Irn-Bru ad.

[Colin]

Irn-Bru ten minutes down the road?????????? Sigh... For me its mail order or a trip to Canada - sigh.

I should probably not mention that I have 3 shops (two that also make fresh haggis) within a 10 minutes walk that carry Irn-Bru. It's great stuff.

[McMurdo]

I should probably not mention that I have 3 shops (two that also make fresh haggis) within a 10 minutes walk that carry Irn-Bru. It's great stuff.

Sometimes you just got ta love Canada.

[James MacMillan]

A soft drink that is extremely popular in Scotland.

More importantly, it can be used as a certain hangover cure.

So, is it pronounced like "Earn-Brew" Like you would have to chop wood before the kind bartender would give you a beer?

[McMurdo]

Yea that's it Earn Brew=IrnBru.

[MacWage]

So, is it pronounced like "Earn-Brew" Like you would have to chop wood before the kind bartender would give you a beer?

More like "Iron Brew." I recall it was originally from Glasgow (one of Scotland's iron/steel cities). Also, one of their old ad taglines was "made from girders" (as in steel I-beams).

[ardchoille]

I was more of a Tizer fan myself. The link worked earlier this week.

Just tried it. It worked for me, here is the link.

Clicking on that link takes me to a page which states:

Product not found!

[Mike1]

Actually, if you are pronouncing it as 'earn brew', that is wrong. The product was originally marketed as Iron Brew (it's made in Scotland from girders, aye? ), but a change in the law said it could no longer be sold as any kind of 'Brew", since it isn't actually brewed.

Since it was already wildly popular, the decision was made to change the name to the phonetic spelling - Irn Bru. And it is pronounced as it was originally spelled, 'iron brew'.

And don't moan and groan too much about the Canadian Irn Bru, as it lacks both the caffeine and quinine that make up the 'medicinal' properties of the drink. (Read: useless as a hangover cure) While the lack of caffeine might be OK for some, taking out the quinine changes the flavor of the drink considerably.

The Irn Bru sold in the States lacks two of AG Barr's colorings that have been deemed as possible carcinogens. But it still has the caffeine and the quinine, so the kick is still there.

How many of you in Alba have heard the Hugh Reed Explosion's version of Barr's Irn Bru?

[James MacMillan]

Ok - so now I make it Iron Brew - like I have to press out the bartenders shirts before he will give me a beer?

[ardchoille]

Actually, if you are pronouncing it as 'earn brew', that is wrong. The product was originally marketed as Iron Brew (it's made in Scotland from girders, aye? ), but a change in the law said it could no longer be sold as any kind of 'Brew", since it isn't actually brewed.

Since it was already wildly popular, the decision was made to change the name to the phonetic spelling - Irn Bru. And it is pronounced as it was originally spelled, 'iron brew'.

And don't moan and groan too much about the Canadian Irn Bru, as it lacks both the caffeine and quinine that make up the 'medicinal' properties of the drink. (Read: useless as a hangover cure) While the lack of caffeine might be OK for some, taking out the quinine changes the flavor of the drink considerably.

The Irn Bru sold in the States lacks two of AG Barr's colorings that have been deemed as possible carcinogens. But it still has the caffeine and the quinine, so the kick is still there.

How many of you in Alba have heard the Hugh Reed Explosion's version of Barr's Irn Bru?

That is a cool movie

[Archangel]

IrnBru got to love the small print on the label "not a source of iron", also no hint of what the flavour is supposed to be.

Workmates bought some to work to celebrate me passing a difficult annual weld exam.

I responded this week by introducing them to D&B (dandelion and burdock), now there's a drink, only in Scotland, home of haggis, would somebody put that combo into a pop (soda to most of you).