Irn Bru storms Russia!

Irn Bru storms Russia!

The other day, I came across an article in a newspaper. It mentioned that Scotland's other national drink, Irn Bru, has been exported from Scotland for the last ten years and is exceedingly popular. It ranks third after Pepsi and Coco-Cola. It is sold in shops, supermarkets, kiosks and Russia love the stuff. So much so that a local soft drinks company is wanting to take Barr's the company that owns it here to court as unfair promotion!

Thought that would put the gas at a peep..........

The man responds to his own posts in a thread that he started.

It's a soda, Rj!

Cute commercial, though...Russian style.

Thought you wouldn't be able to resist the emptation. With similar flags in Russia and Scotland (saltire) now an even more substantial relationship! However, I notice an interesting wee point about the nature of the drink. In America a soft drink is a 'soda', in England/Wales, it tends to be 'pop'. In Scotland a kid will ask for a bottle of 'ginger' (he doesn't mean ginger ale) and the shop assistant will ask which one if he hasn't given the type. Then he will say Irn Bru, orange, coke or whatever. Just goes to show the power of soft drinks and that the Russians have taken to our other national drink. There have been imitations here but Barr's Irn Bru has always been a leader.

I went to a soda shop here and was honestly surprised to see it not offered. They did have Moxie Cola, which is the origin of the terming meaning
vigor, verve, nerve,chutzpah and and whole host of other synonyms

It's sad in a way to see Russia going soft drinking something as girly as Irn Bru. I'll need to contact the Catawissa Bottling Company at once to get them to consider exports to rectify that sad situation through exports of fine Moxie Cola.

Originally posted by rjhowie:

Thought you wouldn't be able to resist the emptation. With similar flags in Russia and Scotland (saltire) now an even more substantial relationship! However, I notice an interesting wee point about the nature of the drink. In America a soft drink is a 'soda', in England/Wales, it tends to be 'pop'. In Scotland a kid will ask for a bottle of 'ginger' (he doesn't mean ginger ale) and the shop assistant will ask which one if he hasn't given the type. Then he will say Irn Bru, orange, coke or whatever. Just goes to show the power of soft drinks and that the Russians have taken to our other national drink. There have been imitations here but Barr's Irn Bru has always been a leader.

Vernors Ginger Ale.

A Detroit creation, I grew up with it and still drink it...now owned by Coca Cola. The company has (had?) a plant that featured a huge window that showed large stainless steel vats to street view.

Ah, the good old days. Good riddance.

Iron Brew isn't available in GR, but a friend is coming from a city that sells the stuff. I'll ask him to bring a few.

As long as Coca-Cola doesn't change the recipe to Vernor's. We all know how well that went the last time Coke tried to change recipes.

Not sure what you mean.

A recent look at Cocoa Cola has questioned some of the content healthwise. Didn't have a problem withthings like the colouring but the sugar content and some other things were. Trouble with we Scots is we have as a nation drank too much in the way of soft drinks and I do only sparingly and even then on special occasions. Very amusing that our favourite soft drink is so popular in Russia. With giving so much to the world it is complimentary that Mr Barr concocted this thing and the Barr Company stil manufacturing it along with a series of other soft drinks. When I first started to take Boys camps to Ulster they were a bit miffed when their favourint "ginger drink" wass not available. It is now along with some butchers who now do the famous Scots square sliced sausages (steak sausage are the best!). But there again they had lemon Fanta before us and it made a fantastic iced drink (soft drink and a dollop of ice cream).

Originally posted by jbrothernew37:

Not sure what you mean.

The "New Coke" fiasco when Coca-Cola tried to change the recipe around 1985 or so.

Originally posted by rjhowie:

s. When I first started to take Boys camps to Ulster they were a bit miffed when their favourint "ginger drink" wass not available.

Ginger drink? Irn Bru didn't taste of ginger when I tried it.

Originally posted by rjhowie:

But there again they had lemon Fanta before us and it made a fantastic iced drink (soft drink and a dollop of ice cream).

Say, now that does sound good!

You missed the local culture I mentioned Sanguinemoon. Youngsters here in Glasgow, as I tried to illustrate, will often go in to a sweet shop or shop and although many will state a "bottle of orange" or "Irn Bru" or whatever, many just go in and say they want a "bottle of ginge"r for some odd reason then the shopkeeper will ask "which one?". I think this may well date back to the early days of soft drinks when ginger beer was common and before a host of varieties emerged. Our boys did the same in the village general store over in Ulster and the lady used to say in frustration that she always got this in broad Glasgow - "A boattle o' ginger, missus." She then would initially put a bottle of ginger beer soft drink on the counter only to be corrected with a frown of patient disdain at the lack of knowledge. The lad would point. "Naw, no' that wan (one!) hen (endearmetn to women calling them hen) that wan ower there" pointing to Irn Bru or lemonade, coke or whatever. She did get used to that in time poor soul! Someone once told me years ago you could tell someone from Glasgow in a chip shop when instead of asking for fish and chips (french fries to you) they would ask for a "fish supper."

One day when sitting on the low boundary wall of the camp on a hot day (we were next the beach) some Belfast girls with a Girls Brigade Camp stopped at our gate to chat to us from The Boys' Brigade in Glasgow. One lass of about 15 asked m if I could explain a description one of the boys gave to her. So I asked what he had called her. She was puzzled and said she had been called a "wee stoater". I smiled and said it had two meanings in Scots. Obvioulsy wanting to know what it meant I said it was a venacular decription of a lovely looking girl and would be called a "wee stoater." She smiled at that then turned back and further asked what was the other meaning of "stoater". I had to tell her it also meant a ball that was a great bouncer. She and her pals moved towards the beach laughing and as one shouted back - "What a funny language!." And good on it too......

Oh, sort of like when "Coke" can mean any cola beverage.

Customer: I'll have a Coke, please.
Counter person: We don't have Coke, but we have Pepsi.
Customer: That's what I said

What's an Irn Bru storm?

And you are an ex-teacher? Small wonder you get the Presidents and Congres yo do.

Originally posted by jbrothernew37:

What's an Irn Bru storm?

It's when the vapor from Irn Bru plant rises into the atmosphere, condenses into orange clouds and the resulting precipitation is Irn Bru! You didn't know that? No wonder you made poor Mr. Howie faint. It's an awful and sticky mess to clean up and especially annoying if you just washed your car.

Las Vegas based ( ) Rockstar storms the UK and Ireland, thanks to AG Barr?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-18591860

The Cumbernauld-based firm said it had signed a new 15-year franchise agreement with Rockstar Inc.

The deal extends a partnership between the firms which has been in place since 2007.

Rockstar, which is based in Las Vegas, bills its product as "the world's most powerful energy drink".

Its range includes ginseng, guarana and taurine and offers a high caffeine content of 32.1mg of caffeine per 100ml.

The company said the energy drink was "designed for those who lead active and exhaustive lifestyles".

In a statement, AG Barr said: "This amendment to our existing agreement will extend the current contract through to 2024, further cementing the strong relationship between the two companies and highlighting the future growth potential of the Rockstar brand in the UK."

DO NOT try our fine beverage is you have a heart condition or in danger of developing one, high blood pressure, etc.

Ah. Now of all that was true Sanguinemoon the next country to be destabilised or invaded by America just needs a big supply of Irn Bru to put paid to Yankee boots and a fraction of the cost. We Scots are good at being canny and would be a cheaper ammunition.

A while ago (don't if still) you could buy Irn Bru sweets.