I most definitely consider myself as an egg nog snob. Growing up in my family, you believe from infancy there is only one egg nog, and that's AE egg nog. Every other egg nog is inferior, from a lower class.
In recent years, I tried to be open minded and re-write the egg nog caste system. I struck out with Roberts and some other brand (it was so bad I can't even remember the name). It was then that I realized AE egg nog was, in fact, the superior egg nog. I have stayed cautiously far away from the lower class nogs until this week...
My husband had a craving to try something new (how dare he) - specifically, flavored egg nog. Reluctantly, I agreed to try J.R. Watkins vanilla egg nog. To my surprise, it tastes just like AE egg nog. The only difference being it's a thinner liquid, which I think some people would prefer. Does this mean I open my arms and tummy to every brand of egg nog. Most certainly not. It just means J.R. can join the ranks of the superior nogs.