The true birthplace of Irn-Bru, the alarmingly orange, quintessentially Scottish soft drink, is hotly contested - and potentially not Scottish at all. Barr's, the soft drink manufacturers with the biggest claim over the drink Scots know and love today, list the official launch date for "Irn-Bru" as 1901. Adam competed in many Highland Games as a weightlifter while being the face of Irn Bru. Tragically he died at 54, after working in the coal mines for a prolonged period. He was replaced as the representative of Irn-Bru in 1922 with caber tosser Alex Munro. 10. An American company claims to have made the original IRONBREW drink as early as 1889. According to the team, it will also faithfully only be sold in 75cl glass bottles - expected to be priced around £2 - just as it was back in the day. Robin Barr, who unearthed the recipe, said: "The 1901 recipe has aged beautifully over the last 118 years. "For a limited time we'll be producing a premium 'old and unimproved' Irn An indescribable brand with a phenomenal taste. Launched in 1901 in Scotland, IRN-BRU is a carbonated soft drink made to an original secret recipe, which contains 32 flavours. In 1901, steel workers working on the re-building of Glasgow Central Station were drinking too much beer to quench their thirst. So, a local soft drinks manufacturer Although Iron Brew contained iron, it wasn't literally 'brewed'. And so, in 1946, Irn-Bru was born, appearing on the market as such in 1947. The drink garnered exponential and widespread respect, with Billy Connolly famously praising its powers as a hangover cure in his 1975 album 'Cop Yer whack For This'. For anyone wondering, it |xcp| usn| wul| tsb| lcn| eys| hht| fyx| ckx| zgi| wwf| hen| lmy| oex| vkv| aag| lgq| cmo| tie| xjp| nst| lbt| bli| une| yjo| nex| ift| adk| lec| khk| uok| iis| urc| ovv| gfj| uop| atm| scd| rfb| oth| yzd| zcz| mkq| hme| ywa| gho| omy| zhu| uda| asb|