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Helsdon

Toronto, ON, Canada 🇨🇦 Member

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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 (1110) ticked

Arrive Like Butterflies from Gillingham Brewing Company (Hillier, Canada 🇨🇦)

1 year ago

6.5/10

Draft at the brewery. Nose is cereal malts with some ester .bananas. taste is a bit flatter, biscuit malts, fairly dry with some banana undertones and a slight bitterness in the finish.

Tried from Draft at Gillingham Brewing on 12 Aug 2025 at 17:47

Helsdon (1110) ticked

Brut IPA 2.0 from Gillingham Brewing Company (Hillier, Canada 🇨🇦)

1 year ago

7/10

Draft at the brewery. Herbal and resins on the nose. Taste cereal malts, a touch sweet, resinous hops, a touch of candy, with a strong lingering bitterness.

Tried from Draft at Gillingham Brewing on 12 Aug 2025 at 17:42

Helsdon (5) reviewed

Midtown Brewing Company (Canada) (Wellington, Canada 🇨🇦)

1 year ago

6.6/10 — Setting 7 Selection 6 Service 7 Food 6 Value 6 Overall 7

Seems like it's striving to be ... ok. No flights of beer. The menu consists of fairly uninspired standards, wirh vegan and gluten free options. The beer list all theirs, lager standards with one esb, pils, ipa, a lager, a kolsch and their special tap is a fairly light peach sour, or cherry vanilla sour. (I sampled the cherry, it was ok and thin....not interesting enough to order, no enough to rate.) It's ok for in town, but just....ok.

Visited on 11 Aug 2025 at 22:48

Helsdon has a new beer style achievement

Level 1 for Kölsch ticks with a total of 5 ticks of this master style.
County Kolsch from Midtown Brewing Company (ON) was the one that did it!
1 year ago

Helsdon (1110) ticked

County Kolsch from Midtown Brewing Company (ON) (Wellington, Canada 🇨🇦)

1 year ago

6.5/10

Draft at the brewery. Fairly dry biscuit malt, fairly flat up front, the finish with slight apricots and a building bitterness that's not overwhelming. It's ... ok

Tried on 11 Aug 2025 at 22:32

Helsdon has a new beer style achievement

Level 1 for Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter ticks with a total of 5 ticks of this sub style.
ESB from Midtown Brewing Company (ON) was the one that did it!
1 year ago

Helsdon (1110) ticked

ESB from Midtown Brewing Company (ON) (Wellington, Canada 🇨🇦)

1 year ago

6.5/10

It's fine. Toasty bready malts, with decent toaste biscuit, middlingly sweet, with a even bitter finish. Yep it's a ESB. Draft at the brewery. No

Tried from Draft at Midtown Brewing Company (Canada) on 11 Aug 2025 at 22:27

Helsdon is visiting Midtown Brewing Company (Canada) located in Wellington, Canada
1 year ago

Helsdon (1110) reviewed

Hopping Apple Sparkling Cider from Peele Island Winery (Kingsville, Canada 🇨🇦)

1 year ago

7.9/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5

Bottle from the LCBO. Who knew Peele did ciders? Pours a light clear blonde, active bubbles. Taste is crisp empire apples, fairly sweet, the hops more countering and balancing the sweetness, with some bitterness and herbials in the finish, with a little citrus and zest in the finish. Honestly really well done.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Aug 2025 at 00:58

Helsdon added a new beer Hopping Apple Sparkling Cider by Peele Island Winery
1 year ago