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 updated a beer: Beer From Here brewed by Great Lakes Brewery (Canada)
1 year ago

Helsdon (1118) reviewed
Citraddiction from Great Lakes Brewery (Canada) (Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦)
1 year ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
Tasty. Grapefruit, orange zeat hops, slight burn, with some pithy bitterness. Over a mildly sweet grainy malts. Decent weight to it. Quite nice, and surprising for a 4.4. Can from the brewery.
Tried from Can on 14 Jul 2025 at 23:39
Helsdon has a new beer style achievement
Level 2 for Lager - Pilsener ticks with a total of 10 ticks of this sub style.
Arrow German Pilsner from Trestle Brewing Company was the one that did it!
1 year ago
Helsdon (1118) ticked
Arrow German Pilsner from Trestle Brewing Company (Parry Sound, Canada 🇨🇦)
1 year ago
7/10
Nice even pils. Sunny hay malt, with nice apricot overtones, finish with a mild bitterness. Can from brewery.
Tried from Can on 14 Jul 2025 at 02:28
Helsdon (1118) ticked
Cerveza La Mera Mera from TWB (Together We're Bitter) Co-Operative Brewing (Kitchener, Canada 🇨🇦)
1 year ago
6.5/10
Pour a clear golden with a little white head. Nose is all bready malt. Taste is bready, slightly doughy, malt. You can definitely pick up on the corn. Mild bitterness in the finish. Surprisingly dense for a 3.9. It's okay, kinda boring.

Can bought at the St. Jacob's Market
Tried from Can on 12 Jul 2025 at 00:12
Helsdon (1118) reviewed
GLB Berliner from Great Lakes Brewery (Canada) (Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦)
1 year ago
7/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Looking forward to this one! Can from the brewery. Pour is a light blonde with thick white head that disappears. Nose is a light funk. This being only a 3.8%, it did feel a little thin, but that's almost to be expected. Really nice, fresh light crispness with some funkiness. Flavors of apricots some dirty socks over a very light straw malt. For a session beer, it's really quite nice, don't expect a meaty, aserbic Berliner, you'll be disappointed. I appreciate the lack of fruit.
Tried from Can on 06 Jul 2025 at 23:58
Helsdon (1118) reviewed
NZ Pilsner from Trestle Brewing Company (Parry Sound, Canada 🇨🇦)
1 year ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Pours a clear golden, sheet of white head that drifts to a ring, decent carbonation. Nose is resinous with some tropical fruits. Taste is fairly hop heavy, some tropical fruits, but primarily bittering hops, strong enough to be slightly sharp, that dominate and linger. Over a little dirty socks funkiness, and a mildly sweet base that pretty buried. Can from the brewery.
Tried from Can at Trestle Brewing Company on 04 Jul 2025 at 18:21

Helsdon added a new beer NZ Pilsner by Trestle Brewing Company
1 year ago