Kraken Spiced Rum
26 Feb, 13 / 
KRAKEN Black Spiced Rum
Below the thunders of the upper deep,
Far far beneath in the abysmal sea,
His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep
The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee
About his shadowy sides: above him swell
Huge sponges of millennial growth and height;
And far away into the sickly light,
From many a wondrous grot and secret cell
Unnumbered and enormous polypi
Winnow with giant fins the slumbering green.
There hath he lain for ages and will lie
Battening upon huge seaworms in his sleep,
Until the latter fire shall heat the deep;
Then once by men and angels to be seen,
In roaring he shall rise and on the surface die.
Behold, the Kraken, subject of Tennyson’s famous poem and other literary and movie fictions.
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Believed to be a giant squid-like sea monster, the Kraken was the theme of many a sailor’s horror story. It would lurch up out of dark waters, and, with its monstrous tentacles, rip sea vessels to their demise.
While scientific evidence has proven that giant squids do exist, they live far below the ocean, 2,000 feet to be exact, and thus, remain relatively low on the predator scale for beach-goers.
If there were a drink that most embodied the dark and mysterious qualities of the legendary Kraken, it would be, not surprisingly, Kraken Rum. The secret ingredient is the blending of eight spices, representing each of the Kraken’s eight tentacles, and the rich, black rum comes in a cool Victorian rum-style bottle.
Kraken is a great rum as it is easy to use when making other cocktails. Some of the easierst, and most delicious include:
Perhaps the actual Kraken sea-monster is fiction, but a delicious Kraekn cocktail is not… neither are the low prices at Southern Spirits. In addition to rum and other spirits, Southern Spirits has a large section of beer and wine, and a friendly and knowledgeable staff that can help you make the right selection. So, stop on by and see for yourself!
