Rum строх is popular in the world, and here in Russia only his experts and travelers know. The correct name of this stro drink, it represents very strong rum flavored with spicery and herbs.
It is considered that строх Austrian Sebastian Stro began to produce rum in 1832. In the territory of Austria-Hungary where mister Stro lived, there was no opportunity to buy spicy ingredients which were extracted in overseas colonies with tropical climate. Austria had no colonies, then Stro began to experiment with various available spicery and food colors which he dissolved in a spirit basis, thus, trying to receive aroma of a tropical sugar cane. This experiment was successful, and mister Stro became the only producer of the Austrian rum. Subsequently began to apply available waste of a sugar cane to production of drink.
Manufacturing techniques
The manufacturing techniques of rum are quite simple, the mash is prepared from sweet reed and maintained in oak casks not less than three years. Of course, producers have secrets which are inaccessible to a wide range, but on that they and secrets that are kept in strict confidence. This Austrian rum is so strong that in pure form decide to drink it the few.
In all hundred eighty years of existence of production Stro, rum began to be produced in three views with various content of alcohol. It can be drinks with 80, 60 and 40-degree content of alcohol. Usually this drink is used for preparation of cocktails. In everyday life Stro rum is applied in confectionery business, rum is added to dough for pastries and to stuffings. It is and a component of such hot beverages as a grog and punch.
Classical recipes
Tourists, visiting Austria, surely buy a souvenir in the form of a small bottle of the Austrian rum which is produced under the Hunting Tea brand and which is really added to strong black tea. The most widespread cocktail with application of the Austrian rum consists from: three parts of rum, two parts of schnapps, one part of red wine. Everything is shaken up in a shaker, spreads on glasses and is instantly drunk as this cocktail very strong and doesn't assume its savoring. B-52 cocktail in which, however, the Austrian rum meets seldom has success with visitors of night clubs. Three liqueurs are a part of classical cocktail: coffee, plum, orange. Way of its preparation is as follows: the coffee-flavored liqueur is poured on a bottom of a special pile, on a tubule pour in no more than 20 ml of rum, from above an equal part of plum liqueur, and further – orange. These liqueurs are contrast on color, and such cocktail very attractively looks. Cocktail has special success when set fire to it. Actually, he received the name because of the American strategic V-52 bomber which dropped bombs. Effect of cocktail similar.