Sodas/Carbonated Drinks in the UK and Scotland?!

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Firstly, I'd just like to say that Scotland is part of the UK. XD

And now, as for Irn Bru, it's nothing like Fanta. It's significant to Scotland and it's produced in Blantyre, Scotland. I read in the paper lastyear that coke is the most popular fizzy drink in all UK countries except Scotland where it's Irn Bru. And I do have to say it is very nice. You get diet and full fat Irn bru and personally, I find both have a similar taste.It tastes sort of zingy and bubbly and sort of frothy inside your mouth. It was originally it was called IRON Bru but the company (Barr's were forced to change it because it didn't actually contain Iron so they changed it to irn.

Irn Bru is sold widely throught Scotland and the rest of the UK though mostly Scotland and many English, Irish and Welsh people have never heard of it. It is also sold in other countries in the world, particularly where there are wide communities of people originating from Scotland. I think you can get it in some places in the US though I'm pretty sure it'll only be a very small anount of shops XD

here's a picture -
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=ht…

Hope this helped a bit! good luck with your book thingy mabobber!
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I live in Glasgow and Irn Bru is really nice. It has it's own unique taste which is hard to describe but tastes nothing like Fanta or Sunkist. We also have the usual drinks such as coke, dr.pepper, lilt, sprite, etc. We also don't call it soda or pop, we call it ginger. If you buy ginger in a glass bottle and take it back to the shop you get money off whatever you buy. They are also known as glass cheques - http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.ph…

The UK is Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland & England,

In England some old fashioned drinks are,

Sarsaparilla,
Dandelion & Burdock,
Fizzy Vimto,
Cream Soda,
Ginger Beer,

Newer Fizzy Drinks,
Lucozada,
Red Bull,

We call it Fizzy Pop or just Pop, not Soda.

Iron Bru and Fanta are not the same thing and there is no really equivalent.

Fanta is the same as Tango really, just made by different companies.... I am confused though,,, what is your question?

Irn-Bru is Irn-Bru. There is nothing like it. Hard to describe. It's not like those other drinks you mention. It's only bright orange in colour and not flavour.

It's called Scotland’s "other national drink" and the most popular carbonated drink sold there.

There's also Tizer, Red Kola, Limeade, Cream Soda and other products also made by AG Barr. All originals AFAIK, though there will be some companies who produce imitations.

(PS "ginger" is a term only found in places to the west. The east likely use "juice", which is what I know it by)

edit: Here's one of their old TV adverts with "ginger" term. (That's the only time they've used it - was just for this campaign.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9GuE0a9N…

You also get non-branded drinks called "Iron Brew". (Obviously not as good taste and cheaper to buy). It's just like firms calling their non-branded Coke as instead "Cola".

Hey .. Irn Bru isn't like anything, its got a unique taste its hard to explain what it tastes like, but its defiantly not like Fanta or Sunkist, its not like any other drink, its so weird haha! Robinsons is just squash (like juice) just add water to it and they have flavours like Orange, Blackcurrant, Lemon, Fruit & Barley, Kiwi etc. Apart from that, Coke, Pepsi and Dr Pepper are all the norm and i guess that they wouldn't be so different from soft drinks in the US.
Hope that has helped :)

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