SODAPOPBOB
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My unexpected side-trip to the interesting but crazy comic book convention threw me off track today, but I did manage enough time to complete the so called Part III of my taste-test. Which included A&W - Barq's - Mug.
Here's how it turned out ... listed in order of preference.
# 1 ... A&W ... Just darn good rootbeer and hard to beat on a daily basis. []
#2 .... Mug ..... Pretty good too, but only when A&W is not available. []
#3 .... Barq's... Okay in convienience stores and fast food joints that sell nothing else, but won't buy
it otherwise. []
Tomorrow I intend to re-test these three along with the other six (minus the Shasta I didn't find) of the top-ten list. And then follow this by testing the fancy micro brews for an overall single favorite.
As an interesting side-topic, I stumbled onto a vendor at the comic convention today that was selling stacks and stacks of old advertising stuff. But the only things he had that were soda pop related was a stack of about 40 cancelled checks from the Monteicello, Florida Coca-Cola Bottling Co., and a collection of about 20 Kist paper cups.
Notice on the check that it is made out to the Owens-Illinois Glass Co. Hmmm ... I wonder what they were paying for and how many? Dated Sept. 9, 1941. Of the 40 cancelled checks this was the only one to O.I.G.Co. I can't quite make out the signature, but it looks something like S? Kee?? Maybe someone will recognize it. I should have bought all of the Kist cups, but ended up with just the one.
See ya'all tomorrow, and thanks for hanging in there. By the way ... Hey Morb ~ I enjoyed your family history brief ... I was impressed how you incorporated the word "root" as in "family roots." Get it? Root = Rootbeer ! Lol [:-]
SPB
Here's how it turned out ... listed in order of preference.
# 1 ... A&W ... Just darn good rootbeer and hard to beat on a daily basis. []
#2 .... Mug ..... Pretty good too, but only when A&W is not available. []
#3 .... Barq's... Okay in convienience stores and fast food joints that sell nothing else, but won't buy
it otherwise. []
Tomorrow I intend to re-test these three along with the other six (minus the Shasta I didn't find) of the top-ten list. And then follow this by testing the fancy micro brews for an overall single favorite.
As an interesting side-topic, I stumbled onto a vendor at the comic convention today that was selling stacks and stacks of old advertising stuff. But the only things he had that were soda pop related was a stack of about 40 cancelled checks from the Monteicello, Florida Coca-Cola Bottling Co., and a collection of about 20 Kist paper cups.
Notice on the check that it is made out to the Owens-Illinois Glass Co. Hmmm ... I wonder what they were paying for and how many? Dated Sept. 9, 1941. Of the 40 cancelled checks this was the only one to O.I.G.Co. I can't quite make out the signature, but it looks something like S? Kee?? Maybe someone will recognize it. I should have bought all of the Kist cups, but ended up with just the one.
See ya'all tomorrow, and thanks for hanging in there. By the way ... Hey Morb ~ I enjoyed your family history brief ... I was impressed how you incorporated the word "root" as in "family roots." Get it? Root = Rootbeer ! Lol [:-]
SPB