Kraken Black Spiced

Dark color with good aroma. Flavor gets lost to me with coke, but adds a sweetness.

Easy drinking. Prefer to drink mixed with cola. Nice smooth flavour with a mild spice. Very good drink for it's price.

The contents is not that all Kraked up to be.

I know the marketing wheels have been spinning like lightning with this product and I've got the 40% abv version. The packaging is great, love the bottle. Great colour, almost black in the bottle but more dark reddish in the glass. Aroma is pretty safe, mostly vanilla and some background spice. Taste very much similar as the nose but there is an underlying bitterness that lingers well into the finish

There is something missing and to me it's actually the rummy element if that's a word. Whatever base rum is used its well hidden with whatever they have put into this concoction.

Perhaps the 47% abv version is able to carry the flavours a bit better but I won't be going out of my way to get one any time soon.

Its a very smooth tasty spiced rum...full flavor, but a bit too sweet. Its fun to shoot with a group, but the headache the day after is heavy and harsh. Enjoy it as a mixer and best not to overdo it.

I am not a huge fan of spiced rums, I prefer aged rums but I heard so many good things about this one that I had to try it. Kraken is by far my favorite spiced rum. Not to sweet and not to strong of a finish even though it's 94 proof. A hint of licorice. Worth a go.

I enjoy this rum when mixing a hot buttered rum, otherwise it stays at the back of my liquor cabinet unless someone requests it.

Tried this on the rocks. It's better than other dark rums that I've tried and if I wanted to drink spiced rum straight, shots seems like a good choice. If I was going to mix, I'm not sure that the extra cost over Captain Morgan's is worth it.

Big, bold flavors of vanilla and clove to stand up to the higher proof. Very sweet. Good as a mixer if you need sweet vanilla flavor, and a sneaky amount of alcohol. Stands up to cola very well.

Love the spices, but not a sipping rum. Great for baking rum cakes/rum balls.

I don't usually like a dark rum but given it was on offer and the bottle looked cool I gave it a go. Very pleased I did too as it's very unique, has a beautiful color, and tasted much better than I expected for the price. Excellent on its own or over ice or you can mix with coke for a longer drink and it's just as good