666782 Thu Nov 12 21:43:20 -0800 2009 13 1 San Francisco Bay Area 0 5177765 It started to arrive about two weeks ago. Berkeley Bowl has the most extensive selection I've seen to date. Berkeley Farms is doing what I wish most companies would do ... selling small single-serve bottles of eggnog. Unfortunately it has HFCS. If I'm going to throw calorie-caution to the wind on my yearly cup of eggnog, it has to count and not be junk. FoodMax is selling Hood eggnog which I haven't noticed before. There are two flavors - pumpkin and um, cookies or gingerbread or something like that. Again, HFCS.They also sell Southern Comfort refrigerated eggnog which Grocery Outlet usually has later in the season. ... another with HFCS. In the liquor section, Safeway was selling non-refrigerated Pennsylvania Dutch eggnog from Holland. The problem it doesn't list all ingredients, only cream, rum, brandy, and blended whisky. They don't mention what type of sweetening they use . Eggs aren't even mentioned on the label Not finding much on the web about it. Asked on the General board http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/666772 Anyway, if anyone has some good eggnog this year whether from the market or in a restaurant, please post. Thu Nov 12 21:43:20 -0800 2009 10264 rworange 1 5178611 Didn't notice the huge eggnog thread on the General Board until the mention in the Chow Digest http://www.chow.com/general_topics_digest/8421?tag=nl.e356 Anyway, HFCS be damned, that Hood pumpkin eggnog sold at FoodMax gets lots of praise. Here's the first discussion of it in that thread http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/665692#5166090 I didn't see the Hood Golden eggnog that is mentioned first. Sugar Cookie is the other Hood eggnog sold by FoodMax Stil, AFAIK, I'm looking for something without HFCS Fri Nov 13 08:27:59 -0800 2009 5177765 10264 rworange 2 5178742 Clover is good, right? I remember from last year I didn't like Budds. It was toooo sweet and thick, like melted ice cream. which is probably what it is. I think Clover was the go-to bottle. Fri Nov 13 09:11:24 -0800 2009 5178611 13670 Bryan Gros 3 5178774 Bud's uses HFCS which may be the reason it was too sweet. I find that is true of many products using it. Haven't looked at or tried Clover. Fri Nov 13 09:18:39 -0800 2009 5178742 10264 rworange 3 5179996 Was at Berkely Bowl today and checked out the ingredients on Clover. They do use sugar ... well cane syrup. There was a filler/thcikener or two such as tapioca flour. BB is having an eggnog sale right now. All brands, all types (soy). Fri Nov 13 16:15:16 -0800 2009 5178742 10264 rworange 4 5180426 Hmm, here's the Clover ingredient list posted in 2006, http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/340308#2019440 it's changed? Fri Nov 13 19:56:30 -0800 2009 5179996 10039 Melanie Wong 5 5180495 Not sure of all of it, but I'm almost certain they are using cane syrup/ However the carton said "natural". Didn't see the organic. Fri Nov 13 20:31:00 -0800 2009 5180426 10264 rworange 6 5180604 Clover makes two: organic and not. Photos of the cartons on the homepage http://cloverstornetta.com/ Fri Nov 13 22:19:06 -0800 2009 5180495 10039 Melanie Wong 7 5181544 Ingredient listing from Clover Stornetta 100% Natural Egg Nog (red carton) - milk, evaporated cane juice, cream, egg nog base - egg yolks, whey, natural flavoring - maltodextrin, natural flavors, modified food starch; stablizer guar annatto-tumeric color, nonfat milk Sat Nov 14 12:35:56 -0800 2009 5180604 13519 Cynsa 1 5179703 Here's an unusual sighting. http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/469590#5179649 Fri Nov 13 13:53:59 -0800 2009 5177765 105235 wolfe 2 5180432 Rompope and rompope ice cream are pretty different from holiday egg nog. Fri Nov 13 19:58:32 -0800 2009 5179703 10039 Melanie Wong 1 5180642 I've bought "Buds" about a week ago and have been using it instead of half and half in my coffee. The calories for one serving is 230, and saturated fat is 40% of daily value. And the serving size is 1/2 cup; yikes! Fri Nov 13 23:12:16 -0800 2009 5177765 15466 badbatzmaru 2 5181563 Clover's is 190 calories and 25% sat fat for the same 1/2 cup serving... coffee's brewing now; French Toast tomorrow morning. Sat Nov 14 12:44:11 -0800 2009 5180642 13519 Cynsa 3 5181644 There is a lite version as well. Thanks for the ingredients on the regular. It seemed that the lite had less stuff in it. Sat Nov 14 13:23:59 -0800 2009 5181563 10264 rworange