Root Beer and Father's Day

This year we swapped Father's Day and Mother's Day.  Some years we do this, and some we don't.  The reason for doing it is that my birthday always falls a little before Mother's Day (both my older brother and I were born on Mother's Day!), and our anniversary always falls a little after Mother's Day.

The reason for not doing it is that it gets complicated.  We are celebrating Father's Day for the Emperor, but Mother's Day for all other mothers in our lives...

The Emperor had a great day!  This year he got a cape, and a crown and a throne!  Plus every time Choclo spoke to the Emperor, he addressed him as "my king."  As in, "I love you so much, my king."

We had a giant feast (Indian food) with friends and extended family and then we had a root beer tasting!

It was a blind taste test with eight kinds of root beer: A&W, Barq's, Stewart's, Mug, IBC, Dominion (made in Virginia), Jones (never heard of it, just saw it on a shelf), and Giant (store brand).

The winner is: Dominion!  Interesting, with a complex and vivid flavor,  it was made with honey rather than (or possibly in addition to)sugar.

More surprising was the very close second place: Mug!  I had always thought that Mug and A&W were interchangeable (relatively cheap and common) root beers.  It was not so!  A&W was in the bottom half, while Mug was the favorite for at least two people.