I was having a look at C&C Group’s website yesterday while editing a story about the Irish beverage maker’s first-half earnings and was surprised to see that according to the company, which is the local bottler for 7UP, per-capita consumption of the soft drink is higher in Ireland than any other country. Not only that, but more cases of 7UP are sold in Ireland than anywhere else in Europe, it says. Just wondering, do any of the Irish dopers have any insight as to why 7UP is so popular in the country?
[ignorant stereotype]Because it mixes so well with whiskey?[/ignorant stereotype]
Robin
I don’t know is the answer. However, Diet 7Up (or 7Up Free I think it’s now called) is my drink of choice and it drives me nuts that I can’t get it whenever I go over to the UK. I don’t drink much at all (if ever) but my husband enjoys a few pints when we go out so I’m always the designated driver. I choose Diet 7Up because I’m trying to slim but also because it doesn’t have caffeine, unlike Coke. It isn’t as cloying and it’s more refreshing. I try to avoid caffeine as a rule and there aren’t that many caffeine free diet drinks on the market (at least, not that I know of) so it’s a good choice for me.
PS it’s lovely with lime in it, rather than lemon.
You don’t see 7UP much in England, that’s for sure, I think it’s pretty much been replaced in the pubs by Sprite.
Even better with a slug of gin, IMHO.
Same North of the border in NorthUlsterLand, so at least we know its not genetics 
Possibly because for the most part it’s the only lemon/line fizzy drink available in shops here?
That’s what I thought - if C&C is the dominant distributor of soft drinks, it’s inevitable (cf. ScareyFaerie’s observation about Sprite in English pubs)