Talk:Stroh

Fusel Alcohol
tastes/smells like Fusel Alcohol? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.207.40.148 (talk) 18:56, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

54
The Stroh website does not know the Stroh 54 at all... Though I've seen those now and then.85.217.47.148 (talk) 22:22, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Air travel safety concerns
Stroh 80 can't be brought onto planes in carry on luggage; Austrian Customs officers will confiscate it. There is an icon to this effect on the back label of the bottle. Its not clear why this is; there is no such icon on the back of Hapsburg yellow label Absinthe (89.9% abv). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.221.200.61 (talk) 16:53, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

American Beer
There is not an U.S. American beer by the name of Stroh? --Thanks! --AVM (talk) 13:29, 22 August 2008 (UTC)


 * See the disambiguation link at the top of the page, which contains a link to Stroh Brewery Company. --DerRichter (talk) 16:30, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Higher proof
I recall that some time ago Stroh used to also sell a higher proof version -- a 180 proof variant -- but only in Austria. They don't sell it anymore and the internet doesn't seem to provide any evidence. If anyone can confirm or source this it would be an interesting historical tidbit. 64.81.229.96 (talk) 19:07, 25 December 2014 (UTC)


 * When I was growing up our family had a bottle of Stroh 180 proof rum. My parents purchased it in Austria around 1970. We used it for Feuerzangenbowle with superior results as the increased proof allows the sugar cone to burn hotter and better caramelize than the 160 proof product available today. I don't have any proper references but keep looking as your recollection is correct. John Schulien (talk) 02:56, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

"Stroh Rum"
There is no "Stroh Rum", and there has never been a "Stroh Rum". Prove me wrong. As far as I understand, the product was officially called "Stroh Inländer Rum" for a long time, and currently the branding is simply "Stroh" or "Stroh, the Spirit of Austria". With "Inländer Rum" being the mandatory label for domestically distilled and flavoured spirits resembling a rum, but not allowed to bear the label of "Rum", and "Stroh" simply naming the origin house or company. I believe it was just clever marketing, where the "Inländer" part on the labels of the bottles was in such fine print, that Germans, who bought the stuff by the liter in their winter holidays, during the time that 80 Vol% spirits were prohibited in Germany, and who had never heard of the term "Inländer Rum", started simply calling it "Stroh Rum", and so that term stuck as a synonym for "high alcohol content fake rum". I am editing the article to reflect this. --BjKa (talk) 12:32, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I mean if in the USA it actually says "Stroh Rum" on the bottle, by all means add that to the article, as a local variety of the packaging, but frankly I'd be very surprised so see that.
 * Also I don't know about the "commons category|Stroh Rum". Possibly that one's also a bad idea...
 * --BjKa (talk) 13:12, 9 April 2024 (UTC)