A little over a month ago I stopped at the Maine Root booth at the downtown farmer’s market and was delighted to find that they sold root beer in growlers. I’ve been back nearly every week only to find that they’ve abandon the booth and my growler has remained empty. I’ve gone through the five stages of grief, but I haven’t been able to forgive Maine Root for abandoning me during my summer of thirst — and it is hot and thirsty in Texas these days. Imagine my surprise yesterday when I found two new flavors at Longhorn Po-Boy: Lemon-Lime and Blueberry. The LL is nothing to write home about, but the Blueberry: O…M…G. It’s like blueberry pie in a bottle.

The also have a new Orange flavor available in the “to-go” section of Central Market that I’ll comment on later.