Drinks

[Frankito]

Yeah Nettie and you, go get us some more drinks and less chitty-chat. And make it Gosling's and not that Havana muck. Chop chop..

[Otta]

I'm with Jeremy on the Jamaican Ginger Beer front.

[Frankito]

This calls for a party.

Nette, more drinks please.

[Jah Lush]

Yup... Jamaican ginger beer does it for me too.

[MrBen]

From Wiki:

The ingredients in Irn-Bru are a secret, and the recipe is known only to Robin Barr, the Chairman - who announced his retirement in May 2009,and one unnamed person (who are not allowed to travel on the same plane together). A copy of the recipe is kept in a bank vault in Scotland. Robin Barr himself mixes the essences of the drink in a sealed room at their headquarters in Cumbernauld once a month. Once Robin Barr steps down as Chairman, he will continue to be the company mixer, but will eventually pass on the recipe to his daughter.

[MrBen]

On 6 music recently they were talking about Fanta being invented by Nazi's for the Hitler Youth. Without googling....true or urban myth?

[Brendan]

Trueish. Nazi sex midgets invented it to clean rust from iron.

[david_carnell]

Invented by Nazis for the Hitler Youth? Myth.

Thye just made a drink from ingredients that they could find in Germany during war time. Not Nazis....just drinks manufacturers without girders.

[StraferJack]

Although it is true that Coca Cola (who also own Fanta) were selling it to the Nazis as an aid to their ward effort at the same time as allied troops. Mark prendergast wrote a fanta(ooops!)stic book about the history of the company. Worth tracking down

[mockney piers]

In all fairness, unless you could have made gunpowder from coca cola, is there anything wrong with making money off your enemy?

I'm reminded of milo minderbinder having his own airbase bombed in order to offload the egyptian cotton to the germans, if memory indeed serves me well.

[TillieTrotter]

Dr Pepper.

[TillieTrotter]

Dr Pepper or Lilt for that totally tropical taste.

[Frankito]

Edgy... All very 80s dear.

[maxxi]

I remember trying to slake a thirst once by drinking Cresta IMPOSSIBLE - like drinking a cushion stuffed with tartrazine.