Beau’s Helles

Beau’s Helles has, what in my estimation at least, is the single best 473mL can in the province of Ontario. It’s styled to look like a classic cassette-driven boom box, and I love it. The beer inside comes from Vankleek Hill, Ontario, where it’s brewed to 5% by Beau’s Brewing Co. The pale lager is a clear gold, streaked with raucous carbonation and capped with white foam.

Sweet cereal grain kicks off the nose, which also possesses toasty elements and a slight bitter charge. The flavour is toasty and grainy initially, before drifting into dry, bitter territory for a short-lived finish.

Crisp and crunchy, dry and grainy, Beau’s Helles is a refreshing, summery lager with little to complain about. Sure, it doesn’t distinguish itself from some of Ontario’s excellent Helles Lagers (looking at you Waterloo Helles and Muddy York Gaslight), but it does its job quite well and it looks good doing it.

Rating: 8.0 out of 10.