Kraken Black Spiced

A cool name and a cool bottle. The rum is good, but nothing special. I find it too sweet, but I still drink it sometimes. Perfect as a starting point in rum knowledge. Drink it if you’re new at sipping rum

This is a bottle that is liked among almost everybody and the content is really good in my opinion. Must have in every Rum collection!

If this was a blackstrap rum, I would give it an 8, because it is very unique, has a beautiful color, and taste awesome. If you want a different type of dark and stormy, use Kraken and a not too gingery ginger beer. You don't want to overdo it with too much ginger and spices.

As a spiced rum, I give it a 6 for an overall score of 7. Spiced rum drinkers may add it to their collection for diversity for a small fee of $20, but at the end of the day it's a lightweight in comparison to other spiced rums. I don't actually taste 11 spices, but they well may be there. To some degree, it's like your amateur bartender's "Long Island Iced Tea"; you only taste 2 of the 11 ingredients he claims to have used and you're a little disappointed because you feel jipped (i.e. cheated, bamboozled, conned), but once it's said and done, that drink hit the spot.

I was given a bottle of this by my son for my birthday, how thoughtful is that. I started trying it with my favourite rum mixer, ginger beer, aka a dark & stormy though I believe this is now a copyrighted term, so Kraken in the enclosed advertising talk of a kraken Storm, 1 pt Kraken rum & 3 parts Fever Tree ginger beer. Not being able to source the Fever Tree drop locally, I fell back on my go to Bundaberg Ginger beer. OK, yeah/nah.Not unpleasant but I felt the ginger with the spice was a bit too much, they kind of clashed. From days gone by, I've long rated a Kiwi staple L & P (Lemon & Paeroa), a sort of lemony mineral water as a mixer & the Kraken immediately fell in love with the L & P. It was brilliant. As a control I tried it with coke, not as good as the L & P but better than with ginger beer. I'm not a rum sipper, if I want to do that it'll be a smooth aged Scotch & I don't really rate the kraken as a sipping rum.

Good rum for a good price. A bit sweet to me, but for the price it's ok.

Absolutely great for having some fun with friends. Mixes great in a dark and stormy.

When mixed in a cocktail, the alcohol of this rum is not overpowering and you can enjoy the hints of vanilla that adds a little complexity to a simple (batch) cocktail. Also great when mixed with Coke.

The aroma of spices and burnt sugar, a little like a rum. The taste is not boring, otherwise there would not be so many reviews. This is an improved version of Black Magic and Bacardi Spiced. The impression improves from the first sip to the bottom of the bottle. But I will buy the second bottle only because of the exterior.

Packs a punch and will certainly mix nicely but a bit too dark to be a favourite

Tmavý kořeněný rum. Sladký, s velmi rozsáhlým zástupem chutí jako jsou vanilka, čokoláda, karamel, ale i zázvor. Pokud otevřete v partě, rum už nezavřete.