Unibroue is a brewery located in Chambly, Quebec

Chambly, Quebec

Chambly is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada, about to the south east of Montreal.- Geography :It sits on the Richelieu River in the Regional County Municipality of La-Vallée-du-Richelieu, at .-History:...

, Canada

Canada

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 that was started by Quebec native André Dion and Serge Racine. It was purchased by Sleeman Breweries Ltd. in 2004, which itself was taken over by Sapporo in 2006. The company was incorporated in 1993, exporting to the United States

United States

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 (under the name "Unibrew") in 1994.

History

Unibroue was founded by André Dion and Serge Racine. They had acquired 75 % of La Brasserie Massawippi Inc. in Lennoxville, in 1990, purchasing 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. It then changed its corporate name to Brasserie Broubec Inc. and subsequently merged with Unibroue in July of 1993. It was bought by Sleeman Breweries Ltd. in 2004. Sleeman was then purchased by Sapporo in 2006.

Beers

Unibroue makes a wide range of beers, although there is a focus on Belgian-style

Belgian beer

Beer in Belgium varies from pale lager to lambic beer and Flemish red. There are approximately 178 breweries in the country, ranging from international giants to microbreweries..-History:...

 brews, such as their Maudite

Maudite

thumb|MauditeMaudite is a Belgian-style strong dark ale that has been brewed by Unibroue since 1992. It is an ale that is conditioned in the bottle....

("Damned"), La Fin du Monde

La Fin du Monde (beer)

La Fin du Monde is a Belgian style tripel, bottle conditioned golden ale introduced in July 1994 and produced by Unibroue of Chambly, Quebec. In 2004, Unibroue was purchased by Sleeman Brewery....

("The End of the World"), and Don de Dieu

Don de Dieu (ale)

thumb|Don de DieuDon de Dieu is a wheat ale which is refermented in the bottle, brewed in the Belgian Strong Pale Ale style. It is brewed by Unibroue from Quebec...

("Gift of God"). Most of Unibroue's beers are bottled "on the lees", or containing yeast sediment

Lees (fermentation)

Lees refers to deposits of dead yeast or residual yeast and other particles that precipitate, or are carried by the action of "fining", to the bottom of a vat of wine after fermentation and ageing. The yeast deposits in beer brewing are known as trub...

. This practice provides additional fermentation

Fermentation (food)

Fermentation in food processing typically is the conversion of carbohydrates to alcohols and carbon dioxide or organic acids using yeasts, bacteria, or a combination thereof, under anaerobic conditions. Fermentation in simple terms is the chemical conversion of sugars into ethanol...

 after bottling, resulting in a beer which ages well if kept in the dark and unrefrigerated, and allowing it to be relatively cheaply shipped to international markets. The yeast gives Unibroue beers a cloudy appearance and provides a characteristic element to the taste.

Unibroue brews and bottles the Trader Joe's

Trader Joe's

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Vintage Ale.