How is Kraken rum best served?

Squeeze a couple of lime slices into a glass, then add the full slice. Muddle it all together with a few fresh mint leaves. Fill the glass halfway with ice, then add your sugar and stir it in. After that, add your rum, top with soda water, and you're done.

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How do you serve Kraken rum?

Desk Drinks: Kraken Rum, 5 Ways
  1. The Party One. Basic Rum Punch. You need: 50ml orange juice. 50ml pineapple juice. ...
  2. The Classic One. Black mojito. You need: 50ml Kraken. ...
  3. The Trendy One. Perfect storm. You need: 25ml Kraken. ...
  4. The No Fuss One. Kraken and coke. 25ml Kraken. 75ml coke. ...
  5. The Seasonal One. Rum hot toddy. You need: 25ml Kraken.

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How is Kraken best served?

Dry shake, then shake with ice and strain into a wine glass. The rich flavours of Kraken are ripe for a Flip. This is a creamy, bold, flavoursome drink.

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What is a good mixer for Kraken rum?

Dark 'N' Stormy Cocktail

A traditional, easy-to-make classic, the Dark 'N' Stormy uses lime and ginger beer to contrast against dark and rich Kraken rum. One of my favorite Kraken cocktails, the spirit adds an extra dimension to the drink.

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Do you drink Kraken rum straight?

You can drink it straight; on the rocks; with a mixer; in your bathing suit; or with nothing at all!

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Should I refrigerate Kraken rum?

Whether opened or unopened, rum should be stored in a tightly sealed bottle in a cool, dry place that is away from radiators and direct sunlight.

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Does Kraken give you a hangover?

The bottle looks killer, their advertisements are the best alcohol ads I've ever seen, and it really does make you feel like a pirate. Make sure to stay hydrated though. This stuff will give you a horrible hangover if you let it.

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What is special about Kraken rum?

At 47% ABV, it has a significantly higher proof than other spiced rums, which makes it a bolder and more effective mixer in cocktails. The Kraken's distinctive jug-style bottle and black-and-white label featuring the sea monster of the same name make it extremely recognizable on the shelf.

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Is Kraken good with lemonade?

Spiced Kraken rum poured over a glass of lime juice and lemonade, then topped off with a good scoop of lemon sorbet. Here's what it looks like before the sorbet bit. I love that layering (unfortunately it does need mixing before you drink it, otherwise you're just going to be drinking straight rum at the end!).

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Can you take shots of Kraken rum?

Simply add Kraken® Black Roast Rum to shaker tin with ice, shake well and strain into a shot glass. Optionally add a dash of half-and-half or coconut milk.

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Is Kraken rum good with coke?

Now, Experience The Kraken® in a new way with the Kraken & Cola ready-to-drink cocktail, boasting delicious notes of spice, rich vanilla, and caramel. Made with authentic Caribbean rum, this tasty 5% ABV (10 proof) cocktail is convenient for on-the-go or at home with friends.

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Is Kraken good with coffee?

It is unexpectedly rich, dark, and smooth, and the perfect accompaniment to your favorite coffee cocktails.

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Is Kraken good with orange juice?

Fill a glass with crushed ice. If you don't have crushed ice, find ice, and then crush it. Add Kraken® Black Spiced Rum, triple sec to glass. Top with orange juice and splash your choice of lemon-lime soda on top.

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Should you put Kraken rum in the freezer?

Pure Rum shouldn't freeze until the temperature falls to minus 27 C (-17 F), so it is safe in your freezer. Rum liqueurs have a lower ABV and therefore freeze more easily. However, keeping Rum in the freezer is rare, as you typically want to be tasting it at its full potency and complexity, especially if drinking neat.

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Is Kraken Rum real rum?

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.

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Does Kraken taste good?

Chocolate sweetness, molasses and vanilla mingle with spices commonly associated with Rum; clove, cinnamon, ginger and galangal. Slightly warming with a big punch of vanilla, a touch of coffee and a hint of pepper. It's versatile enough to be drank neat, on the rocks, or in a variety of mixers and cocktails.

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What can you do with Kraken?

Kraken is a cryptocurrency exchange where you can buy and sell assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. Kraken is one of the oldest Bitcoin exchanges and supports 220+ different coins to buy, sell, and trade with competitive exchange fees.

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What does Kraken and Coke taste like?

Drinking it with Diet coke gives you a strange rum and coke. Initially it tastes like a regular coke then it kicks in full gear a bitter chocolate and then a large amount of sweetness (from molasses) and then evens out with a finish of caramel.

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What mixes well with black spiced rum?

We would recommend apple juice, pineapple juice and orange juice - each of them really brings out the taste in your Spiced Rum. And don't forget you can always use a sparkling fruit juice such as a limonata or appletiser.

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Is Captain Morgan or Kraken better?

According to the findings, more than 70% of drinkers choose The Kraken Gold Spiced Rum over Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum. In addition, respondents strongly called The Kraken Gold Spiced Rum “the smoothest” and praised its “superior taste.”

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How many shots of Kraken does it take to get drunk?

It takes more than three shots of 40% ABV or 80 proof rum will get you drunk. Overproof rum is beyond 60% ABV and has a high concentration of alcohol to affect a person quickly. Getting proper sleep, meal consumption, and water intake can slow down alcohol absorption.

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Is Kraken a rum or whiskey?

The Kraken is a black spiced rum with an equally dark sense of humour. Basing its brand around a fearsome mythical sea creature, it combines clever storytelling with a richly flavoured rum in eye-catching packaging.

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What alcohol has the biggest hangover?

“Brandy has the highest amount, followed by dark alcohols like whiskey and red wine,” says Czarena Crofcheck, Ph. D, a food science professor at the University of Kentucky. “Their high levels of fusel alcohol make them much harder for the body to metabolize.”

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What spirits give you the worst hangover?

"Darker alcohol — like red wine, scotch, whiskey and bourbon — will have higher levels of conjoners. "[They're] more likely to cause hangovers the following day," he continues. "Clear liquors — like gin and vodka, for instance — are less likely to have these compounds and less likely, therefore, to cause hangovers."

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What drinks give you the biggest hangover?

Dark drinks, like red wine and bourbon, have more congeners than light ones and there are several studies to show that for a given level of blood alcohol, dark drinks produce worse hangovers.

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