Who doesn’t love beer!!! I know I do!!!

Before getting started, firstly a shout-out to Oktoberfest, which started yesterday in Munich. I am fortunate to have been able to go many times, and have loved it every time!! We can’t go this year, but I saw in @uwelang’s post that he was there yesterday and enjoying it – check out his awesome post here

Although I couldn’t go this time, I did at least manage to have a bottle of Augustiner yesterday with lunch – highly recommended, probably my favourite Munich beer

But I digress…

I wrote my first ‘Beer vs Beer’ post a few days ago and it seemed to go down well, attracting a nice upvote from a friendly passing whale (@curie – many thanks!) and then lots of follow-on comments

I asked for recommendations of beers to try and was pleased to get suggestions from @oasis-in-arizona, @mountainwashere and @backpackbeliefs. In my magic beer shop I was able to find at least a few of the ones they recommended, so now I am spending a very pleasant Sunday afternoon trying a couple of @oasis-in-arizona’s recos

 So today, in Beer vs Beer US of A edition:

It’s Sierra Nevada    

versus Lagunitas   

I’ve actually had both of these before, but am more than happy to try them again. Normally I would just glug them down, but today I am actually going to think about them and try to decide which I like best. I think both approaches to drinking have merit – either way, I get to drink the beer, so I win

To the beers -----> 

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

I love the look of this bottle! Normally I’m not a big fan of green, but this green really catches your eye – even though it's kind of a snot green it’s like it's calling out to you from the shelf, and it is so bright that it will always get your attention, and then maybe your purchase – good marketing

And I love the picture on the label - the stream and grasslands, with the mountains in the background, just makes you think of drinking beer on vacation

Maybe it's not necessary to say, but I can confirm that it tastes great – I love it. And I love the darkish colour 

Sierra Nevada, I’m a convert!!

Lagunitas

I had a ton of this stuff a few years ago when driving down the coast of Calfornia. But always draught and I have never had it out of the bottle

And I love the look of this bottle too. Whereas the Sierra Nevada was calling out to you from the shelf, this one, with the light colours and big bold lettering, is kind of just saying ‘Check me out, I am the coolest beer here. If you want to buy me that’s cool, but if you don’t that’s cool too – either way I’m just cool’

It is a cool-looking bottle…

And taste/appearance-wise, it is right up there with Sierra Nevada. I don’t think I can tell them apart

Lagunitas, I am a convert!!

I can’t pick these two apart, they are both great! If it wasn’t for the insane price of them here in Switzerland I think I would be a permanent convert to both – although tbh that applies to many of the imported beers here. As they are so much more expensive than local beers I think I need to save them for special occasions – like every weekend - at least until STEEM goes to $100, at which point I will roll them out across the full week

My newly-discovered beer shop is getting expensive. Currently I have a pipeline of beers to drink from Iceland, Ireland, Estonia and Belgium, on top of course of my regular supply of Swiss beer – looks like some midweek drinking is in order

If anyone has any recommendations for a specific country to try, or a specific beer to look for, please post in the comments. Any recommendations that result in me finding and enjoying a beer I have not had before will for sure result in a 100% upvote – for what it’s worth…

Cheers all, and prost

Holbein81