Brown Lemonade
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Brown Lemonade is a soft drink sold in Northern Ireland alongside the more recognisable "white lemonade"
There is very little difference in taste between the two but caramel colouring is used to alter the appearance.
Legend has it that in the Harland and Wolff shipyards, employees were not allowed, for obvious reasons, to drink alcohol on their lunch breaks. The shipbuilders were not keen on drinking soft drinks as they thought it to make them feminine and as a result brown lemonade was created as it could be drunk from a pint glass and look like a pint of ale.
The most common brands of Brown Lemonade in Northern Ireland are Cantrell & Cochrane (C&C) and Maine.
