I thought I was getting some orange soda or something, but colour me surprised when it turned out to be lethally sweet iron brew. Like the old stuff.

I'm so happy

  • ReadFanon [any, any]
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    1 day ago

    You know it's genuine Irn-Bru because China still has a thriving steel industry.

    You're not gonna get good Irn-Bru from a post-industrial country because this makes sourcing the girders too costly and so they use cheap imitations instead.

  • GaveUp [love/loves]
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    1 day ago

    That's actually fucking wild, the wikipedia on iron brew doesn't even mention China at all. Did they reverse engineer the recipe for iron brew lmao

    • Sam [none/use name]
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      1 day ago

      If they can reverse engineer IRN BRU then I believe they can do anything

    • Flyberius [comrade/them]
      hexagon
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      1 day ago

      Well it's definitely not official, so yeah, someone must have replicated the flavour

  • bumpusoot [any]
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    1 day ago

    Scotland actually does have old school Irn Bru again, called Irn Bru 1901, which is meant to be the full sugar old-timey recipe. Confirmed for disgustingly tasty.

      • MaoTheLawn [any, any]
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        1 day ago

        eh, pretty hit and miss, plus they don't catch nearly enough flak for their role in the slave trade... The Scots were rampant. For such a small population, they have given a hell of a lot of Carribbean people and towns Scottish names.

        At one point Scots owned 30-40% of the Jamaican slave estates, and by some estimates, Scottish men, despite representing about 10% of the United Kingdom's population, represented 50% of the slave tradesmen in Jamaica, and about a third of British slave traders overall.

        • bumpusoot [any]
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          20 hours ago

          There's definitely a lot to be said for their historical role, but modernity wise I'd definitely laud it is as up there in the not-so-cringe tables.