MHOBA Dead Reckoning Rum Mhoba - South Africa 2020
Anyone who likes Mhoba's ester-and-pineapple funk but wants a red-wine-cask twist should look here. The wine finish brings currants, red fruit and a treacly sweetness that plays against the glue and overripe tropical notes. Several tasters call it complex and syrupy, though a couple felt the cask overshadowed the distillate. Chewy texture, long finish, and honestly a lot going on for a two-year-old rum.
The community says- Ester and pineapple
- Red-wine fruit
- Cask can dominate
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How does MHOBA Dead Reckoning Rum Mhoba - South Africa 2020 taste?
Aggregated from 25 community reviews.
Fruity Mhoba funk meets red-wine cask Most find this a fruity, ester-driven Mhoba lifted by a strong red-wine cask — complex and syrupy. A few think the wine influence goes too far and prefer the classic distillate.
Mhoba and high-ester fans curious about a red-wine-cask experiment
Anyone wanting a clean, classic Mhoba or a gentle sipper
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52% rate it between 6 and 8. 11 selected write-ups from 25 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Dr.Django
Most helpful positive review
An interesting experiment with Mhoba in a red wine barrel. The barrel influence is already very strong, but the Mhoba also comes into its own. You can try it, but it's not a must in my opinion.
Review by zabo
Most helpful mixed review
Another Mhoba in a glass. I don't find it really convincing either. From memory from my last Mhoba crosstasting there are better ones. I hope the next 3 samples that are coming in will convince me more. It's good, but unfortunately nothing more.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#4613 15.02.2024 Relaxing at home with a bice rum. Nose Fruity, light wood, faibt roasted, medium ester, caramel. Palate Oily, light wood and roasted notes, ester, fruits, caramel, naturally sweet. Finish Long, wood, citrus, light caramel, ester.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,4:On the nose, esters, glue, nail polish, funky, fermented, overripe tropical fruits like pineapple, mango, dried fruits, lemon peel, berries, roasted wood notes like caramelized burnt sugar, leather, nuts, spicy with allspice, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, spiciness is stronger with ginger, vanilla, baking spices, peppery, the molasses is flowery, herbaceous, earthy with tobacco, dark with black tea, pastry, chocolate join the game. 8,4:On the palate, the attack is tasty with fermented tropical, yellow fruits, orange, dried and red fruits, the apple is baked, sweet with red wine hints, medicinal with esters, the wood is roasted with butterscotch, pastry, nuts, toffee, spicy with vanilla, baking spices, umami, slightly peppery, as the molasses is flowery, herbaceous. 8,3:The finish is long, dry and tannic, slightly furry, with roasted oak, spicy, medicinal with esters, rubber, fruity with berries, citrus, tropical fruits, the molasses is sweet with honey, musty, earthy with tobacco, dark with black tea..
Review by Timo Groeger
Toller Mhoba meiner Meinung nach. Klar ist hier etwas Ester und Frucht wie Ananas erkennbar. Finde ihn aber überwiegend doch etwas süßlich, Dinge wir Karamell, Toffee aber auch Butterscotch sind hier erkennbar.
Review by Jakob
The red wine barrel works excellently for my taste. Opulent sweetness on the palate full of caramel, red fruits, wood, spices - pleasant complexity, despite its young age already with a pleasant balance. Very tasty without becoming banal. Great.
Review by Christian Rudt
Zwei Jahre im südafrikanischen Rotweinfass machen sich hier deutlich bemerkbar. Die von Mhoba bekannten Ester sind deutlich vorhanden und geben ein tolles Tandem mit den fruchtigen Rotweinmarkern. I n der Nase noch etwas verschlossen, haben wir hier am Gaumen eine tolle Symbiose, auch das Finish im Bourbon Fass unter australischer Sonne kommt zum Tragen, die Konsistenz ist sirupartig mit leichter alkoholischer Schärfe, aber sehr aromatisch.
Review by Schnubbii
Tolle Nase mit dem typischen Mhoba Aromaprofil, aber sehr rund. Am Gaumen Honig, Banane, sehr fruchtig, etwas Steppengras. Alles sehr rund und der Alkohol toll eingebunden. Im Abgang klingt er schön aus. Richtig leckerer Mhoba. Nur 2 Jahre alt? No way! Woher bekomme ich jetzt noch eine Flasche?
Review by Fuwi
Interessante Abfüllung, die zumindest am Strand viel Spaß gemacht hat, muss ich zu Hause noch einmal testen. Das Rotwein-Fass kommt ganz gut zur Geltung, die Mhoba Aromen werden nicht zu stark überdeckt und man bekommt einen durchaus komplexen Rum mit tollen fruchtigen Einflüssen vom Rotwein, Fassaromen, holzigen Anklängen dazu Karamell und Dunkle Tiefe.
Review by Scottyg
Real unique taste with several flavours punching through vanilla, medicinal, fruit and ending with slight floral finish that lasts long. Liquorice comes through toward the end. Very smooth and easily drinkable.
Review by Henry Davies
Interesting, my first barrel finished Mhoba. It works well, the quality and interest of the distillate with some barrel influence. A tropical and ester heavy nose, not quite the classic Mhoba nose but elements of it. The mouth is intense and interesting, layers of wine and currants with some glue and esters. The finish is roasted, with caramel, and tropical fruit.
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Expert reviews
3 critics scored it, averaging 8.2/10. Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum..
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Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
Read full review →Quite a curious rum though as it shows elements of both young and more mature rum. It's another example of Dead Reckoning and Justin Boseley being happy to push things and issue something a little different. There is nothing safe about this release. Kudos to Dead Reckoning for releasing this....
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Details about MHOBA Dead Reckoning Rum Mhoba - South Africa 2020
A rum from South Africa, distilled by MHOBA, at 56%.
Community purchases
8 bottles logged by 8 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
62% opened, 1 emptied and repurchased.
8 purchased · 26 tasted · 3 wishlist · as of
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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