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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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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (4 children)

is iron brew a iron flavor soda?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month 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

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Weird law.

Mountain Dew would never make it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Escuis me que es eso. Does it actually taste like iron?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I heard its close to vainilla coke

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

It does have a sort of metallic tang.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It tastes like cream/creamy/creaming soda

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Irn Bru doesn't taste anything like cream soda. Unless we're talking about different cream sodas.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Possibly? I've only had it once ages ago, and there is a video by a comedian here who described it tasting like creaming soda and I was like yeah that's vaguely how I remember it tasting. We may be talking about different things though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Well, I forgot people often talk about the not-full-sugar version anyway so it's all heresy to me. I've only had that once ages ago and never again, so I couldn't judge.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month 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