ruthless rye vs. glissade

If it weren't for RR on tap I wouldn't have been impressed. But Ruthless Rye wins by tap out.

 

I like both. They should just do both.

 

I like Ruthless but would rather ESB than either. Wish they would bring it back.

 

I don't remember how Glissade tasted but I would like it better. Ruthless Rye is a good IPA.

 

Glissade was so bland that it only made sense for Sierra to replace their most lackluster beer.

 

Glissade easily wins, since I kinda liked it and didn't like Ruthless whatsoever - it's like a mouthful of copper pennies. Glissade was particularly good when you put it in the freezer until it almost froze and then drank it. It didn't lose anything by being ice cold and it was better this way.

 

I personally hate Belgian IPAs so that will be a long way off if I have anything to do with it!!!
For my palate Belgian yeast phenolics and hops do not play well together, which is odd because I love hoppy beers and I love Belgian styles. Go figure.

 

I have a similar problem with citrus character hops and highly roasted malts. I apologize, Bill, because you can tell what that means for my SN Stout purchases!

 

Glissade due to the fact that its a truly Spring Seasonal style and Ruthless Rye just seems to be another IPA to plug into the lineup. IPAs and Seasonals are the fastest growing categories for craft. Seems like SN was just trying to cash in on the double dip.There are tons of better year round IPAs than Ruthless so I will likely never buy it again. I would have bought a sixer of Glissade every year though just as a welcome to Spring. Obviously the simple Maibock style doesn't blow enough hophead skirts up and SN was having trouble moving it.

 

You say that like we're late to the IPA and/or seasonal party. Celebration (an IPA released in 1981 as a seasonal) and Torpedo has been the number one IPA in the country for years. Glissade wasn't the beer we needed in that seasonal spot. So far, Ruthless is looking great. We'll see over the coming years if that trend continues.

I see threads all the time about seasonals creeping earlier and earlier... The economics of filling a seasonal rotation in the market have pushed the rotations into something better resembling quarterly releases rather than true seasonality. We took flak from the beer community over releasing our Spring Maibock in January, so we said forget it...we're going to stop making "spring" beers fit into the first quarter and release the kind of beer we want to drink. For us right now, Ruthless is that beer. (and for me especially, that about the only thing I've drunk in the past three months.)

To each his own, I suppose.

 

Any chance we'll see Glissade show up again in some other form? I personally couldn't care less what season you sell it - call it a heller-bock and then you can sell it any time!

 

No disrespect man! Love and highest regard for SN. Just preferred Glissade cause Ruthless was good but not a quantum shift by any stretch. Not saying you all were "late to the party" at all. You guys started the party! You all make some damn fine hoppy favorites. Love the PA, Torpedo and Celebration. I just feel like everyone is overloading on the IPAs. Personally, I like seeing style variety especially with seasonals. I know the Rye makes it a different breed of IPA but there are other very good RIPAs that are available all year (maybe not with your distribution reach). There's not much in the way of Maibocks though. I just don't want the craft movement to be Imperial Stouts and IPAs only.

PS - Looking forward to Summerfest!

 

There's a concept I can take to heart!

 

Ruthless. wasn't a fan of glissade

 

I'm looking forward to drinking the rest of my Ruthless Rye. It's a lot better than my last beer purchase.. I am just not a big IPA fan right now. Initially I was sceptical of their being some funky Rye flavor but I wanted to see what all the hype was. It's kind of funny how the IPA on the label is in the smallest font. I didn't even realize it was an IPA till later

 

I love them both.

 

I already said it....but i love Ruthless Rye.

Going to pick up a 12 of it in a bit.

 

Ruthless Rye is an easy choice out of those 2 for me. Didn't care much for Glissade for whatever reason.

 

It can be a hit or miss style.. but when done right, I personally LOVE em. I also don't think there's alot of Americanized Belgian IPAs on the market that reaches the masses, besides Sumpin' Wild and Raging Bitch. You guys could fill that void, but to each their own. Either way, keep the tasty beers coming!