THE WAKKER WEEKLY - Issue #1356 - Posted on: 23-Jan-2017
BUSHWAKKER NEWS
Our premium red wine for January is Brazos de Los Andes Red from Argentina: $7.95 for a glass and $21.95 for a half litre. The white is Smoky Bay Pinot Grigio from Australia: $6.95 for a glass and $17.95 for a half litre. Our guest tap is currently pouring a Rum Barrel Aged Chocolate Orange Porter from the Prairie Sun Brewery in Saskatoon. $8.95 for a pint and $6.95 for a half pint. Regina’s Pile O’ Bones Brewing Company will then make their Bushwakker debut with a White IPA. New Hours of Operation. Commencing on Monday, January 16 we will be closing one hour earlier. Monday to Thursday hours will be 11:00 AM to midnight and Friday and Saturday hours will be 11:00 AM to 1:00 AM. Sunday hours will remain unchanged at 12:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Our Cheryl’s Blonde Ale is available for growler fills at the Quance Street SLGA store in Regina for the month of January. Three other new Saskatchewan brewed beers are also available. Be sure to support this SLGA pilot program and help grow Saskatchewan craft beer. Bushwakker Prime Rib Weekends. Back for a limited time! Our melt-in-your-mouth, low-and-slow roasted prime rib dinners with jumbo Yorkshire pudding have returned. And Sunday dinners just got a whole lot better at the Bushwakker! Choose from either an 8 oz. or a 10 oz. cut. Prime rib is definitely one of Bushwakker executive chef Mike’s specialties.BUSHWAKKER EVENTS
Jan 21: Bushwakker 26th/Robert Burns 258th Birthday Bash. Join us as we celebrate over a quarter century of award-winning beer and pub cuisine and Scotland’s favourite son, Robbie Burns. Live rollicking reels with The Tilted Kilts and The Regina Police Services Pipes & Drums, highland dancing, FREE haggis, neeps and birthday cake, the tapping of the Scottish birthday firkin plus Burns poetry and historical overview from Saskatchewan author and playwright, Ken Mitchell. Bushwakker trivia quiz and prizes to be won too! A great way to shake those January blahs. The dance floor will be open! $5 cover charge goes into effect at 5:00 PM and the event begins at 6:00 PM.
Craft Brewing Industry Hopping, Looking to Draw Visitors in Saskatchewan
By: Jennifer Graham, The Canadian Press REGINA - The tap is pulled forward, a pint glass tilted at an angle below, ready for the flow of golden liquid. Maybe it's an India Pale Ale, a blond, a sour or perhaps something a little darker like a Belgian-style Flanders. Whatever quenches your thirst, craft brewers in Regina are offering beer selections to please the palate. The guys at Rebellion Brewing brewed their 300th batch this month. That's the equivalent of one million pints since the company opened about two years ago. "That's pretty awesome," said Mark Heise, who was a home brewer and became one of Rebellion's founders along with Jamie Singer. "And I don't think our attitude has changed a whole lot — we still are just trying to make really fun, exciting beers that we enjoy." Singer says the craft beer industry is growing across Canada and it's just starting to explode in Saskatchewan. He says there's a feeling of camaraderie in the industry and everyone can work together to make Regina and the region a draw for craft beer. "Our whole idea is very akin to what the winery region in the Okanagan is or Niagara region is," said Singer. "They're all competitors, but ultimately, also, if you can pull people into that local stuff and get them drinking really great craft beer, or wine in the Okanagan, everybody else is going to be turned on to it too ... and we start to grow that whole market together." Rebellion is in Regina's Warehouse District. The tap room has 16 beers on tap, including beer from other Saskatchewan breweries, such as Nokomis Craft Ales, a microbrewery in Nokomis, about 135 kilometres north of Regina. There's a limited food menu, but it's all local, from the pizza to the pretzels to the meat pies. In the summer, food trucks set up out front, so people can grab a bite and bring it into the tap room to eat with their pint. "It's about just celebrating and enjoying things that make your community unique," said Heise. Singer says the Bushwakker Brewpub, also in the Warehouse District, set the foundation for craft beer in Regina. The Bushwakker Brewpub opened more than 25 years ago. It's a full restaurant with the brewery attached. The walls have works from Saskatchewan artists, photographs from Regina's history — including when the Warehouse District was hit by a tornado in 1912 — and local music pours from the speakers. Bushwakker bar manager Grant Frew says craft brewers, like Bushwakker, Rebellion and Regina's Malty National, are "all about making really good beer." "The smaller breweries, we're making smaller batches of beer, we can use nothing but malted barley — that's the only thing that we use to produce the alcohol — and that has much more flavour," explained Frew. The first Saturday of December has come to be known as Mead Day in Regina. The brew pub uses honey from the nearby community of Lumsden to make its Blackberry Mead and people wait for hours in anticipation. "The first people in line set up their ice-fishing tent at 3:45 in the afternoon — that was 19 hours and 15 minutes before the mead went on sale," said Frew. "And then the second people in line were a couple of gentlemen from Manitoba and they were dressed up like astronauts … and they made up a special little logo that said 'Mission to Mead' and they brought along a cutout of Chris Hadfield with them." All 6,000 bottles were sold out by the afternoon. The Bushwakker Brewpub sells more than 30 beers, including its own specialty and seasonal beers, plus one tap dedicated to guest beers such as Nokomis, Black Bridge Brewery in Swift Current, Paddock Wood microbrewery in Saskatoon and Malty National. Malty National is a microbrewery nestled in Regina's Heritage neighbourhood, in a building with a coffee shop and a vintage record and clothing store. It opened in March 2016. Kelsey Beach, one of the owners of Malty National, says they brew six times a month, so there are always new beers. One beer was brewed with hops donated by local residents. "Every brewery has its own taste and flavour profile ... and you can't get beers like the Bushwakker or Rebellion or Malty National elsewhere in Canada," said Beach. "If you come to visit the craft breweries in Regina, you'll get something that you can't get elsewhere." _ _ _ If You Go... https://rebellionbrewing.ca, on Facebook as Rebellion Brewing Co and in Regina at 1901 Dewdney Ave. www.bushwakker.com, on Facebook as Bushwakker Brewing Company and in Regina at 2206 Dewdney Ave. www.maltynational.com, on Facebook as Malty National Brewing co and in Regina at 1130 15th Ave. www.skcraftbrewers.ca www.tourismsaskatchewan.com/sasksecrets-march-2015/craft-breweries
TIME OUT: Contemporary Latin Phrases
"Domino vobiscum." (The pizza guy is here.) "Auda similarum ad seattles." (They all sound just like Pearl Jam.) "Nucleo predicus dispella conducticus." (Remove foil before microwaving.) "Il guyus nissanem iste ickye." (That Nissan guy gives me the creeps.)Our Weekend Prime Rib & Giant Yorkie Special. 8 oz - $20.95 & 10 oz - $25.95
Soup & Sandwich Special is $11.95. All hot specials are $15.95, except where noted, & include a serving of soup du jour, house, or Caesar salad.
Soup | Sandwich | Hot Special | Beer Pairing | |
Fri., Jan. 20 | Corn Chowder | Tortilla Relleno | Salt Spring Island Mussels (Market Price) | Northern Lights Lager |
Sat. Jan. 21 & Sun. Jan. 22 | Bushwakker | Sweet Potato & Egg Hash | Steak & a Pint. $18.95 | |
Mon., Jan. 23 | Split Pea & Ham | Sloppy Joe Kaiser | Prime Rib Yorkie w/ Fried Onions | Sodbuster Brown Ale |
Tues., Jan. 24 | Creamy Tomato | Montreal Smoked Pizza. $13.95 | Stuffed Pork Chop w/ Hasselback Potato & Chef’s Veg | Arctic Dark |
Wed., Jan. 25 | Chicken Taco | Jerk Chicken Mac & Cheese | Gnocchi w/ Sausage | Chinook ESB |
Thur., Jan. 26 | Broccoli Cheddar | Philly Beef Wrap | Thai Chili Stir-Fry | Last Mountain Lager |
Fri., Jan. 27 | Beef Barley | Blackened Basa Ciabatta. $13.95 | 8 oz Grilled Ribeye w/ Portabella Mushroom Sauce. $18.95 | Palliser Porter |
Sat. Jan. 28 & Sun. Jan. 29 | Bushwakker | Dagwood Club | Steak & a Pint. $18.95 |