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posted by the cuban (43 comments total)
 
I love Irn Bru. It accompanies a scotch egg perfectly.
posted by jonmc at 6:31 AM on December 4, 2006


Aaaah - Irn Bru! The only good reason to visit the Highland Games!
(Weird ad though.)
posted by speug at 6:32 AM on December 4, 2006


I recently confessed to my friends that I had never tasted Irn Bru. My flatmates bought me two litres of the stuff. I wouldn't say I enjoyed it, but I couldn't stop drinking it either...
posted by slimepuppy at 6:34 AM on December 4, 2006


Weird ad though.

It references Xmas tv staple, The Snowman, using Scottish landmarks (Falkirk Wheel, Loch Ness etc)
posted by the cuban at 6:36 AM on December 4, 2006


Irnic.
posted by pracowity at 6:42 AM on December 4, 2006


It's the best-tasting drink of its color
posted by MtDewd at 6:45 AM on December 4, 2006


Iron Brew
posted by horsemuth at 6:48 AM on December 4, 2006


YouTube. MySpace. Wikipedia.

The trifecta is now in play. Give this man a Wii!
posted by sourwookie at 6:50 AM on December 4, 2006 [1 favorite]


Cheers :)

At least it didnt involve Steven Colbert or The Decembrists, ya plum.
posted by the cuban at 6:58 AM on December 4, 2006


This is my favourite Irn Bru advert of all time.

I am sure a Freudian psychoanalyst would have a whale of a time trying to decipher what it all means but it is quite funny all the same.
posted by ClanvidHorse at 7:00 AM on December 4, 2006


Brilliant ad. Certainly beats the annoying bird-based ones for the (even more) caffeine-stuffed variant Irn Bru 32.

I wouldn't say I enjoyed it, but I couldn't stop drinking it either...

It's powerfully addictive stuff - I got completely hooked when I moved to Scotland, drinking at least one glass bottle a day. Been clean for 3 years now, though!
posted by jack_mo at 7:03 AM on December 4, 2006


jack_mo-- You are not the only one. I managed to stay off it for over a year after a dentist advised I was heading for Irn-Bru derived catastrophe (not an unknown eventuality in the badlands of Lanarkshire and Glasgow as I am sure you are aware) and faced a future of wallies if I proceeded. However, in the last few months I have been guzzling like I did in the playground.

Better get savin up for the wallies.
posted by ClanvidHorse at 7:10 AM on December 4, 2006


Made in Scotland -- from Girders,
Unpronounceale too,
Made in Scotland, from Girders,
It's called Barr's Irn Bru.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 7:16 AM on December 4, 2006


Unspellale as well, it seems.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 7:18 AM on December 4, 2006


Annoying bird based ads??? COO COO

The new one is good, I burst out laughing when I saw the Falkirk wheel. It's the best we can do.
posted by fire&wings at 7:18 AM on December 4, 2006


The best small country in the world. So our ineffectual leader has it. True, despite him. (he's the berk in front in the second link)
posted by imperium at 7:20 AM on December 4, 2006


jonmc: "I love Irn Bru. It accompanies a scotch egg perfectly."

Personally, I like a deep-fried Mars Bar, accompanied with a fine Bamgria -- equal parts Buckfast Tonic Wine and Irn Bru.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 7:23 AM on December 4, 2006


While I do enjoy me some Irn-Bru, I'd like to take this opportunity to plug my own favorite alternative soft drink.
posted by uncleozzy at 7:37 AM on December 4, 2006


Irn Bru and scotch egg? Consumed separately they're fantastic (especially the egg), but together... Irn Bru and vodka is pretty nice together.
posted by TheDonF at 7:50 AM on December 4, 2006


Irn Blue

(kidding. I love the stuff.)
posted by bink at 8:37 AM on December 4, 2006


At least it didnt involve Steven Colbert or The Decembrists, ya plum.

Have I missed something?
posted by ludwig_van at 8:43 AM on December 4, 2006


Bamgria - tee hee! Not a cocktail I'll be trying any time soon.
posted by jack_mo at 8:51 AM on December 4, 2006


Bamgria - tee hee! Not a cocktail I'll be trying any time soon.
posted by jack_mo at 8:54 AM on December 4, 2006


Placebo or not, Irn Bru is the only substance that can single-handedly cure a hangover for me. This is probably related to the time I spent in Glasgow as a student during college and the amount of super lager I consumed at the time.
posted by joseph_elmhurst at 11:02 AM on December 4, 2006


I love this post. Thanks. Where can I find the stuff in the states?
posted by selfmedicating at 11:05 AM on December 4, 2006


I second selfmedicating...
posted by Samizdata at 11:21 AM on December 4, 2006


Usually ships in 2-3 business days

That site will rot your mouth clean of teeth.
posted by paxton at 11:51 AM on December 4, 2006


Amazingly enough, Irn-Bru tastes almost exactly the same as Inca Kola. You can get IK prettly easily in Latino areas of north America.
posted by meehawl at 12:41 PM on December 4, 2006


Just FYI for those in NYC who might not know, you can get Irn Bru at Tea and Sympathy (the store and restaurant) and the sister restaurant/chipper right next door, A Salt & Battery.

You can also get it at Myers of Keswick. Though there's probably plenty other places to get Irn Bru or any other UK foodstuffs at.
posted by kkokkodalk at 12:47 PM on December 4, 2006


While I do enjoy me some Irn-Bru, I'd like to take this opportunity to plug my own favorite alternative soft drink.

Amen, brother! And don't you West Coasters go and think you have any idea what real Moxie tastes like, some dog and pony show outfit out there bought the rights to the name.

Irn-Bru tastes like bubble gum. In fact, every carbonated beverage indigenous to the British Isles (except for "lemonade") tastes like bubble gum for some reason. And confusingly, sometimes it's marketed as "American Style Bubble-Gum Soft Drink." But then, they'll also put a chicken breast, a hash brown patty, and a slice of tomato in a tortilla and call that "American Style" as well. Who knows what lurks.
posted by XMLicious at 1:01 PM on December 4, 2006


(Although, arguably, it's not too alternative, since it's now owned by Coke. Sic transit gloria mundi.)
posted by XMLicious at 1:02 PM on December 4, 2006


Irn Bru + Bacon Roll = hangover-b-gone.

I swear it's true.
posted by stumcg at 1:03 PM on December 4, 2006


(Moxie is owned by Coke, not Irn-Bru. Sorry for the post hemorrhaging.)
posted by XMLicious at 1:04 PM on December 4, 2006


every carbonated beverage indigenous to the British Isles ... tastes like bubble gum for some reason

This is worldwide. It's to do with the fruity esters.

Douglas Ivester, chairman of the Coca-Cola company in 1999, said this about Inca Kola in 1999: Looks like piss, tastes like bubble-gum.
posted by meehawl at 1:11 PM on December 4, 2006


It's to do with the fruity esters.

You mean like Dame Edna? I knew she was too effervescent.
posted by XMLicious at 1:22 PM on December 4, 2006


Moxie is owned by Coke

Really? Say it ain't so! The only evidence of this I can find is that Moxie is bottled in the New England area by Coca-Cola (which generally doesn't indicate ownership).

Interestingly, I'm pretty sure I've seen Irn-Bru on the shelves of most of my local Stop-and-Shops, in the international aisle.
posted by uncleozzy at 1:40 PM on December 4, 2006


Well bless my soul, you're right!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_Beverage_Company

I was fooled by the Coke logo always being on the can. I'm all alternativey and I didn't even know it!

BTW meehawl, if you should care to experience the antithesis of fruity esters, nay their mortal nemesis, a Dr. Moriarty to their Sherlock Holmses, Moxie is your drink.
posted by XMLicious at 1:50 PM on December 4, 2006


I was married in Scotland, and returned to Winnipeg hooked on the stuff. Thank *deity of your choice* that I can grab cases of the stuff at Superstore every now and then.

Now if only I could find a reliable source of vegetarian haggis and Columba Cream Liqueur...
posted by WinnipegDragon at 1:59 PM on December 4, 2006


PeterMcDermott*: Personally, I like a deep-fried Mars Bar

Oh, you should see the latest trick: a macaroni cheese pie, squashed and toasted between a couple of slices of bread in a Breville, and then battered and deep fried. And let's not mention the Stonner: sausage – battered – wrapped in doner meat – battered again – and served in a pitta. With chips. The one chippy that serves it will only sell you one a week, maximum.

*You're surely not related to me, are you? I don't get to meet that many McDermotts ...
posted by Len at 4:06 PM on December 4, 2006


Funnily enough as a Scottish kid I loved the stuff, but after moving to America and then later visiting my relatives there I found that I didn't like it as much as I once did. As I've grown older I've come back around to liking it again, even though I'm still an ocean away from buying it easily. But for the sake of my teeth that's probably a good thing. When we first moved to the Bay Area (after about eight months of being in the states) my mother would sometimes take us to a store selling British imports (first to one in San Jose, then to a store/tea room that opened in our hometown) and buy my brother and I a can of Irn Bru each and some sweets that we couldn't find otherwise in the states as a treat. Sometimes I would wait to drink my Irn Bru and my brother would take it. Oh, memories. Actually, he still does that when I'm at home and there's a bottle of Orangina in the house. Bastard. Luckily, that's easier to find in the states these days.

Anyway, I loved the commercial. Made me all nostalgic (The Snowman was required Christmas viewing when we were in Scotland) and I found it funny.
posted by kosher_jenny at 4:22 PM on December 4, 2006


That's a fantastic ad. I am now in the unfortunate position of wanting to see the Snowman, but being certain that it won't live up to that perverse ending.
posted by dhartung at 6:29 PM on December 4, 2006


nice. very nice. i'd never seen that advert before. and all this talk of hangover cures makes me long for my favourite: the tattie dog from the piemakers on clerk street. oh, tattie dog, is there nothing you can't fix?

and thank god i can't find any buckie, cause i think i'd be way too tempted.
posted by mosessis at 6:31 PM on December 4, 2006


Huzzah! When I took a bunch of kids to Scotland four years ago to sing with Scottish Opera, they all quickly became addicted to Irn Bru. I've emailed them all this link. Thanks for the memories!
posted by ancientgower at 7:19 PM on December 4, 2006


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