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Ester, Woody, Funky
Most mentioned across 12 tasting notes
- Perfect for
- Mhoba fans curious about cask experiments
- Less suitable for
- purists wanting the cask left off
MHOBA Dead Reckoning Rum South Africa 2020
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People who already know Mhoba and want to see the funk bent through a red wine cask — this is for you. Overripe pineapple, glue and esters meet red-berry sweetness, caramel and roasted wood, all in a thick, syrupy body. At 56% it stays surprisingly round, the alcohol well integrated for something only two-and-a-half years old. Several tasters were genuinely surprised by that youth.
The community says- Wine-cask fruit
- Mhoba ester funk
- Less suitable for: purists wanting the cask left off
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How does MHOBA Dead Reckoning Rum South Africa 2020 taste?
From community reviews · summarized with AI
Funky Mhoba ester meets red-wine-cask sweetness Most owners find the red wine cask works — the Mhoba esters and fruity wine markers pair well. A couple call it merely good; better Mhobas exist, but few regret this one.
Mhoba fans curious about cask experiments
purists wanting the cask left off
Style & occasion: Mature & oakyTropical & funkySipping neat
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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 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... Edit :24.5.26
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 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.
Review by Timo Groeger
Great Mhoba in my opinion. Clearly some ester and fruit like pineapple are recognizable here. But I find it mostly somewhat sweetish, things like caramel, toffee but also butterscotch are noticeable.
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
Two years in South African red wine casks are clearly noticeable here. The esters known from Mhoba are distinctly present and create a great tandem with the fruity red wine markers. Still a bit closed on the nose, but on the palate we have a great symbiosis, and the finish in bourbon casks under the Australian sun comes through, the consistency is syrupy with a slight alcoholic sharpness, but very aromatic.
Review by Fuwi
Interesting bottling that was a lot of fun at least on the beach, I have to test it again at home. The red wine cask comes out quite well, the Mhoba aromas are not too strongly covered and you get a fairly complex rum with great fruity influences from the red wine, cask aromas, woody hints plus caramel and dark depth.
Review by Schnubbii
Great nose with the typical Mhoba aroma profile, but very round. On the palate honey, banana, very fruity, some steppe grass. Everything very round and the alcohol wonderfully integrated. The finish fades out nicely. Really delicious Mhoba. Only 2 years old? No way! Where can I get a bottle now?
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.
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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 South Africa 2020
A rum from South Africa, distilled by MHOBA, at 56%.
About the MHOBA distillery
The MHOBA distillery is located in South Africa. Rums from MHOBA have been reviewed 2,545 times with an average of 8.2/10.
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