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Kraken Black Spiced Rum
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Opinions split hard here: newcomers call it an easy, spice-and-vanilla starter, while seasoned drinkers find it syrupy and one-note. Expect heavy vanilla, caramel, cinnamon and a chocolatey, almost cola-like sweetness. Several tasters say the vanilla takes over and there's little behind it. One member sums the debate up plainly: "This is not a rum." Most agree it shines poured over ice or into coke, not neat.
The community says- Easy entry point
- Keep in mind: High sugar content
- Keep in mind: Tastes artificial
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How does Kraken Black Spiced Rum taste?
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Very sweet, spiced mixer more than rum Divisive. Beginners find it sweet, spicy and easy; experienced drinkers call it syrupy, artificial and thin. Nearly everyone agrees it's a mixer, not a sipper.
Aroma profilePeople starting out who want a sweet, spiced mixing rum for cola and cocktails
Anyone avoiding sugar or wanting a dry, traditional sipping rum
Style & occasion: Sweet & dessertCocktails & mixing
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Buying advice
Is it right for you?
Yes, if you're after characterful, sweet, dessert-like rums for cocktails.
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What does the community say?
772 community reviews
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On RumX, 7 means “Good” and 8 means “Very good”.
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Review by Heffernan
Most helpful positive review
On the nose quite sweet with a nice vanilla note, slight caramel, almost liqueur-like. On the palate the sweet impression continues, but still within a pleasant range, also vanilla, caramel, coffee, chocolate, pleasant sharpness without being spirituous with a nice spiciness, a hint of licorice?, relatively soft, slightly oily. You definitely have to drink it more often to taste the different spices. Conclusion: good spiced rum in an unusual look, definitely worth trying.
Review by Stefan Persson
Most helpful critical review
Too sweet for me!
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
This is a nice spiced rum and should be judged accordingly. Very nice and warming with a lot of spices and chocolate. Can be enjoyed pure, on the rocks and in a mixer. I have started using this when baking chocolate cake and it's very good for that as well.
Review by Eric Frechin
Rum for non-experts in rum. Like Don Papa, it's an entry point that I would recommend. It's very spicy, the color is really dark as if caramel had been added. The tasting notes are dark and spicy.
Review by Mirko Frosini 🇮🇪
Rum for after dinner with friends. Too spicy and sweet for my taste. Not suitable for tasting at a certain level. These very sweet rums got me hooked on these spirits and therefore I find it difficult to give it a bad rating because in the end everyone has their own preferences. That being said, unfortunately, I do not consider it a good rum and I liken it to Elixirs such as Arecha or Cubaney (which are not real rums).
Review by heckto🥃
This rum has received a good amount of added sugar. It smells very spicy and sweet. On the palate, the spicy/sweet taste dominates and covers all other nuances, a pity. Too monotonous neat, well suited as a mixer.
Review by zabo
I used to like it as a mixer, but now it's just an emergency anchor for visitors. Edit: I now offer visitors better things. Will probably end up as a baking ingredient somewhere. Unfortunately, it can't be used for anything else.
Review by Project•Oasis
Not recommended pure, with Coke it’s really good though…
Review by Rumpalumpa
A sweet vanilla bomb with other spices in the background of the vanilla. But it tastes less chemical than other popular spiced rums, so it's actually quite ok. Can be used for mixing if you take the sweetness into account.
Review by Émile Shevek
Pungent and straight, great for shots.
Review by ordogh
Too loud spiciness and sweetness, almost unable to analyze it. Some might call it for dessert, but it’s so syrupy.
Review by Ysmir
Poured from a bottle that's been open for ~1.5 years, and is 2/3 full. Found this old gifted bottle while doing some rearranging of my bar shelves, thought it was a perfect time to give it a pour. Weak nose of what you expect from a spiced rum. Palate is stronger but is still fairly watery. Finish lingers with this strange artificial aftertaste.
Review by Smighty
For some reason Kraken is my favorite rum. I dont that i can find a better one (more suitable for my taste) in this price range. It has an amazing bottle/package. The color matches the bottle (ink of Kraken). The taste is spicy with strong vanilla kick. The aftertaste stays the same and does not last long - but its not imminently gone. Good one to be mixed with other drinks. I prefer this one really cold as it gives roundness to the taste.
Review by Marijke Rum & Spelletjes
Kraken remains a nice, easy-going rum.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
spiced rum just :D nothing special but at least here you know what you're getting and there are significantly worse ones. For dark & stormy it's definitely fine! 😃
Review by Johan Nieuwlands
Drinks nicely and burns lightly afterwards
Review by Torsten vom Endt
Only with cola
Review by Business Liner Ralf
nice smooth ready to Mix it!
Review by Jack M
It’s not the worst spiced rum. At least it is not overwhelmed by a single spice/ flavour. I think it’s fair to rate this as an average rum given it is ubiquitous and effectively ’the standard’ for most people.
Review by PakRT84
For a Spiced Rum-Spirit Drink actually still quite okay. Certainly heavily flavored, but there are definitely much worse products in that direction. Neat, well, everyone has to decide for themselves.😁 But good for mixing.
Review by Claire bear
Easy to drink
Review by Rolf Pankoff 🇩🇪
In my favorite pub, the landlady invited me to a Kraken. Until then, I had only drunk pilsner, so that's how my collection started. Very typical for newbies!
Review by Jakob
Spiced rum, but clearly too much of the sticky variety. Not my cup of tea.
Review by Smashed Cherries
A robustness of flavor that has bite. Not a sippers but great as a mixer and makes a great Zombie cocktail.
Review by Oscar Fernandez
Ron especiado, no es mi estilo. Mezclado sin dudar! Salu! 🥃
Review by Olav Bjørnbakken
Perfect beginners rum. Good enough to drink as is, but cheap enough to mix.
Review by Pepeto Neto
They sold it to me as a herbal-type rum but the sweet note gives me an unnatural sensation, rather chemical like a medicine. It's really not my style.
Review by Miňo
Dosť korenistý,vanilkovo-karamelový rum. Nie na časté pitie.
Review by Romain de L
Very spicy and very sugary. Not a tasting rum - but not pretending it is. It is as advertised and honestly, find it quite unpalatable but no false promises. I have drank much worse for such rums 😉
Review by Anonymous
Cocktails!!
Review by István Ábrahám
This is nice rum infused with spices. Strong vanilla and caramel flavors, easy to get it.
Review by Blaidor
Smell 5,5/10 Taste 4,5/10 Aftertaste 5,5/10 Image 3/10 (info about rum, bottle, carton-box, sugar free, marketing....) Total impression 4/10 ------------------ BTL Added sugar (26g/l) 👎👎👎/but marked spiced 👍 BTL II Mass produced commercial product/not real rum BTL III Bottle design 👎
Review by epicsune 🇸🇪
The variant I tasted is only 40% but the listing here says 47% so maybe there has been a change in production or there is regional differences (I live in Sweden) Nose is almost all chocolate, some sweet smell in the background like a caramel or maybe butterscotch. Taste continues to be the same chocolate as the nose. Here I can taste the sweetness of caramel and spices.
Review by Vader74
Very nice smooth flavor. The sweet spice flavor is prominent I would highly recommend this slice rum as a go to. There is a little fruitiness is the sweet flavor. I think is one of the better spiced rums I have had
Review by ilRummista
Too sweet and excessively spicy
Review by Fifulek
Nose:cacao, candy floss, tofee, opposite of intense Taste: overly sweet candy floss chocolate, cunamon, toffee, moalasses, alcohol boring Finnish:sweet, alcohol. Boring
Review by Nicolas Kröger
Very strongly flavored. Totally over the top. Looks very nice.
Review by Goodoboy30
This is ok neat. It's better mixed with coke. I've actually replaced vanilla in chocolate chip cookies with Kraken.
Review by WhereismyRum
One of my everyday favourite rums wit Pepsi or Ginger Ale with lime.
Review by Vincent D
Quelle horreur ! On m'a offert une bouteille de ce truc que j'ai donc dû goûter en faisant bonne figure. C'est plat et chimique. Du mauvais cola sans bulles. Du Toplexil. Moins bon encore qu'un Bumbu. Infect.. Ce genre de boissons fait du mal au rhum en laissant à penser aux non initiés que c'est ça le rhum.
Review by Pietro Marin
Very spicy rum, strong presence of chocolate. Great paired with desserts. Pleasant but cloying after a while.
Review by Anton Krioukov
It is what it is and it’s for what it’s for . That being said, not really my cup of tea.
Review by Kay Meertens
Vanilla, syrup, pepper, amaretto, orange, chocolate and liquorice. Somewhat chemical smell, but drinkable neat.
Review by Donald Shepherd
Sweet and caramel, not sure that's a heap of spice. The equivalent of a dessert rum.
Review by Righrum
This is not a rum
Review by sander van Eijk
Not special but also not trash, has a very spicy aftertaste.
Review by Schnapsschuesse
Careful, the German bottling has 40%, not 47%. Smells like an accident in the cookie factory. Burnt and contains everything from cocoa to butterscotch, but mainly a treatise on artificial flavors around vanilla. Cardboard sweet and overloaded. Every kind of baking ingredient, garnished with alcoholic spiciness on the finish. Sorry, no.
Review by RummyTummy
Definitely very smooth and warm with a very nice aftertaste
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Expert reviews
2 critics scored it, averaging 4.5/10. Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum.
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2,188 bottles logged by 1,965 collectors.
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38% opened, 400 emptied.
What does Kraken Black Spiced Rum cost?
Community paid 16–34 €.
Current best price: 26.99 € – within the typical community range.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 22 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›
+34 additions in the last 3 months.
Additions per month over the last 12 months; dark bars: the last 3.
2,188 purchased · 1,731 tasted · 311 wishlist · as of
Details about Kraken Black Spiced Rum
A spirit drink on a rum base from Trinidad, at 47%.
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