ruthless rye vs. glissade

Just got back from the store and got a 12 of this.

It is a fairly old batch, though ....last one from December. Im sure ill still enjoy it though!



...and to anyone who say my post about not being able to find Resin. Well, i finally found it. Life is good.

 

for some reason i also thought this was year-round. going to pick up a case today.

i really like ruthless. i think it's pretty unique, honestly. interplay between the rye and citrus notes is really cool and different.

 

Glissade was a much better bock than Ruthless was a rye IPA. I used to go through 5-6 cases of glissade each year - this year I was done after one 12 pack of toothless rye.

 

I'm going to eat my words here. I thought it was a terrible idea to get rid of glissade, one of the few widely available bocks, and replace it with yet another hoppy ale. Then I tried ruthless rye and thought it was terrific. A great beer with a food. What can I say? I reserve the right to change my mind.

 

Ruthless Rye, no question--I've bought at least a case since it came out. Great value Rye IPA!

 

I really like both. But hate tumbler. Hey Bill please replace tumbler with glissade or remake tumbler into a brown ipa like dogfish heads indian brown ale. Please, for me. Sierra Nevada is my favorite brewery. Thanks. Also, how can you not like Belgian ipa's like raging.bitch?

 

i dont think either of them are all that good but i'd pick ruthless rye of the two.

 

Ruthless Rye. Although I do not think it is the greatest rye beer out there, I drink a hell a lot more Ruthless than I ever did Glissade.

 

Another vote for Ruthless over Glissade, although Glissade was certainly decent. I'd also vote for the return of ESB.
If SN wants to try their hand at something different I'd be up for an Alt, a Biere de Garde or a Saison. There are a bunch of American takes on Saisons these days but most of them IMO aren't very good. The other two are seriously under represented styles.

 

Love Ruthless (The art work and the beer) I have bought Glissade 3 times and i ended up giving it away every time because I didn't like it.

 

They have the Ovila Saison.

 

I never had Glissade... Wasn't impressed in Ruthless at all though. Gimme a Torpedo.

 

I wish they had kept Glissade.

I appreciated the variety; I personally don't find the worth in another hoppy pale ale release from SN, when I drink 3 other awesome ones brewed by them (2 year-rounders).

 

Of the two I am a fan of the Ruthless, although there are other rye beers out there that I would chose in a heartbeat. Although at $7.99 a six pack, it's a pretty damn good beer

 

Wondering if Celebration's year after year sales were ever scrutinized as much within the first three years it came out?

Getting flak from the beer community about releasing a "maibock" in January is what caused SN to drop Glissade? Sure it had nothing to do with sales - or lack thereof?

So I guess this means you are dropping the word "summer" from the name of your Summer lager since it released in the spring? Hahahhahaaaaa! Maybe you should have just changed the name of Glissade to Summerade to increase its sales....

 

I wouldn't mind more hoppy pale ales or Ipa's from SN - just not in the amberish vein that seems to be overused by SN.

 

I wonder how Ruthless Rye would compare with Torpedo side by side. I can't remember the last time I had Torpedo but RuthlessR seems very hoppy.

 

Of course the obvious answer is that the Torpedo doesn't have the rye character. And not to be sarcastic, but I can really get that sort of spicy, dry rye character in the Ruthless and remember the Torpedo as being more rich in the biscuit malts.

 

thanks. I agree with your characterization of RR. Just wondering what can be paired with this drink to complement its flavors.