Aroma visualization from community tastings
MHOBA Select Reserve Glass Cask Rum 2021
Sip this one slowly and neat — several tasters say give it air and a drop of water, and treat it as your last pour of the night at 60%. Expect burnt sugar, nail polish and ester up front, then sugarcane, vanilla, roasted spice and red fruits. One reviewer nailed the smell: it "smells like rum truffles." Polarizing MHOBA character throughout.
The community says- Distinct MHOBA funk
- Burnt sugar depth
- Solvent/glue notes
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How does MHOBA Select Reserve Glass Cask Rum 2021 taste?
Aggregated from 52 community reviews.
Funky, high-proof cane rum that splits people Divisive by design — you push through solvent and glue to reach burnt sugar, cane and red fruit. Fans love the funk; a few find it sharp-edged and less balanced than other MHOBAs.
Fans of high-ester funk and unusual cane-juice profiles
Anyone put off by solvent, glue and high ABV
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How is MHOBA Select Reserve Glass Cask Rum 2021 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.3 sits in the “Very good” band. 98% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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What does the community say?
25% rate it between 6 and 8. 10 selected write-ups from 52 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Clément Boetto🤤🇫🇷
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.
Review by Santo
No surprises in this one, classic Mhoba. Very good
Review by Schnubbi
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.
Review by Joachim Guger
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!😀😀😀
Review by TheRhumhoe
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.
Review by Thunderbird
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
Review by Alexander Rasch
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.
Review by Sebas143
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.
Review by zabo
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.
Review by RumRhush
Interesting on the nose and palate
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Details about MHOBA Select Reserve Glass Cask Rum 2021
A Column Still Rum from South Africa, distilled by MHOBA, at 60%.
Community purchases
30 bottles logged by 29 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
63% opened, 10 emptied and repurchased.
What does MHOBA Select Reserve Glass Cask Rum 2021 cost?
Community paid 54–95 €.
Current best price: 123.87 € – above the typical community range.
What members actually paid for their bottles. A typical range, not the current shop price. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
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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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