Leave our Irn-Bru alone, it was sent from heaven

Health campaigners are trying to get it to be treated the same as smoking by the Government


According to leading health experts and campaigners Irn-Bru should be considered as unacceptable and bad for your health as smoking.

Aye, seriously, these so-called experts need to get tae and leave us with our ginger goodness. Scotland is famously one of the only countries in the world where Coca-Cola isn’t the best seller.

Here’s some of the reasons why Irn Bru needs left alone.

The indescribable taste

Bru is the staple of any good Scottish diet. Ruth, a final-year student at Glasgow, said it is “the elixir of life”.

Nothing quite takes the edge off a shite day like the first sip of an ice-cold Bru. Whether it’s sipping its fizzy goodness in the hot sun or in your bed after a night out on the bevy, nothing quite beats it. So why don’t you crack open a can of Scotland’s finest and just think about how great it is to be alive.

The noise it makes when it’s opened, the feeling of the fizz on your tongue, how chilled it is and how it gives you a bit of a buzz? It kind of gives you a sense of wellbeing.

The adverts

Scottish humour is deeply embedded into Barr’s roots with their advertisement campaigns frequently pushing the boundaries of television. Covering usually taboo subjects such as wankingchildbirthdating and swinging Bru uses our brilliant patter to make audiences laugh from around the world. Let’s face it though, nothing beats this Christmas classic…

The hangover cure

Picture it – you’ve had a mad one last night, you can still taste the chicken pakora and Dragon Soop on your lips, Viper’s stamp is on your wrist and your head is bursting – what’s the best cure for it? Well, an ice cold can of Irn-Bru. Ask any Scot what they crave for when they’re hungover and they’ll tell you the exact same. Surely these so called “experts” should accept the drink for its pharmaceutical qualities and prescribe it on the NHS?

Daily intake guidelines

Desperation to find it when we leave Scotland

For many of us, it’s the first thing we look for at the local shops when we go on holiday. When I spent two months travelling in SE Asia I would check every 7-Eleven in hope that somewhere would stock our nation’s finest. In Hanoi we heard about an export shop from the depths of the internet and decided to check it out. It took a 40-minute taxi to a shopping centre in the outer reaches of the city but we were rewarded with a beautiful orange glow and at 35,000 dong a can, it was worth it.

At the end of the day whether you prefer a can, glass-cheque or a bottle it’s Irn-Bru that unites us all and makes us proud to be Scottish.