Iron Brew Flavoured Gin, 31.5% Vol - 50cl | The Bolton Gin Company

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Buy your Irn-Bru. It must be the full sugar version (such as 1901) as the diet ones won’t reduce to a syrup. I used a 2 litre bottle which gave me enough to experiment but a 500ml would suffice (& save time) if you’re only using it for one batch of cupcakes. Cover the doughnuts with a kitchen towel and let them rise in a warm place until they are puffed up about 45 minutes. However, drinks under the moniker “Iron Brew” appear in records before this, with London-based manufacturers Stevenson & Howell, for instance, launching a beverage under this name in 1898.

Peter Gilchrist of food blog Tenement Kitchen went viral with these amazing looking doughnuts, which you can make at home. Ingredients A Irn-Bru poster which featured a cow and the slogan "When I'm a burger I want to be washed down with Irn-Bru" attracted a record 700 complaints, while family values campaigners were outraged when an advert showed a young women in a bikini holding a can and saying: "I never knew four-and-a-half-inches could give so much pleasure."

The secret recipe

The stylish change that led to the name we know and love today came in 1946, when proposed branding laws challenged the idea that Iron Brew wasn't actually brewed. As with orange juice, you can easily use soda to dilute the drink a little. You can also pay attention to the amount of juice to gin. For example, five parts pineapple juice to one part gin would be much sweeter than two parts juice to one part gin. Apple Juice Regularly voted the best Scottish Christmas ad, Barr's now push the idea that "it's not Christmas time until you've seen the Irn-Bru Snowman ad". 14. Irn Bru contains alcohol (well really tiny amounts of alcohol) Synonymous with Scottish culture, most Scots claim they couldn't live without it - while others claim it is the best hangover cure around. When the bottoms of the doughnuts are golden, about 45 seconds, flip the doughnuts over using a spatula. Cook until the other side is also golden.

Fresh fruit and freshly squeezed fruit juice are also great places to start with London dry gin mixers.

Method:

While it might seem surprising, gin mixes well with cola too. You can add ingredients like lime juice or orange bitters to add a little complexity, but even without extras, a cola and gin tastes delicious.