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Helsdon

Toronto, ON, Canada 🇨🇦 Member
My Stats (Click one to view detailed breakdowns)
Unique
1118
Total
1118
Breweries
321
Venues
5
Webshops
0
Countries
20
Styles
132
Level
20
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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Helsdon
Helsdon (1118) ticked
Devil's Sauce from Blood Brothers Brewing (Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦)
10 months ago
7.5/10
Can from LCBO. Taste is fairly sweet malt, tropical fruit, chocolate, resin with a lingering sweet and resin finish.
Tried from Can on 26 Oct 2025 at 00:43
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Helsdon (1118) ticked
Summer Ale from Great Lakes Brewery (Canada) (Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦)
10 months ago
7.5/10
Hay malt with fairly strong ginger that comes up quickly, mild lemon undertones. Pretty tasty, though the ginger is a little on the heavy side.
Tried from Can at Great Lakes Brewery on 22 Oct 2025 at 00:01
Helsdon
Helsdon (1118) reviewed
Westetobicoken from Great Lakes Brewery (Canada) (Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦)
10 months ago
8/10 — Appearance 9 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 9
Can from the brewery. Pours a nice blonde with thick white head that sticks around. Taste is light biscuit malts, vague citrus, light esters, with a mild bitterness in the finish. Honestly this is a great beer. Well done Great Lakes
Tried from Can at Great Lakes Brewery on 17 Oct 2025 at 23:27
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Helsdon updated a venue: Indie Ale House located in Toronto, Canada
10 months ago

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Helsdon (5) reviewed
Indie Ale House (Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦)
10 months ago
8/10 — Setting 8 Selection 8 Service 9 Food 9 Value 7 Overall 8
Last review? The indie alehouse is now closed. I'm a little surprised I never reviewed it, or maybe it got.lost in the Ratebeer transition. Great bar, amazing beer, delicious food. Just hard times post covid for restaurants and brewery. I'll miss this place.
Visited on 15 Oct 2025 at 22:33
Helsdon
Helsdon (1118) reviewed
10-4-23 from Indie Alehouse Brewing Co. (Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦)
10 months ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle from the brewery, which sadly, just closed. But not gone. Still at Eataly and apparently setting up brewing at the West End icon the Cheese Boutique, if that's even true. Regardless, this anniversary beer, now aged by Indie for two years...Pours a rich copper, with strong pink undertones. Nose of vanilla/oak barrel, strawberry and a little funk. Taste is lighter than I expected, grassy malts, fresh berries, mildly sweet with some light sock funk supporting. Very accessible, and refreshing yet funky.
Tried from Bottle at Indie Ale House on 15 Oct 2025 at 22:29
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Helsdon (1118) reviewed
Simcoe Republic from Great Lakes Brewery (Canada) (Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦)
11 months ago
7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 6.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
Decent blonde pour, vague cloudiness, with white fluffy head that sticks around. Taste is slightly sweet grassy malt, with mild citrus running though, with a little resinous bitterness that lingers. Really quite good. Can from the brewery
Tried from Can at Great Lakes Brewery on 04 Oct 2025 at 22:38