Single Cask Rum, 'South Africa - MHOBA 2018 - Peated Whisky Cask'

• Single cask aged rum distilled by MHOBA Rum Distillery in Malalane, South Africa
• Blend of Select White (SW) and Select White – Heavy Double Distillate (SW-HDD) marques
• Produced from 100% sugarcane juice pressed from estate-grown sugarcane
• Open fermented 6–7 days using ambient yeast
• Distilled in custom high reflux pot stills made from stainless steel and copper
• Aged 6 years in refill ex–South African peated whisky barrels from an undisclosed distillery
• Aromas of banana bread and rice paper with a hint of clementine oil lead to a palate of mocha-and-vanilla salt water taffies with a finish of gentle, warming smoke
• No sugar, coloring, or other additives
• Non-chill filtered; 59% ABV

The long-anticipated second and third MHOBA releases from Holmes Cay’s single cask rum series originated as a single batch of cane juice rum distilled in 2018 from two marques. The first, SW, is uniquely distilled in that rather than making traditional live cuts during the distillation process, the run is cut multiple times, briefly rested, and select cuts are combined until the final blend is achieved. The SW-HDD marque sees cuts from the SW marque redistilled with fermented wash. The two marques were blended and divided into four American oak barrels—two ex–South African whisky barrels and two ex–South African peated whisky barrels. These barrels were aged entirely in South Africa for six years and bottled at the MHOBA distillery. From the two peated whisky barrels, only a mere 474 bottles have made their way stateside, so get it while you can!