18 - Friday, January 23, 1987 - North Shore News

TROLLER STAYS AHEA

THE TROLLER Pub has
been rocking the staid B.C.
beer parlor and pub industry
boat since it opened in Oc-
tober 1977.

In addition to being one of the
province’s first neighborhood
pubs, it was the first B.C. pub
licensed to brew its own ale, and
its subsequent success as a brew
pub has spawned a select number
of intrepid cottage breweries that
have each advanced and enriched
the province’s beer and ale fron-
tiers.

On Dec. 19, Troller owner
David Patrick and a select few
patrons raised pub glasses in cele-
bration of two more Troller firsts.

To an enthusiastic round of
hip-hip hoorahs, the pub’s new
$5,000 hand-carved sign was
unveiled, making the Troller
Horseshoe Bay's first business to
display a projected free-hanging
sign approved under West Van-
couver’s new sign bylaw.

To a second hearty cheer, the
pub’s brewer David Bruce-Thomas
and the pub’s Horseshoe
Breweries, which produced its first
pint in June 1982, opened the taps
on three new Bay brews: Gold Pale
Ale, Milk Stout and a special
Black Mountain Christmas Porter
(all $2.90 a pint).

The three, added to the already
popular original Bay Ale ($2.70
per pint) and Royal Ale ($2.90 per
pint), make up an _ impressive
five-brew stable guaranteed, to
strike five distinctive blows for the
forces of Real Ale over its mass-
produced alternative.

Of the three new brews, I en-
joyed the Christmas porter most,
perhaps for its sweet, dark festive
bite and its similarity to Mackeson
Stout, which nursed me through
mamy illnesses in my formative
years.

The Bay-Milk Stout is less sweet
than the porter, deep brown in
color and, again, very good.

The Gold Pale Ale with its pale
yellow color is midway between the
bountiful fizz of traditional Cana-
dian pilsners and lagers and the
sedate rich stout end of the beer
scale.

All three, with their 30-day
brewing cycle, have distinct natu-
rally brewed flavors, unadulterated
by additives or filtration.

For those weaned on traditional
Canadian beer, the Horseshoe Bay
brews may seem somewhat flat and

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But their low carbonation will
leave room for more than gas and
pretzels.

The flavor, once assimilated,
and the taste, once acquired, will

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leave most beerophiles dissatisfied
with anything else thereafter.

Bruce-Thomas began learning
his trade five years ago when, as a
Troller bartender, he expressed in-
terest in the art of brewing beer.

Original Horseshoe Brewery
brewer Frank Appleton subse-
quently submerged his student in
the deep, effervescent tradition
and the rest, as the oft-quoted
cliche states, is thirst-quenching
history.

Food offered at the Troller is a
fairly standard cross-section of
pub grub: sandwiches from grilled
cheese ($2.75) to the Troller Pub
Sub ($3.75), Chili ($3.75) and
various Nacho ($3.95 to $4.50) and
small appetizer selections.

Accompanied with.a beaker of
porter, I tested a Troller Steak and
Kidney pie ($4.50) which came

with a generous portion of fries
and side tubs of cole slaw and
rhubarb chutney.

The pie itself was doused in
gravy and filled with a goodly por-
tion of both steak and kidney — a
hearty repast that the porter wash-
ed down admirably.

Atmosphere at the Troller is one
of genuine homegrown
neighborliness rather than im-
ported pseudo-British bellow.

Patrick’s personality fills his pub
with sociability and Horseshoe Bay
friendliness.

The Troller Pub is a North
Shore original with three more
firsts for area thirsts. A good place
for a casual meal and casual con-
versation with live jazz from Lance
Harrison on weekend afternoons
and assorted musical personalities
during evenings from Thursday to
Saturday.

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KINSMEN MOTHERS’ MARCH
BRUNCH

Eight North Shore restaurants
will be helping get the annual
Mothers’ March off to a_ brisk
stride Jan. 24 and 25 when they
will be serving brunches in aid of
the fund-raising event.

Each will contribute $1 to the
Mothers’ March from every
brunch served Saturday and Sun-
day.

Restaurants participating will
include the Coach House Restau-
rant, Cheers, Loops at the Lons-
dale Quay Hotel, the International
Plaza’s Heritage Dining Room, the

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According to Mother’s March
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