche est légèrement boisé complexe crémeuse et toasté. L'alcool est super bien intégré au vu de son taux élevé et son jeune âge. Un Mhoba un peu spécial !
Review by DomM
Interesting one! Very nice raspberry yogurt on the nose.
Review by Oliver
Hampden meets Agricole. Super exciting!
Review by Jakob
Mhoba extreme - not my favorite from South Africa, but a very exceptional taste experience. The young age of the rum is noticeable, yet fresh green aromas and a nice sugar cane sweetness also pave their way. Interesting.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,6:On the nose, fermented, overripe tropical fruits like banana, dairy like yoghurt, cream, medicinal with esters, polish, slightly synthetic, roasted wood notes like pastry, biscuits, smoky, spicy with allspice, flowery sugarcane, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, green, yellow, citrus and red fruits arise, apple is baked, rum becomes slightly pungent, dirty, rubber joins, sugarcane is vegetal, caramel, roasted nuts and maple are obvious. 8,7:On the palate, the attack is intense, medicinal with esters, solvents, slightly plastic, sugarcane, flowery, vegetal(briny olive), dark with licorice and fruits are fermented, overripe with citrus, tropical, yellow fruits, red like raspberry, berries.The wood is toasted with chocolate, pastry, buttery, smoky, spicy with allspice, dry. 8,6:The finish is long, dry&tannic, medicinal with solvents, rubber, slightly metallic, fruity with overripe tropical, red fruits, berries, sugarcane is vegetal, floral, herbaceous and wood roasted, oily, smoky, spicy, salty..
Review by Mentalo
Himbeere, Joghurt, Esterpower, vergorene Früchte. Alkohol ist ordentlich integriert. Im Abgang etwas zu viel Bitternoten. Mhoba bleibt eine spannende Destille. Der FAQ kommt für mich aber nicht an die Velier Antipodes Collection Abfüllung heran.
Review by Johannes
Ein sehr spezieller Rum, aber ich mag ihn irgendwie! Schönes Zusammenspiel aus Lack, ein grüner Fruchtkorb und Ester.
Review by Christian Rudt
Comes in comparison to the French Cask altogether a little more hearty, with more spice. Otherwise dominate here overripe, fermented fruit.Also ne great bottling but I says the French Cask more to.
Review by tojo
Ein interessanter Rum. Am der Nase rote Früchte (Traube, Rotwein), vergorene Früchte, dezente Esternoten und junges Holz. Am Gaumen würziger, eine angenehme Süße, Röstaromen und Frucht. Abgang sehr mild, leichte Würze und Frucht.
Review by Gyuli
중간정도의 에스터에, 탄탄한 질감을 가지고 있습니다. 다소 우디해요. 남아공 럼은 처음 마셔보는데, 사바나 럼과 비슷한 뉘앙스 입니다. 맛이 다채로우면서도 모호하지 않고 개성이 뚜렷합니다. 강렬하지만 도수에 비해서는 매콤하지 않고 열대과일이 느껴집니다. 드라이하고 맛있습니다. 가격이 다소 비싸서 한번의 경험으로 만족합니다. 다른 mhoba도 마셔보고 싶네요!
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Delicious and very similar to the velier mhoba 2017. However, a bit more intense and less complex.
Review by Steffmaus🇩🇰
The fifth tasting of the night at Whisky Watcher the 24th of February 2024, with nice company. The surprise of the evening! I had not yet had the luck to try this. Wow, it has a plastic-like estery nose at first, going into a fruity nose. Notes of dried fruits, grass and some glue-like finish
Review by Nils123
Nicht besonders komplex, aber dennoch ganz gut. Der Alkohol ist super eingebunden. Wird mit Wasser butteriger.
Review by DaveLamb
a little young? no no, a little rough and scratchy, not only the aging issue.
Review by Torsten Kunkel
The first impression - Sour. After a good 20 minutes, the sour impression has given way and ripe fruit, chocolate and spice emerge. The taste confirms the first impressions. Who has time will like it.
Review by Lukas Jäger
Mhoba is and remains exciting. Feels like every bottling is better and I can hardly wait to test even older bottlings. Insanely fruity, but in contrast to the fruit top dog Jamaica less tropical than "continental" fruits. A bit of fresh jam on the nose, really exciting. On the palate then more spice, wood and something smoky, but nothing particularly dominant, but quite harmonious. In the finish, this impression intensifies and a hint of sugar cane remains. Mhoba you have to try and should continue to keep an eye on!
Review by Joe95
For me, the best mhoba to date. Very atypical, out of the ordinary even. The high esters give it a very truffled, earthy quality that my palate has never tasted before. A great success for this rather young rum. Add to this a rather well-integrated alcohol and a good length.
Review by Thunderbird
On the nose a fermented red fruit compote with a slight sweetness...on the palate first a tart sweetness that changes to a pleasant light spiciness. The alcohol is very well integrated. The finish is then more Agricole with herbs and gentle toasted spice! My second best Mhoba so far... after the Velier, these rums have a future
Review by Richard Krupa
The smell is incredible, but the taste is too much for me
Review by Sebastian Kornett
Toller MHOBA
Review by zabo
Mhoba Night War sehr gespannt und voller Vorfreude . Doch leider bin ich ein wenig enttäuscht. Er ist gar nicht so schlecht, aber m.E. auch ein wenig überbewertet für den Preis, der mittlerweile aufgerufen wird.
Review by Piotr Ignasiak
Compared to the younger editions, the 4 years feels very mature. Wood tames the beast a little bit.
Review by Buddudharma
Für mich der gelungenste Mhoba, den ich bislang probiert habe. Viel Körper, tolles, klassisches Profil, langer Abgang.
Review by Stijn Zino
The Road Rummers Africa tasting Also tasted this at at friends house and this one came out on top. I'm hunting this bottle but unfortunately everybody else as wel. A true masterpiece. Fiji glue in the nose but then you get Mhoba
Review by Michal Jurka
My top Mhoba, no contest here so far. On the nose beautifully funky and fruity, just like basket of ripe tropical and contimental fruits, bananas, papaya, canatloupe, sweet citruses, apricots, raspberries, I also get a hint of red fruit after the red wine cask. But there are also vanilla, buttery, creamy notes and chemical ones, glue. The palate seems to me more chemical and woody, the fruity side of spectrum comes later. Longer finish. After washing it down with water a bit I get light floral notes in my mouth. 64% is well integrated.
Review by Benoit Mahe
Disappointed, it is very special
Review by Arthur Moreau
Spécial. Au nez mélange entre du yaourt, des fruits rouges et des esters, la bouche continue sur ses notes an y ajoutant du bois et un leu d’alcool et surtout une fin de bouche « salée ». Très spécial, je ne sais pas encore trop quoi en penser, mais c’est à goûter.
Review by F.L.O.
Sehr schöner Mhoba. Eigentlich sind alle Mhoba toll, da steht dieser nicht hintendrein, geht aber auch nicht vorneweg, die haben da eh was tolles aus dem Hut gezaubert. Mein Motto: Einen Mhoba sollte man immer zuhause stehen haben :-)
Review by Alex1981
Powerful with a unique profile, raspberries paired with dairy on a bed of rotten fruits. Love it and keen to see what some longer aging can do to this outstanding distillate.
Review by Schnubbii
Der Mhoba FAQ Plastic hat für mich in der Nase nicht diese leicht anstrengende Knoblauch-/Trüffelöl Aromatik. Stattdessen finde ich hauptsächlich die Mhoba-typische Steppengras-Noten. Am Gaumen ist er dann schön intensiv, ein Mhoba in Reinform, ohne jedoch zu anstrengend oder gewöhnungsbedürftig zu sein. Im direkten Vergleich zum Mhoba LMDW Antipodes finde ich ihn einen Ticken intensiver, der Antipodes ist dafür durch etwas süffiger und mehr easy sipping. Beide sind für mich auf dem gleichen hohen Niveau und so weit die besten Mhobas, die ich bisher probieren durfte. Der Abgang ist mittellang mit viel Steppengras. Ein sehr schönes Teil, leider kaum noch zu bekommen.
Review by Lot-NAS
In comparison with the 2019FC1 and 2019FC3 I find this one to be the funkiest of them all. On the other hand the FC1 feels more „round“ overall. I give both the same rating, they are different but I like them the same. Just like having two kids … how diplomatic :D
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4 critics scored it, averaging 8.5/10. Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum..
Expert review by The Secret Rum Bar
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Expert review by The Dunder Hut
What a lovely rum. If all mhoba where like that it would dominate the nerd market for high intensity rum. A really balanced flavour profile of glue apricot and woody spice. I want so much more of the! Please mhoba do this yearly!
Expert review by New World Rum Club
After trying a few Mhoba’s this is prob one of the best ones. Quite complex with some very pleasant spicy notes. Quite meaty (not a work I use often with rum) but pleasant
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Details about Velier MHOBA FAQ Plastic 2017
A Pot Still Rum from South Africa, bottled by Velier, at 64,3%.
Community purchases
146 bottles logged by 113 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
15% opened, 12 emptied and repurchased.
What does Velier MHOBA FAQ Plastic 2017 cost?
Community paid 71–261 €.
Current best price: 234.10 € – within the typical community range.
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About the MHOBA distillery
The MHOBA distillery is located in South Africa. Rums from MHOBA have been reviewed 2,493 times with an average of 8.2/10.
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