BY Ske ois Mle wer OS? explore review PAGE 13 Science PAGE 23 1A FEW brave souls donned bikinis and swimming trunks and literally plunged into 1988 on Jan. 1. The 6th Annual Penguin Plunge attracted a handful of swimmers and plenty of spectators to the icy waters of Panorama Park in Deep Cove. THE TAPS of a recentiy-closed Horseshoe Bay brewery will be flowing with natural brew by April if a current attempt to restore the operation is successful. David Bruce-Thomas, former brewmaster of the Trolier Pub’s Horseshoe Brewery, has approval in principle from the Liquor Con- trel and Licensing Branch (LCLB) fur a brewer’s licence to run what has been rechristened the Horse- shoe Bay Brewing Co. Ltd. as a cottage brewery separate from the pub, West Vancouver District Council gave municipal approval to Bruce-Thomas’s brewer's licence application at its Dec. 14 council By TIMOTHY RENSHAW News Reporter meeting. Approval was given on the condition that it would be a one-year trial basis. “I felt the reasons the brewery was closed down were not substan- tial enough,’’ Bruce-Thomas said. “T think there is room for a brewery operation in Horseshoe Bay,” Under his brewery licence, Bruce-Thomas will operate the brewery from its existing 6695 Nelson Avenue facility as an entity separate from the Troller. The original brew-pub licence limited brewery production to the Horse- shoe Bay pub. West Vancouver zoning limits beer production in Horseshoe Bay to two brews, which equals about 400 gallons, per week. Richard Wagner, the municipality’s social planner, said the main concern over Bruce- Thomas’s application was the possible increased traffic from trucks transporting the brewery’s product to market. But Bruce-Thomas — estimated that two brews of the all-natural product per week could be handled by two pick-up truck deliveries per week, *So it shouldn't be a problem at all,"* Wagner said. Hours of operation for the brewery will be from 8 a.m, to 5 p.m. LCLB spokestaan Barry Biclier said there is no problem with Bruce-Thomas’s licence applica- tion thus far, but added that the brewmaster must still get approval from the Liquor Distribution Branch and the federal gev- ernment’s Excise Branch before final approval for the brewer's licence will be given. yar en Oe Because of the fragile qualities of the natural ales he plans to pro- duce, Bruce-Thomas said servicing customers and making sure the brews are served at the correct temperature in the correct way limit their widespread distribution. He said he will therefore initially limit custom-made brews to res- taurants in Horseshoe Bay. The British-style ales will be commis- sioned by the various restaurants, who will then have their own indi- vidual brews to serve to their cus- tomers. In the Sept. 25 News story chronicling the closure of the See Brewery