About Kraken
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.
All but one of the rum barrels was destroyed in the carnage. Stained by the ink of The Beast, the surviving barrel came to be known as “The Kraken Rum.” It is now known as a sacred libation of unparalleled flavour and darkness.
As it is told, The Kraken Rum is an imported rum from the Caribbean blended with 13 secret spices. Named for the sea beast of myth and legend, The Kraken Rum is bold, rich, black and smooth.
It is said that a ship carrying one of the largest quantities of black spiced rum ever to be brought over from the Caribbean islands, for unexplained reasons, never reached its destination. Stories were plentiful, and while an attack by the Kraken is suspected, no stories were ever confirmed.
Barrels carrying this black spiced rum drifted off the ship into the sea and the rum was renamed after the Kraken as a tribute (some say as a “sacrifice”) to this beast’s unchallengeable power and might. There are few first-hand accounts of encounters with the Kraken, as most who encounter the Kraken do not live to tell the tale.
One seafarer’s diary that was discovered washed up on one of the smaller Pacific islands holds an encounter with what scientists have deduced must have been the Kraken.
As they say, “To not respect the power of the Kraken is to not respect the sea.” So drink with respect.
