THE WAKKER WEEKLY – Issue #1783
THE WAKKER WEEKLY
Issue #1783 – Posted on: 28 – Mar – 2025
BUSHWAKKER SEASONAL SUDS STATUS. Bushwakker head brewer, Michael Gaetz, reports our seasonally available ENIGMA PALE ALE, PICKARD’S OATMEAL CREAM STOUT, ROBERTSON’S STRONG, PREMIUM PALE ALE, CYCLONE BARLEYWINE and BREW & GOLD DORTMUNTER EXPORT LAGER are currently available. There are also batches of BLOOD ORANGE BLONDE ALE, KAI’S MUNICH HELLES and DOUBLE HONEY RED ALE currently working their way through the brewery.
Yahoo! It’s a new Bushwakker seasonal brew! Shauna absolutely loves our BLOOD ORANGE BLONDE ALE! Bright, citrusy and fresh. Spring is in the air! Come have a pint of sunshine today!
We had a great time at last Friday’s BEERFEST at The Centre of The Arts. Much thanks to Bushwakker assistant brewer, Bradley Dalrymple, and the always cool and casual Bushwakker bartender/supervisor, Sean Barschel, for pouring samples, shaking hands and sharing news about our brews! Congrats to Dalton on Boyd on winning tickets to the event and congrats to Sarah Orr for winning our Bushwakker Blackberry Mead Draw. So many smiles! Good times!
Our WEEKEND SPECIAL DINING FEATURE for March 28th & 29th is a GREEK DRY RIB & CALAMARI PLATTER. Our Saturday CLASSIC STEAK & A PINT SPECIAL as well as our Monday and Wednesday WINGS & A PINT SPECIAL and Tuesday PIZZA & A PINT SPECIAL are also great value deals.
MARCH PREMIUM WINE FEATURES: This month’s fun features are the POUR LE VIN wines from France. The Red is TOUT UN FROMAGE MERLOT and the white is AVOIR LE PECHE CHARDONNAY and is not a peach flavoured wine. Both are $8.95 for a glass and $23.95 for a half litre.
Stand-Up at The Bush? You bet! The last time we presented a comedy event at Bushwakker was on a New Year’s Eve back in the early nineties. It’s time to try it again this Thursday, April 10th at 7:00 PM! But this time around with some funny pros from Toronto! Tickets just $15 tax in available at Bushwakker at 306-359-7276 or at Eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-double-double-comedy-tour-live-in-regina-tickets-1284729373139
UPCOMING EVENTS
Mar. 31: Monday Night Jazz & Blues. CALL ME MILDY. Blues rock band with reggae inflections is back! 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
Apr. 2: Wednesday Folk Night. BLUE LIGHT VALLEY. Acoustic folk group delivers wonderful vocal harmonies. 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
Apr. 2: MONTHLY ALES CLUB MEETING. If you are interested in delving into the world of homebrewing or are just looking to brush up on your brewing skills then the ALES Club is for you! The April presentation topics include LAGERS as well as FACT OR FICTION ON LAGERING. Come to the Bushwakker basement clubroom at 7:00 PM and discover what the ALES Club can offer you. New members are always welcome!
Apr. 4: FIRST FIRKIN FRIDAY. Don’t miss this decades-old Bushwakker monthly tradition. A piper from The Regina Police Services Pipes & Drums leads a keg (the firkin) of special ale throughout the pub in a procession. A guest volunteer tapper is selected to wield the handmade wooden maul affectionately named, The Mighty Firkin Wakker, and attempts to tap the keg in one mighty blow! This month’s firkin offering will be a MANDARINA BAVARIA DRY HOPPED BLOOD ORANGE BLONDE ALE! The suds-soaking spectacular takes place at 5:30 PM.
Sask. walks back ban on American-branded beer made in Canada
Province says move aligns with other jurisdictions
Liam O’Connor · CBC News: Mar 24, 2025
Labatt Breweries of Canada employs about 3,500 people in the country and produces many American-branded beers such as Bud Light, Busch and Budweiser in Canada. (Shutterstock)
Saskatchewan has reversed a decision to stop selling or distributing American-branded alcohol products made in Canada, after industry backlash.
In wake of U.S. tariffs, the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) said it notified beverage alcohol retailers, distributors and producers that American-branded products wouldn’t be sold or distributed in the province.
The SLGA originally released a list of 54 American alcohol brands, including Bud Light, Blue Moon, Busch, Kirkland Wine and others.
Industry leaders like Jim Bence, the president and CEO of Hospitality Saskatchewan, argued many of the American beer brands that have headquarters in the U.S. are still brewed in Canada.
Labatt Breweries of Canada says it employs about 3,500 people in the country and brews brands like Bud Light, Busch and Budweiser in Canada.
Beer Canada also called on the province to reverse its decision.
“Beer Canada is calling on Premier Moe’s government to immediately reverse this heavy-handed market intervention, which inappropriately targets leading Canadian beer brands brewed in Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, and Québec that are most often made from Saskatchewan and other Western Canadian-grown barley,” a news release from the organization stated.
On Monday, the government walked back its decision. It said in a statement that the move aligned with other provinces and that it would focus on alcohol produced in the U.S.
“We have spent a lot of time speaking with stakeholders within the industry such as Hospitality Saskatchewan, speaking with the public, talking to some of our local distributors,” Alana Ross, the minister responsible for SLGA, said on Monday. “We weren’t really in line with what the other provinces were doing, so we took it back.”
The province said the sale and distribution of the 54 Canadian-produced American brands will resume.
Bence said he appreciated the government’s willingness to take feedback on the issue.
“We applaud their ability to be able to [reverse the decision] and their willingness to look at information and roll back some of the pieces that they had implemented last week,” Bence said.
TIME OUT – More Marginal Wisdom
My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe. – Jimmy Durante
I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back. – Zsa Zsa Gabor
Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat. – Alex Levine
My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying. – Rodney Dangerfield
Money can’t buy you happiness. But it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery. – Spike Milligan
Until I was thirteen, I thought my name was: ‘SHUT UP.’ – Joe Namath
I don’t feel old. I don’t feel anything until noon. Then it’s time for my nap. – Bob Hope
Things have always become interesting when a little beer gets mixed in with some politics…EH?
