IT’S our other national drink, but Scotland can’t agree on what Irn-Bru tastes like, new research has shown.

A Scotpulse study of more than 1000 Scots found that regions across Scotland have divided opinions on Irn-Bru’s top flavour profiles, with Glasgow’s top flavour being Tutti Frutti (20% of Glaswegians) while Edinburgh argued that it’s Bubblegum (21%).

And it wasn’t just the east and west who couldn’t agree. The Highlands identified notes of cream soda (10%), compared to 20% of those in the south of the central belt who identified a fizzier flavour profile of sherbet.

Ironically, the nation collectively did agree on one thing; 56% of Scots said that Irn-Bru tastes like girders – an undefinable mystery flavour that has been linked to the ginger nectar since it first launched in 1901 for the steel workers who built Scotland as we know it today.

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Celebrities from around the world have also weighed in on the debate.

American singer-songwriter JoJo recently took to Instagram to say it tastes like ginger and cream soda while US politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tried Irn-Bru for the first time at COP26 and said it reminded her of Kola Champagne from her youth.

Co-stars from ‘The Northman’ Alexander Skarsgård and Anya Taylor-Joy tasted the drink together but neither could agree on what Bru tasted like after Skarsgård nosed it like a fine wine.

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Adrian Troy, marketing director at AG Barr, said: “Throughout history there has been one thing that we can’t seem to agree on – what does Irn-Bru taste like?”

“Next time you’re sipping on a Bru, savour it for an extra moment and let us know what flavour notes you taste. One thing we do know for sure – we all agree it tastes phenomenal.”

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Other popular flavour notes that came through on the Taste Debate research were ‘ginger’ (11%), ‘orange’ (7%), ‘candy floss’ (3%), lemon (1%), and rhubarb (1%) – showing that the nation really can’t agree on Bru’s distinctive taste.

This comes amid Irn-Bru’s ongoing Taste Debate campaign, where the company is urging all Scots to get involved in the debate, with the chance to win a bespoke drinking glass as a prize.

Those interested can visit their website at: https://irnbrutasteslike.co.uk