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Re: Pepsi, Coke or Mecca?
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Sun, 12 Jan 2003 13:31:39 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Fredrik Glöckner writes:
> "Scott A" <eh105jb@mx1.pair.com> writes:
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> > The Scottish No 1 is a bright orange drink called "Irn Bru":
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> Hm, I can't recall seeing that one when I visited Edinburgh. But then
> again, I was more interested in the bitters and lagers during those
> visits! I did have a chance to taste some variants during a sort of
> "open day" in the Caledonian brewery. That was rather nice.
Fredrik,
That's fighting talk! North of the border, we don't really drink the "bitter"
the southern softies drink [although I did have a pint of Tetley’s last night].
The equivalents are things like 70/- [pronounced 70 Shilling and aka "Special"]
80/- [aka "Heavy"] and, more recently, Deuchars IPA. IPA is what real men drink
[I'm rather biased on this issue].
Along the road [less than a mile] from the Caledonian brewery is a pub [bar]
called the Athletic Arms [it is know locally as "diggers" as it used to be
frequented by grave diggers from a nearby cemetery]. Did you make it there? If
not, try it next time:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A810820
I may even buy you a beer…;)
Scott A
BTW: Caledonian brewery has a webspace:
http://www.caledonian-brewery.co.uk/home/index.htm
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> Fredrik
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| (...) It seems I have forgotten the Scottish beer nomenclature... (...) Tee-hee. (...) This rings a bell... I certainly remember the Deuchars IPA. That was one of our favourites, and the number one item to bring home. (Due to tax regulations, (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Hm, I can't recall seeing that one when I visited Edinburgh. But then again, I was more interested in the bitters and lagers during those visits! I did have a chance to taste some variants during a sort of "open day" in the Caledonian brewery. (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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