MHOBA WR 10 (Kirsch Whisky) 2019
Loved by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓, Thunderbird & 40 more
For experienced palates who enjoy ester-heavy, cask‑strength rums. This unsweetened Mhoba single cask brings Hampden‑like glue and tropical fruit, berries, sesame, toffee and mint over oily texture and strong bourbon‑cask spice. Loved as an unusually woody, nutty take on cane‑juice rum.
- Complex ester profile
- Rich bourbon wood
- Oily, powerful mouthfeel
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How does MHOBA WR 10 (Kirsch Whisky) 2019 taste?
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Bold, funky, bourbon‑driven Mhoba For experienced palates who enjoy ester-heavy, cask‑strength rums. This unsweetened Mhoba single cask brings Hampden‑like glue and tropical fruit, berries, sesame, toffee and mint over oily texture and strong bourbon‑cask spice. Loved as an unusually woody, nutty take on cane‑juice rum.
Fans of high‑ester Jamaican funk who want a cask‑strength, unsweetened cane‑juice rum with strong bourbon‑cask influence, nutty sesame notes and an oily, powerful mouthfeel.
Those sensitive to high ABV, expecting an easygoing sweet sipper, or looking for a light, grassy agricole‑style Mhoba profile without pronounced wood and bitterness.
How is MHOBA WR 10 (Kirsch Whisky) 2019 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict , 8.4 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 97% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Based on 44 ratings
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
Can you make oil from berries? At any rate, this is the taste of Kirsch's Mhoba, finely balanced with a somehow high-quality solvent. Special, different from the typical Mhoba flavor range, but just as good. Update 2024-03-03: Have the rum in the glass again today while bottling for a split and simply have to rate it highly, because the alcohol is basically imperceptible on the nose and is entirely in the service of flavor transport on the palate. How can a rum that has been aged for less than five years be so good! Great art.
Review by Thunderbird
After all the positive reviews, I cross-tasted this Mhoba against my reference from HV 2017. For me, this is an atypical Mhoba and falls well short of the HV. I miss the classic aromas and complexity here. This is truly a very good rum, but not a real Mhoba for me
Review by Frank
And another Mhoba, the 4th in 4 days. Matured in a Woodfort barrel and the barrel does indeed have a clear influence. Nose: Bourbon! is my first impression, followed by a pleasant, woody spiciness. A fine tobacco-smoky note and a hint of marzipan overlay this. This is followed by a buttery toffee-caramel sweetness. Now the fruits also come into their own, ripe banana, papaya and tart passion fruit with lemon. A deep draught brings out the vinegar. A beautiful blend of the classic Mhoba profile and intense bourbon. 8.5 Palate: strong, woody and spicy. Here, too, I find the bourbon influence clear. Astringent and bitter at the beginning, then briefly marzipan, before light esters and then finally sweet and sour passion fruit and lemon come through. A slight tobacco note at the end. Nice flavor curve, a little too much bourbon. But otherwise good. 8.2
Review by Galli33
Very delicious, fruity rum🤤It reminds me also on a Hampden with a nice varity of berries in the background. The Alcohol is integrated well and the cask is perfect balance with the rum it self. You can still get this rum at a good price.
Review by Timo Groeger
To round off the day, there's a pretty awesome Mhoba. There's really a lot of ester recognizable here on the nose and palate. It's also very sticky, and we also have tropical fruit and sugar cane on the palate...
Review by Serge
Nice mhoba with a great sesame note ... for me, it's a bit different from the mhobas I've tried so far. Possibly not the best if you only want one (as it's a bit different) but a must for mhoba lovers. Addendum: The sesame note reminds me of the O'Reizhino 3yo
Review by RumTaTa
Nase: jede Menge Ester und Klebstoff. Mein erster Gedanke ist Jamaika und Pottstill. Scheint in einem Bourbonfass gelagert zu sein. Außerdem gegrillte Ananas, könnte Hampden sein aber das Profil passt nicht so richtig. Gaumen: sehr alkoholisch, mindestens 65% Alkohol, am Gaumen auch mehr Fasseinfluss. Doch New Yarmouth? Nachklang: mehr Holz und Fass, ganz leicht bitter. Sehr guter Rum, bekomme es aber nicht so recht zusammen: Hampden fällt aus aber New Yarmouth passt auch nicht richtig. Bin gespannt was es ist! Auflösung: Mhoba, na klar!
Review by LukaŽiga
8,5:On the nose, esters, glue and rubber, strong barrel impact with roasted wood notes like nuts, perhaps peanut butter, toffee, really buttery, overripe tropical fruits, fermented and sugarcane with sesame, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, vanilla is obvious, some confectionery and baked apple, berries and banana, minty sugar cane. 8,6:On the palate, the attack is medicinal with esters, glue, fruity with overripe tropical fruits, green fruits and berries, the sugarcane is mineral, vegetal with briny olive, sesame, grassy and minty, as the wood is roasted, spicy with roasted nuts, cream toffee, oily. 8,5:The finish is long, dry, medicinal, fruity and woody with palate notes lingering on, still vegetal.
Review by Stuesch
Initially has all the typical notes on the nose and palate. It has a berry note and is not quite as smooth in consistency as the Velier 2017, but still pleasant. Alcohol is well integrated. I'm curious to see how it compares. Thanks for the sample @Kirsch
Review by Tim
Im Vergleich zu den anderen verkosten Mhobas hing dieser etwas nach. Die Nase wirkt schwächer, weniger rund, als ob etwas fehlt. Im Mund sehr würzig (Salz), Kräuter und Melasse. Unter anderem bleiben Beeren, Holz und Vanille zurück, was mir wiederum gefällt, aber für einen ausgezeichneten Rum reicht das leider nicht.
Review by Johannes
On the nose, I would have blindly guessed Hampden. Similar to Hampden on the palate, but a little more acidity. Really good!
Review by Christian Rudt
Heute zweiter Anlauf mit dem Mhoba von Kirsch. Gestern war mir der Fasseinfluss viel zu stark und auch heute zeigt sich die prägnante Seite des Woodford Fasses. Der Rum braucht einfach seine Zeit um zu atmen dann zeigt er sich am Gaumen schön komplex, viel Beeren, Klebstoff, das ganze wirkt sehr dickflüssig, ölig.
Review by Lukas Jäger
Mhoba - immer ein spannender Dram und schon wild und ausgiebig diskutiert. Die einen lieben es, die anderen hassen es. Ich persönlich mag es vor allem, weil es so anders ist, kantig, neu. Der WR 10 wurde mir bei einem Tasting beiläufig vor die Nase geschoben und ich war sofort begeistert! Beeren in flüssiger Form, die klassischen Mhoba-Ester und dann noch florale Noten von Minze, Olive und Sesam. Dazu eine interessante Nussigkeit und dann vor allem: Bourbon! Selten habe ich ein Bourbon-Fass so dominant, aber gleichzeitig auch so wohlschmeckend in einer Abfüllung gefunden. Bisher mein Lieblings-Mhoba, props an die Jungs von Kirsch!
Review by DomM
Well balanced yet powerful. Nice minty notes.
Review by zabo
Verkostet auf der Pueblo del Ron Nürnberg 2024. Wie es so im Leben ist, am Kirsch Stand probiert und kurze Zeit später Gunnar getroffen, der mir ein Sample von seinem Split mitgebracht hat. Aber zum Rum selbst, irgendwie holt mich Mhoba zur Zeit auch nicht mehr so ab. Das verwährt ihn hier eine bessere Bewertung.
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About the MHOBA distillery
The MHOBA distillery is located in South Africa. Rums from MHOBA have been reviewed 2,309 times with an average of 8.2/10.
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