please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message this article is about the qu bec brewery . for the danish brewery see royal unibrew . unibroue location chambly quebec canada opened 1993 owner s sapporo brewery website www.unibroue.com active beers name type blanche de chambly witbier blonde de chambly saison don de dieu tripel wheat ale ph m re apple white ale ph m re blackcurent white ale la fin du monde tripel maudite strong red ale noire de chambly black ale raftman whisky malt ale trois pistoles abbey unibroue is a brewery located in chambly quebec canada that was started by serge racine and quebec native andr dion . the company was purchased by sleeman breweries ltd. in 2004 which was itself taken over by sapporo in 2006 . the company was incorporated in 1993 and is the first of three microbrewing companies in greater montreal area followed by brasseurs rj and mcauslan both chronologically and in terms of sale benefits . contents 1 history 2 beers 3 standard line 3.1 la fin du monde 3.2 don de dieu 3.3 maudite 3.4 blanche de chambly 3.5 special brew lines 4 awards 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit one product in the unibroue line is don de dieu unibroue was founded by business partners andr dion and serge racine who had acquired 75 % of la brasserie massawippi inc. of lennoxville in 1990 . the two purchased the remainder of the shares at the end of 1991 when they transferred their interest in la brasserie massawippi inc. to unibroue . by 1992 la brasserie massawippi inc. became a wholly owned subsidiary of unibroue . afterward it changed its corporate name to brasserie broubec inc. and in july 1993 merged with unibroue . it was bought by canadian brewer sleeman breweries ltd. in 2004 . sleeman in turn was purchased in 2006 by sapporo . beers edit unibroue makes a wide range of beers although there is a focus on belgian style brews such as their maudite damned la fin du monde the end of the world and don de dieu gift from god . most of unibroue s beers are bottled on the lees or containing yeast sediment or lees . this practice provides additional fermentation also called bottle conditioned after bottling . the result is a beer which ages well if kept in the dark and unrefrigerated and allows it to be shipped relatively cheaply to international markets . the yeast gives unibroue beers a cloudy appearance and provides a characteristic element to the taste . on many of their labels suggested serving temperatures for example better at 12 14 c are included . standard line edit la fin du monde edit la fin du monde literally french for the end of the world as per the translation on the back of each bottle is a belgian style tripel and bottle conditioned golden ale introduced in july 1994 . 1 the name is claimed to derive from the european explorers belief that they had reached the end of the world when they discovered america . 2 the colour is a cloudy blonde with a golden hue . though similar to belgian tripels in appearance la fin du monde is less bitter and more spicy featuring coriander and orange peel more similar to tripel karmeliet than standard tripels like chimay and westmalle . the beer contains a very high 9 % abv alcohol content . 2 as of 2016 this beer has earned more medals and awards including some of the world s highest honors than any other canadian beer . 2 don de dieu edit don de dieu is a wheat ale which is re fermented in the bottle brewed in the belgian strong pale ale style . the beer and label were inspired by the explorer samuel de champlain de brouage and his ship the don de dieu gift from god . maudite edit translated into damned this is a 8 % abv strong amber red ale . blanche de chambly edit blanche de chambly is a belgian style witbier . 3 the first refermented white beer brewed according to belgian tradition in north america . 5 % abv . special brew lines edit unibroue brews and bottles the trader joe s vintage ale . awards edit la fin du monde has been the winner of many medals of excellence 5 platinum 6 gold and 1 silver from the beverage testing institute since its introduction in 1994 . 4 in 2004 it won the gold medal at the los angeles county fair for belgian style abbey ale . 5 don de dieu has won four gold medals from the beverage testing institute since its introduction in 1998 . 6 grande reserve 17 received the world s best dark ale award at the word beer awards in london england in 2011 . also it received a platinum medal from the beverage testing institute in 2009 2010 and 2011 . 7 see also edit quebec beer references edit unibroue beers . retrieved 6 november 2012 . a b c unibroue classics la fin du monde . retrieved 6 november 2012 . unibroue . unibroue . beverage testing institute webmaster tastings.com . entry for la fin du monde . tastings.com . retrieved 2012 03 14 . results from the 2004 lacf . calferm.org . retrieved 2012 03 14 . bti graphs our beers ; unibroue web pages . unibroue 17 grande reserve . unibroue.com . retrieved 2013 08 19 . external links edit unibroue website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title unibroue & oldid 728695681 categories canadian beer brandscanadian brewing companiescompanies based in quebecchambly quebecsapporo breweryhidden categories articles needing additional references from january 2013all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as 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