When one thinks of Canadian beer the first things that comes to mind are slightlyskunky clear yellow beers, like Moosehead and Molson. This association is notsurprising, as the beer shelves at American grocery stores tend to be stocked withthese products and few other Canadian beers.
But there is more to Canadian brewing than thin, yellow lagers. Take, for example,Unibroue, of Chambly, Quebec. I recently tasted their La Fin Du Monde and Maudite ales.
Both of these ales have thick layers of dormant yeast on their bottles' bottoms,meaning these beers finished their development in bottle. Contrast this with mostmass produced beers, which might be called dead beers. Their yeast has been killedthrough pasteurization and filtered out or removed through cold filtering. To say the least, I was impressed by these Unibroue beers.

La Fin Du Monde 9.0 % Alcohol
La Fin Du Monde, or the End of the World, is a cloudy gold beer with a thin head. It is tart, and tastes much like a wheat beer. Like a weisse or hefe weizen, it's light and frothy, and while it doesn't possess berry notes as wheat beers usually do, itdoes have apple, orange and lemon notes. It's quite a beer. (Rating ****)

Maudite 8.0 % Alcohol by Volume
Maudite, with its eerie label depicting a demon, and a hellish-looking dreamlike scene, is a cloudy, light brown ale. Its nose is exquisite, smelling of oftoffee, caramel and pecans. It has a full bodied and a grainy texture, and it tastes as wonderfully as it smells. This is a truly outstanding beer. (Rating ****1/2)