If you’re looking for some alternatives to Irn-Bru Energy, here are some similar drinks to consider. According to a 2003 BBC report, a billboard which featured a depressed goth and the slogan "Cheer up Goth. In fact, it’s so famous it’s been crowned as Scotland’s “Other National Drink” (after whisky, of course).

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Barr’s IRON BREW joined an established and popular range of products including ‘Wee Macgregor Brew’, ‘Japanese Plum’ and ‘Raspberry Cider’. XTRA includes even more of the IRN-BRU taste that consumers love but leaves out the sugar for a new flavour experience. He added that the only other can he's come across that comes close to this is an old 7up can from around 1970 that he pulled out of the water in Market Harborough. Every single product under the brand still has Ponceau 4R listed as one of the added food colorings.Connor got in touch with Barr's directly, who confirmed that it was an early can design that dates back to 1972 when IRN-BRU was first launched in a can format.

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This limited edition can design marked Barr’s sponsorship of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and enlisted the help of Olympian and Commonwealth Games medallist Peter Kirkbride. An advertising campaign launched in Spring 2000 aimed to "dramatise the extraordinary appeal of Irn-Bru in a likeably maverick style". Billy Connolly wrote and released an ode dedicated to Mr and Mrs Barr “for saving my life on so many Sunday mornings” in his 1975 album 'Cop Yer Whack For This'. In Hong Kong, Irn-Bru can be found in selected Wellcome supermarkets, in and around areas where the expatriate population is significant such as the Sheung Wan and Central districts.

The Snowman’s’ famous soundtrack ‘Walking in the Air’ by Howard Blake was re-written with alternative IRN-BRU lyrics. This advertisement was broadcast in 2000, but when it was repeated in 2003, it led to seventeen complaints [54] about it being offensive to members of the transgender community. With its special recipe, well-known advertising campaign, and sponsorship in sports, Irn Bru has become a drink that is hard to forget.