As I’ve gone further down the Tiki rabbit hole, I’ve become a student of craft cocktails and fine rums. I still do appreciate some lesser rums, including spiced ones. The first one I liked was Captain Morgan, the standard-bearer of spiced rum. The newest entry is The Kraken. It tastes pretty much the same to me, mixed with a Coke, and the marketing is just as powerful, if not more so, then it’s predecessor. They’re both nautical themed, which is Tiki adjacent. With The Kraken, though, you had a natural connection to the NHL’s newest franchise, the Seattle Kraken, and a whole new meaning to the terms “Kraken on Ice” and “Release The Kraken.” Cowabunga!

