[geeks] Irn-Bru

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Mike Meredith wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:00:31 +0200, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
>> For those that are not aware, the name is short for IRON BREW because
>> it if fortified with iron.
> 
> Urban myth. It's irn-bru because that's how it's pronounced. The
> 'fortified with iron' comes from a time when the advertising claimed it
> was brewed from girders.

Actually, it does have Ammonium ferric citrate listed as one of the 
ingredients.

Peace...  Sridhar