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Velier MHOBA FAQ Plastic 2017
"Absolutely fantastic MHOBA. Big enjoyment from such a young rum," says one taster — and that captures the buzz. This South African cane-juice rum is a wild ride: raspberry yogurt and fermented fruit on the nose, glue and varnish, then chocolate, buttery notes and toasted wood. Several call it Hampden meeting Agricole. At 64.3% the alcohol lands surprisingly well-integrated for four years.
The community says- Raspberry-yogurt funk
- Well-integrated alcohol
- Short finish
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How does Velier MHOBA FAQ Plastic 2017 taste?
Aggregated from 144 community reviews.
Funky, estery cane-juice bomb from South Africa A favorite Mhoba for many, praised for funk, raspberry-yogurt esters and rich body. The catch: a young, slightly rough edge and a finish some find too short.
High-ester funk fans who like solvent and fermented-fruit profiles
Anyone put off by solvent, sour yogurt notes or high ABV
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22% rate it between 6 and 8. 20 selected write-ups from 144 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Clément Boetto🤤🇫🇷
Excellent mhoba,yogurt,vanilla,toasted,raspberry,funky,complex..a little treat.
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 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 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 DomM
Interesting one! Very nice raspberry yogurt on the nose.
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 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 Oliver
Hampden meets Agricole. Super exciting!
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.
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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
145 bottles logged by 112 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
15% opened, 12 emptied and repurchased.
What does Velier MHOBA FAQ Plastic 2017 cost?
Community paid 70–263 €.
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 2,402 times with an average of 8.2/10.
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