Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye IPA
Ruthless IPA is brewed with this rustic grain for refined flavors – combining the peppery spice of rye and the bright citrusy flavors of whole-cone hops to create a complex ale for the tumultuous transition to Spring.
Yeast: Ale yeast
Bittering Hops: Nugget
Finishing Hops: Chinook, Citra, Equinox
Malts: Two-row Pale, Rye, Caramel, Chocolate
Yeast: Ale yeast
Bittering Hops: Nugget
Finishing Hops: Chinook, Citra, Equinox
Malts: Two-row Pale, Rye, Caramel, Chocolate
3.7
1534 reviews
Chico, United States
Community reviews
Pours a light caramel color with a white head that leaves a squiggly lacing looking like a paramecium convention :>). Nose is spicy rye.Body is full, good mouthfeel. Taste is spicy rye with a caramel sweetness and a hint of bitterness. 12 oz bottle in the Sampler Pack packaged on 12/28/18. Bottled 12/12/18
Brown color with pine resin aroma. Spicy and bitter hop flavor that lingers.
It pours a reddish amber with a large, off-white, rocky long lasting head. It has the aromas caramel, resin, flowers & pine, It has a spicy flavor, a citrus hop flavor, pine & resin. Complex but easy drinking. I enjoyed this.
big carbonation slit bitterness' on the aftertaste. Nice roast hints and alcohol.
12-ounce bottle pours clear brownish orange 1/4" foamy light-tan head and residual lacing. Aroma: caramel, black pepper. Flavor: caramel, juniper, rye bread, black pepper. Mouthfeel: medium-bodied, slick finish.
Found in fall pack from Ingles in Franklin, NC. Pours a dark copper with a thin white head. Smell isn't much but the bite and back end hops is really interesting and quite flavorful. Great fall beer.
(12oz bottle, part if fall mix 12pack)
AROMA: nice grain and malt, hint of rye, floral hoppiness,.some sweetness, smokey
APPEARANCE: nice reddish Amber, touch off-white creamy head that lingers and lingers, clear yet slightly opaque
TASTE: rye forward grain, some herbaceousness, woody, rye toast, sour mash, light resin, good blend of front and back hops with nice amount of lingering bitterness
PALATE: medium body, soft astringency, creamy, smooth, nice balance
OVERALL: very nice IPA with some ryeness to make it special, done well, robust enough to keep your tastebuds busy, very drinkable, good job Sierra Nevada.
Kroger bottle. I know I've had this... why there's no rating is beyond me. Anyway, fresh bottle. Pours amber with a small off-white head. Aroma is pot, caramel, pine, rye, earth. Flavor is light pot water, rye, sweet caramel, bread crust.
From backlog. 0,3 litre Bottle from Vinmonopolet Hamar. Amber with offwhite head. Malts, hops, rye, Caramel
Bottle. It has an Amber color with an off-white head. It gas notes of rye spiciness, pine and a light caramel flavor. It is slightly bitter. Nice.
Had this tap at the #beavertownex18. for me this was not really and ipa as i didnt get a lot of hop aroma / flavour. The rye wasnt there either
Keg at Beavertown Extravaganza, Printworks Surrey Quays. Looks like Whisky. Caramel aroma and a very dry flavour.
Smells like a citrusy IPA. Copper in color. Get some pepper and tropical fruit on the taste. Not a favorite combo for me but a decent beer.
January 28th, 2015 - Rye seems to be in now, and whenever a trendy brew style comes and goes, I make a point of seeing what Sierra Nevada does with it. The Rye IPA trend is manifest in the Ruthless Rye IPA, an amber brew with a delicate hop aroma. Brusque and slightly metallic, the steely nature of the nose is complemented by touches of bubble gum and dried cranberry. There is more sweet and spice on the tongue than in the nose, with some hops bitterness playing second fiddle to the slightly sweet and nutty side of the flavor profile. The combination works nicely, and demonstrates Sierra Nevada's continued skill at balance.
A good, dark IPA. Part of the variety pack, probably best in the box. Smooth and flavorful.
Pours a wonderful reddish colour with an off white head. Aroma is mainly caramel now, the bottle is a year old though, however I love the smell. Lovely caramel malt flavours mixed with a rye spiceyness. I can only imagine how great this was fresh as it’s top notch a year a on.
Wonderful hop character with great rye spiciness that is offset nicely by the other malt. It would have been easy for the brewer to go on the heavy end and ruin it, but this is very nice.
Bottle. Amber color, thin white, slightly creamy foam. Aroma: sweet, honey, hops, malt, a little spicy, exotic fruit, plum wine, a little white port. Taste: quite juicy, nice malt sweetness, nectar, pleasant hop bitterness, citrus, pine, spices, a drop of wine.
355 ml bottle at La Passion, Valladolid. Dark amber color with off white head. Malty and hoppy aroma, caramel, rye, bread, grass, pine. Sweet and bitter taste like aroma. Medium oily body with soft carbonation.
Pours a copper colour qwith a small head that fades soon, leaving a medium lace.Aroma of fruits, citrics, spices, resines. Medium body, average carbonation. Sweet at first but with a bitter finish.Taste of caramel, malts, herbs, spices.
Bottle from utobeer. I like this. Pretty tasty stuff. Hop heavy but with great depth
*Very nice mix of citrus and floral hops on a floral and nice "darker" grainy body. Great citrus in comparison to the rye. Round and deep, easy to drink, great!
Botella @Cimmeria, Oviedo 19/08/2016.
Color ambar,aromas caramelo, sabor dulce, final amargo-
Aromas cítricos y frutales
Buen aspecto, carbónatacion correcta y espuma persistente
En boca balanceada, al principio Malta y fruta madura para una final seco y cítrico
Amber colour, white colour. Aroma of rye, malts, a bit of pine. Taste is light sweet, light bitter. Light body, oily texture, average carbonation.
Keg at The Firefly, Hereford. Hazy copper with off white head. There is a rich, grainy, floral note to this from the off, resinous then quite spicy in character. The hops are sharp, leafy and citric, good depth if a touch over boiled. Heavy flavours throughout. Good stuff.
12 flo oz bottle @Cimmeria, Oviedo. 16-07-2016.
Bottled: 29-01-2016.
In short: bitter rye ale.
Pours quite clear amber with frothy off white head. Long head retention, some lacing. Herbal, cereal, caramel nose. Medium body, average carbonation, crispy texture. Taste is bitter, some rye, malty, herbal, caramel. Quite dry and bitter aftertaste. good.
Comments: rye is quite noticeable in this one, something not so common.
Botella 33 cl tomada en el momento en la Internacional Oviedo 16..05..2016. PKGD 01/29/16. 0752. Color tostado con espuma blanca. Aromas y sabores suaves con predominio de cereales algo salvajes y rústicos con suave amargo final. No está mal. Refrescante.
I was surprised at how much I loved this beer. At first it’s sweet and it finishes bitter with not much else in between but I really, really loved it. Flavours are there but they’re fleeting. And delicious. Highly recommended
Bottle pour into nonic pint glass from One Stop Market. Aroma is weak malty base, rye and fruit. Appearance is slightly hazy copper with minimal sparkle, 1/2 finger-width off-white foamy head with poor retention and trace lacing. Taste is mild sweet malt and fruit, with mild spicy rye and bitter second half. Palate is medium bodied with sticky texture, average carbonation and mildly bitter finish. Overall, if this were a bolder version of itself it would be excellent, but it was pretty weak in the aroma and flavor departments.