Irn Bru
 

Can I get some in Canada? I picked up a couple of bottles in SF yesterday, and it really reminded me how much I liked the stuff when I lived in Edinburgh. My wife, after exhibiting some initial scepticism, has become rather partial to it now, too. Can we buy it through ex-pat shops, or will we need friends/family to pick up some before they fly over?

Happy Sunday, by the way.

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Saw some at Real Canadian Superstore in Calgary yesterday.

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the local price chopper here has it

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have seen it in a couple of supermarkets over here - but only wee glass bottles, no big bottles.

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I'm sure I've seen it in Superstore here in Saskatoon.

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Available in Ultra Fresh, Zehrs, Food Basics etc..

Just little bottles though. The Scottish shops in Fergus and Elora sell the 2 litre bottles....for a price.

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is it my imagination or is stuff like this becomming more readily available? I mean Walmart even sells Pataks now - I'm sure they didn't when we first got here as I could only find that sort of stuff in some supermarkets!

The life of the UK care package is doomed!:rofl:

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I think Pataks were bought by the Westons, that could explain it :)

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Take care when looking for your Irn-Bru that it does not say that it was bottled in Toronto.

The Canadian version of Barrs is not a patch on the "real" thing made in Scotland.

When I was in Canada last year, I heard that they had to ban Scottish Irn Bru sales for a short time until they changed the recipe for the Canadian market. Hence the version that is bottled in Toronto. Something to do with it containing a chemical that is against Canadian laws.

GW

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Tastes the same to me but then I've been away for a while now.

On this topic: I noticed that Ultra Fresh are now selling Bru in 375ml plastic bottles.

Still the best hangover tonic in the world.

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:thumbsup:

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What area of Canada are Ultra Fresh stores in ?

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Caffeine? You can't have caffeine in drinks that aren't brown, or labelled as "energy drinks" or something. This should be in the archive, I think we've had this before.

I know Mountain Dew for Canada was different until they rebranded it as an "energy drink".

I thought previous Irn Bru problems were due to non-bilingual labelling, but I don't know, I've never bought any here.

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Madmac is in Ontario so I would guess Ontario for Ultra Fresh. :)

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Yup - specifically Guelph.

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irn bru is on special at moment in local shop - 99p for 2L bottle :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Kids hate it, but we love it :thumbsup:

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There's no belch like an Irn Bru belch.

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Good to know Irn Bru's available in Canada - does anywhere do chip steak suppers with broon chippy sauce? Cos the two really go hand in hand....

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Irn Bru + chips with salt'n'sauce

mmmmm...

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East coast weirdo. :thumbdown:

Chips wae salt 'n' vinegar or nothing.

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That's just wrong, and you know it :p

I think the sauce is just vinegar and HP mixed anyway, so you can probably DIY? Dunno. I'm off chips at the moment, fear of getting back into shorts and swimming costume :o

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Me too, but it's fear of a heart attack that does it for me. :eek::eek::eek::rofl::rofl:

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You're biased, being a 'burgher an' aw that.

You wear shorts with your swimming costume? How very Scottish of you. Is that to hide the 'peely wally' skin? :D

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I'll be wearing these at this rate - http://www.wholesomewear.com/page-4.html :thumbsup:

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Excellent and will you be wearing a matching headscarf with that fetching ensemble?

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Nah, my head's not fat, it's just the rest of me ;)

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You're sure you're not a fathead then? :D

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Aye salt'n'sauce is weird, salt 'n' vinegar it needs tae be:D

The kids across the street from us used to have butter in sugar in a piece(thats sandwich for you posh folk) I always thought that wis weird:rofl:

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Why do I get the feeling that isn't a problem for you?


I love a couple of Scotch Eggs with my Irn Bru. Or Pickled Eggs if I'm to lazy to make Scotch ones.

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Ye huvnae lived until ye hae hud a piece throoghn it th' windae at ye. :lol::rofl:

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Huv ye nae heard the Jeely Piece song?

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I know every single verse. :eek:

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Yeah but you really need plain bread and a wax paper wrapper to do it justice.

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Plain breed an' wax pepper!!! that's posh Ah got mine as it cam an' jist hoped tae god it didne burst th' grin first, an' if it did ah, weel it still got eaten. :ohmy:

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Funny, I thought you were from Milgavnie an aw.

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:eek: South side girl me.

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Not the Gorbals?

Shawlands?

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Castlemilk?

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Me da used to give us that when we were youngsters and we loved it. now he gives it to my sisters daughter and she goes mad...will rot her teeth etc etc.

Of course he always says it didn't do yous much harm:eek:

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Our family bring us about 10 loafs in the summer when they come to visit, it rocks.......i freeze it, i know its not the best but its not possible to eat it all at once. AND it does stay way fresher out here!

7 weeks till my next set of visitors who will be bringing, plain bread, tattie scones, blue wicked, pickles, cheese n onion square, scampi fries OMG, how i miss SCAMPIE FRIES.....a little sad!

For ref, the british store in calgary jsut got 500ml bottles of bru in, i bought one the other day and it made me realise how crap the stuff from superstore really is! :eek::rofl::eek: