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Old school IronBrew lives on in Xinjiang. Tell the Scots!!! (hexbear.net)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I thought I was getting some orange soda or something, but colour me surprised when it turned out to be lethally sweet iron brew. Like the old stuff.

I'm so happy

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Scotland actually does have old school Irn Bru again, called Irn Bru 1901, which is meant to be the full sugar old-timey recipe. Confirmed for disgustingly tasty.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Scotland once again being one of the least cringe western nations.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

eh, pretty hit and miss, plus they don't catch nearly enough flak for their role in the slave trade... The Scots were rampant. For such a small population, they have given a hell of a lot of Carribbean people and towns Scottish names.

At one point Scots owned 30-40% of the Jamaican slave estates, and by some estimates, Scottish men, despite representing about 10% of the United Kingdom's population, represented 50% of the slave tradesmen in Jamaica, and about a third of British slave traders overall.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

There's definitely a lot to be said for their historical role, but modernity wise I'd definitely laud it is as up there in the not-so-cringe tables.