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Helsdon

Toronto, ON, Canada 🇨🇦 Member
Deeply underachieving beer snob. I'll occasionally have a drink, and when I do I want it to be a good one. Oh, and if I give a detailed rating on a beer, rather than a quick tick, you can ignore the specifics. I don't need to judge appearance, or whatever. I just don't want to leave a rating rounded to the nearest .5, like the quick tick limits you to.

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7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle LCBO in Toronto. Wow, this is delightful. Soft bready malts, mildly sweet with a mild sourness. Really well balanced. That salt makes things pop, and it's indistinct but the cilantro makes things almost juicy.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Mar 2026 at 00:14

7.5/10
Bottle LCBO in Toronto. Really nice. Roasted malt a little doughy, mildly sweet, some grapes. Nice bright lingering taste.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Mar 2026 at 00:45

Helsdon has a new country beer tick achievement

Level 1 for Netherlands ticks with a total of 5 from this country.
Piranha Tripel from Stadshaven Brouwerij was the one that did it!
3 months ago


6.5/10
Can from an LCBO in Toronto, Canada. It's tough finding a good tripel here in Canada, besides the biggest of the usual Belgian suspects, so had to give this one a try. Taste is sweet malt, mild ester, vague, flat tropical fruit, fairly heavy on the bittering hops on the finish. Decent but that bittering hops is throwing off the balance.
Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2026 at 01:19

7.5/10
Bottle lcbo. Esters and stonefruit, vanilla and oak. A decent tripel.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Feb 2026 at 00:22

7.5/10
Bottle from the lcbo. Pours a vaguely cloudy copper, with a finger of off white head. Taste is sweet malts with toasted notes, esters, some bitterness and some Citrus pith plastic. Your thought makes any sense. It's good, good balance
Tried from Bottle on 16 Jan 2026 at 23:31

Helsdon has a new country beer tick achievement

Level 1 for Sweden ticks with a total of 5 from this country.
Aon Pecan Mud Cake from Omnipollo was the one that did it!
4 months ago


8.5/10
The brewed and canned in Toronto version. Can LCBO. Wow Thick roasted malt, sweetness, a bit of booze, nuttiness a pastry richness. Excellent.
Tried from Can on 15 Jan 2026 at 23:57

7/10
Bottle from the LCBO here in Toronto. Decently thick malt, with a mild sweetness, toasty hay, with mild bitterness on top. A nice example of the style.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Jan 2026 at 00:34

6.5/10
Nutty roasted malt, mildly thin, slight bitter finish. Passable. Can from St Jacob's Market.
Tried from Can on 30 Dec 2025 at 01:57