Stroh Original 80

Lowered a few bottles of this very strong Austrian rum when I was on a skiing holiday in Kitzbuhl, Austria as a teenager.
It falls into the same category as the Thai varieties Mehkong and SangSom, ie party, party, party without caring about what you drink.

Okay, this is it. This is the stuff of legends. The bottle this was tasted from was gifted to me by me grandfather and was bought in Austria in 1982.

Nose: Sugar, Liquorice Root, Herbal Medicine, Caramel and Vanilla Extract
Taste: Sugar, Plastic, Liquorice Root, Herbal Medicine and Vanillin with a artificial, but surprisingly short aftertaste
Overall: Well, this is just bad. I knew it would be, but it still is.... bad. The artificial flavours covers up the 80 abv pretty well and it drinks much easier than that, but it is simply bad "rum". It gets a 2/10, because it is quite good to use in your baked goods.

Austrian here.

What we call "Inländer Rum" ist no Rum and was created with artificial flavors back in times when real rum was very hard to come by.

the stuff is usually used as a baking ingredient, or for flavouring punch during xmas.

It also goes well in small amounts with coke and hot tea - its what youll get when you order tea with rum at your skiing holiday.

Its not bad, but its simply not a Rum, so don't rate it as one

Strong as hell, but still OK for sipping. Tones of burnt caramel and herbs

80% do i have write more? Österrich rum served in Alps, especially in winter after ski. Good add for hot tea ;)

Bardzo mocny (alkoholowo ostry) rum raczej do koktajli lub jako dodatek do np. kawy aby się rozgrzać.

Very strong alcohol. Not suitable for solo drinking in my opinion. Only as an addition to drinks and preferably with tea in winter. After skiing. You can add it to tinctures.

This rum is meant for mixing and not to be sipped. Good for a rum and cola.

The Stroh 80. I bought it as a gag thing for a party, but it even fails at that. If you're thinking about buying this, go to your local petrol station, pump some petrol in a jerry can, add vanilla and caramel and drink. That's about the taste of Stroh 80.

I guess it *could* be used in cooking and baking, because the actual flavours aren't too bad (even though they are in fact not rum).

This is a real rum its a mixer how u mix it depends soley on u start of covid ibougth it to kill germs in air ways. Sipped a bit hot coffe after and feelt a strong burn as it evaporated up again. Its some of the worst things u sip but mix it with some 40 abv and u get a 60 with lots of arrak and it lends quite nice flavours then u made a 60 abv sipping drink. Its probably best for baking as its intended but the flavouring is real good but it should never stand on its own legs if i would drink this by it self i would give it maximum 3 as i feelt alive and got some nice arrak out of it as well this stuff burns up the parts of the body it comes into contact with