LEGEND HAS IT A lone ship, carrying barrels of spiced rum across the Caribbean, was viciously attacked by the massive tentacles and colossal strength of an unknown beast. All aboard the doomed vessel were dragged into the watery depths, never to be seen again. We now know this dreaded beast to be The Kraken.

The Kraken is a dark spiced rum based on rums distilled from molasses at the Angostura Distillery (in Trinidad) that have been aged between one and two years. This is then blended with spices, including cinnamon, ginger and cloves and sweetened.

Color: The dark-brown cola color, with a ruby hue virtually opaque both in the bottle and the glass, is due to a healthy amount of caramel coloring added after distillation and done to represent the black ink spewed by the mythical Kraken sea monster.

The Kraken Rum Partners With Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, Mike Ditka & Angie Martinez. JERSEY CITY, NJ – The Kraken Black Spiced Rum is celebrating cities across the U.S., buying local bar-goers their first rum of summer, and releasing The Kraken Attacks limited edition bottles complete with squid-hunting prizes.

kra·​ken ˈkra-kən ˈkrä- variants or Kraken. plural krakens or Krakens or kraken or Kraken. : a gigantic tentacled sea monster of Scandinavian myth. Mythical krakens are now thought of as giant squid or octopuses, capable of bringing down a ship with their tentacled arms.

It's believed that the earliest legends of the kraken, and similar creatures from other parts of the world, were inspired by sightings of real animals - particularly the giant squid and giant octopus - occasionally glimpsed by oceanic explorers.

Legends hold that no ship could stand up to the Kraken. The creature could easily sink ships by wrapping its many arms around them. The ship's crew would either drown or be eaten by the monster. These are certainly mythical tales.

The English word kraken (in the sense of sea monster) derives from Norwegian kraken or krakjen, which are the definite forms of krake ("the krake"). According to a Norwegian dictionary, the root meaning of krake is "malformed or overgrown, crooked tree".

The KRAKEN® BLACK SPICED RUM is named for a legendary sea monster. Known for its deadly tentacles, razor sharp teeth and insatiable appetite, the Kraken was rumored to have attacked a ship in the Caribbean Islands carrying spiced rum.

Black Spiced Rum. The Kraken is an imported rum from the Caribbean blended with secret spicesNamed for the sea beast of myth and legend, The Kraken is bold, rich, black and smoothThe largest shipment of Caribbean black spiced rum was said to be brought down by the Kraken.

Giant squid spotted in Japan After all, even after so much scientific research, the Kraken is still alive in popular imagination thanks to films, books and computer games, even if it sometimes turns up in the wrong mythology, such as the 1981 (and 2010) ancient Greek epic Clash of the Titans.

Kraken Black Spiced Rum is a Caribbean black spiced rum. It is distributed in the United States by Proximo Spirits, and named after the kraken, a mythical giant squid-like sea monster.