What flavour is irn-bru?

It used to be girders but since they took loads of sugar out it now tastes of stale piss.

It’s the same favour as sunrise with a mild hangover and a day full of promise ahead.

Its rankness condensed and carbonated.

And also happens to be the one drink were since the recipe change the diet is actually slightly nicer than the real deal.

Caffeine and Quinine

Its Irn Bru flavour

That’s a question which could possibly not have an answer.
It’s a great question!!
What does original Lucosade taste of? It’s difficult to say.
Edit, obviously, TJ has the only answer.

Um, I used to work for the company that supplied that flavour

(And Vimto)

As a Scot it’s Irn Bru flavoured like TJ says. My Wife who is Irish claims it tastes of bubblegum. 

It tastes like licking the terminals of a 9 volt battery.

Sugary boak

It’s diet IrnBru 1901 flavour.

1901 is the real deal. Accept no substitutes.

Handier can size shape as well.

Hangover and regret, with a hint of 'the fear', but as Kelvin says, that sense of promise and nervy anticipation (also goes well with a curry)

Melty plastic

Existential dread

Best hangover cure known to man, especially when combined with a double sausage and egg McMuffin

Usless factiod.  Possible urban myth but:

Irn bru was called iron brew until the trade description act when they had to change the name seeing as it is not actually made from brewing iron

Best hangover cure known to man, especially when combined with a double sausage and egg McMuffin

I think you’ll find that it needs to be a well fired Mortons roll with square lorne sausage and a tattie scone.

I like the diet stuff and we're you to spill it no stickyness, as a bairn Irn bru would tickle your throat before it hit the tonsils

100 x better than diet coke , even if it was 1° I'd struggle to take more than a sip of that stuff

My 4 year old asked me to describe the flavour and I didn’t have a clue. I had one today too.

It's basically sick with all the bits strained out and put in the sodastream machine.

As above, 1901 or nothing, diet is still devil's piss.

I think you’ll find that it needs to be a well fired Mortons roll with square lorne sausage and a tattie scone.

And a runny egg. But not well fired, crispy is acceptable.

Hypertension

Sugary medicine flavoured. I love an irn bru, but it is a weird unique flavour

The tears of a ginger stepchild

I had to look up that name factoid… and it’s true… also found out that haggis is banned in the USA.

The tears of a ginger stepchild

🤣🤣🤣

Like much fizzier Redbull?

Maybe bubblegum, as suggested earlier.

Tastes vile warm, but lovely when ice cold.

Bru and a supper, good stuff.

Maybe a red kola if you want to mix things up.<br /><br />

salt and sauce of course.

That “ginger stepchild” comment is one of the funniest I’ve read on here for a long time. Thank you for cheering up a dull Monday evening.

I think you’ll find that it needs to be a well fired Mortons roll with square lorne sausage and a tattie scone.

I most definitely need to try that to find out. Sounds bloody brilliant!

I love the iconic Irn Bru can , so I nicked it for the design of our annual trip north of the border for Duncfest

Thank you for cheering up a dull Monday evening.

😂 You're welcome!

I most definitely need to try that to find out.

You don’t. Lorne sausage grows dark curly hairs if you leave it in the cupboard overnight, you know.

Probably just me but square and Lorne are almost the same thing - they are both flat square-ish sausage...if you are having a square Lorne then that sounds like a doubler to me (no issues with that). Lorne tends to be more peppery than square, but there isn't much in it, I don't think...
Has to be ice cold Irn Bru and ideally 1901...

Jilly Goolden had a stab at it ... "bubblegum, wet sheep fleece, barley sugar and plastic,"

A taste that evokes feeling of oppression and rebellion. Like going back in time and touching an ancestral tapestry.

also found out that haggis is banned in the USA.

A friend of a friend moved to California and wanted to buy some Haggis for a burns supper. Looked in local shops and couldn't find any so started calling various groceries trying to find someone who stocked it. Just as they were about to give up a store on the other side of town said 'yes, they had plenty of haggis'. So he jumped in the car headed over to what turned out to be a pretty basic convenience store and not the foods-of-the-world delicatessen that he thought would stock rare Scottish haggis. Went in, explained he was the guy who'd phoned and the shopkeeper directed him to the aisle with... the baby formula, the pampers, and the Huggies.

Jilly Goolden had a stab at it … “bubblegum

Ahhhh - but without googling - what is 'bubblegum' flavour?

Huggies probably have greater nutritional content than haggis.

Quite impressive that they managed to create a flavour so rank & artificial that it cannot even be described in terms of naturally occurring substances 😂

I always thought it was supposed to taste like rust.

Huggies probably have greater nutritional content than haggis.

Huggies can potentially hold quite a large amount of nutrition after a while. But I honestly think I'd rather get my 100% RDA of vitamin A from a haggis than an old nappy 🙂

Does anyone outside Scotland drink it, really?

You know the toilet scene in Trainspotting with Renton diving for the suppositories?

That was Irn Bru he was swimming in.

Usless factiod. Possible urban myth but:

Irn bru was called iron brew until the trade description act when they had to change the name seeing as it is not actually made from brewing iron

I looked it up also. It sounds like it should be an urban myth, but you're (mostly) right. Barr trademarked the name when production restarted after WWII, partly in response to changes to advertising standards but also - possibly mostly? - because "iron brew" had become a generic term and they wanted to stand out.

Does anyone outside Scotland drink it, really?

It was invented in New York in the late 1800s. I had no idea.

its pretty much identical to tizer is it not?

same as this stuff

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It’s the taste of January 26th.

Probably 40 years since I tasted tizer and it was nothing like irn bru, made the the same folk, similar colour 

All this slagging off Irn bru what the f--k is that dandy lion and burdock taste meant to be? It's like rancid cat spray

its pretty much identical to tizer is it not?

Ugh, I'd forgotten about Tizer. I don't like that either.

I do however like dandelion and burdock which is (or was) actually flavoured with dandelion and burdock; and I just discovered whilst fact-checking myself that it originated in the middle ages in Britain. So there.

Does anyone outside Scotland drink it, really

Only the most discerning

For me it tastes of hangover. I'm hoping that's not a lot of use for the OP and his 4 year old.

Irn bru was called iron brew until the trade description act when they had to change the name seeing as it is not actually made from brewing iron

Guessing the logic behind this is actually that it doesn't give you any iron in your diet. The same happened with milk stout that was marketed as being healthy - the use of the word milk was banned in the 1940s and still is.

Just like there's bugger all iron in Guinness and it certainly isn't good for you.

The same happened with milk stout that was marketed as being healthy – the use of the word milk was banned in the 1940s and still is.

Nope.

More relevant info if you’re giving it to a 4yr old:

“Contains a source of Phenylalanine. Sunset Yellow & Ponceau 4R: May have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children.”

Meh. That plus some old fashioned e-number sweeties goes a long way to explaining my youth 🙂

“Contains a source of Phenylalanine.

Not a problem unless you're specifically allergic to it.

Sunset Yellow

Potentially problematic in large doses.

& Ponceau 4R

Banned in the US, somewhat surprisingly.

May have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children.”

"May" is doing some heavy lifting here. This is probably Sunset Yellow again (and the large amounts of sugar in the non-diet version, there's caffeine in it too isn't there?). Sunset Yellow was "linked" (in a JHJ sort of way) to ADHD forever ago but nothing ever came of it AFAIK.

The UK, EU and USA all test this stuff independently, especially if there's any sort of public concerns.

Vimto is merely an anagram.

As for urn-bru?

I get a hint of apples, somewhere.

Still, as others have mentioned, it’s still 100x better than the watered-down drivel that tries to pass as cola.

The caffeine in the extra-strength version if urn-bru is simply off the scale (and popular with foreign students).

It's alright, definitely has a bubble gum flavour to it. I'd much rather have a Red Kola or Vimto with my chicken kebab meat and chips.

^^^^a connoisseur?^^^^

What to complete chips, cheese & curry sauce?😊😊😊😊

Anyone wants to know ?, to really really know ?

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Then I shall reveal all.

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Irn Bru is mixed fruit flavour. Many many moons ago i saw an original bottle and it was described on it as mixed fruit. I can't remember which fruits exactly, but it was 1/2 dozen or thereabouts.

Huggies probably have greater nutritional content than haggis.
Certainly contain less shit than haggis.

You wash your mouth out with soap. Shocking thing to say about our national dish 😯 😡  😡

Irn Bru is mixed fruit flavour

You do know that fruit is illegal in Scotland?

You do know that fruit is illegal in Scotland?

Only fruit by itself. A slice of lemon, lime or orange in an alcoholic drink is perfectly legal.

@blokeuptheroad hmmm, seems what was written is books was wrong. There were prosecutions but not outright bans.

@molgrips, popular in Corby due to the large numbers of Scots living there.

Had a go at some a while back. not as vile as I was expecting.  Buggered if I could tell you what it tastes of, though.

If my late 1990s memory serves me well, it tastes just like that orange coloured WKD drink, but slightly more toxic.

What do Scotland, North Korea and Cuba have in common?

Ok the 1901 version has sugar but it's caffeine free. Tend to only have the Xtra version as have always disliked the diet.

And vegetables aren't illegal, simply unavailable due to lack of demand.

What do Scotland, North Korea and Cuba have in common?

They are all great lovers of a sausage supper?

What do Scotland, North Korea and Cuba have in common?

The men wear skirts with no pants?

What do Scotland, North Korea and Cuba have in common?

It's the only place you can buy macaroni in a pie which itself is in a bread roll?

Does anyone outside Scotland drink it, really?

Youngest_OAB has discovered he can get it in Queenstown, NZ. Ah, the little things that ease homesickness....

The only countries where coca cola isn't the best seller.

What do Scotland, North Korea and Cuba have in common?

All refer to Trump as the Orange Fanny?

Funny answers are better than correct answers. 😂

I don't think it has any artificial flavourings. That's how girders taste 🙂

If you want to drink something with a weird flavour, just get Dr Pepper instead.

I tried Irn Bru once and found it vile.

Tried it again a couple of years ago, still vile.

Saw it in the shop the other day when hunting for a drink and thought about it... who knows, maybe I'll like it now... tastes change... but bought Dr Pepper instead.

Huggies is about the only thing Irn Bru would win over.