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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

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[–] GaveUp@hexbear.net 26 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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@hexbear.net 20 points 10 months ago

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

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 16 points 10 months ago

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

[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 24 points 10 months 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.

[–] bumpusoot@hexbear.net 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Scotland once again being one of the least cringe western nations.

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

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@hexbear.net 4 points 10 months 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.

[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 16 points 10 months ago (4 children)

is iron brew a iron flavor soda?

[–] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 23 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Originally sold as Iron Brew, the drinks makers A.G Barr were forced to change the name of the drink in 1946 following a change in the law that stipulated that the marketing of products required to be "literally true". As the drink did not contain much iron, nor was it brewed, led the company to changing the name to the presently used Irn-Bru

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irn-Bru

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Weird law.

Mountain Dew would never make it.

[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

cool, i was asking because mexico too has iron flavor soda

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago

No idea what the flavour actually is, but it's nice

[–] TechnoUnionTypeBeat@hexbear.net 6 points 10 months ago

Nah it's closer to Kola Champagne/Inca Kola if you've ever had it. It tastes like sweet, like the platonic concept of sweet, a bit like bubblegum but also just kinda indescribable

[–] foxontherocks@hexbear.net 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I want this elixir but i cannot find it on taobao

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 14 points 10 months ago

Gna have to go to Xinjiang then. It's worth it

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 9 points 10 months ago

they've turns the uighs against us