THE WAKKER WEEKLY - Issue #1418 - Posted on: 02-Apr-2018
BUSHWAKKER NEWS
NEWS FROM THE BREWERY! Head brewer, MICHAEL GAETZ, reports our seasonally available PICKARD’S OATMEAL CREAM STOUT, ARCTIC DARK LAGER, SASKADIAN BLACK IPA and BUSHVAR CZECH PILS are now on tap. His extremely popular BLOOD ORANGE BLONDE is now back on tap. A batch of BREW & GOLD DORTMUNDER and CHINOOK ESB are also currently working their way through the brewery. Our guest tap is currently pouring a keg of Foreign Extra Stout from Saskatoon’s 9 Mile Legacy Brewing. Next up is a dry-hopped Saison from Swift Current’s Black Bridge Brewery. This will be followed by the Hop Tart from Regina’s Malty National Brewery. Our premium wines for the month of April are from the Bodacious Winery in Ontario. The red is a Shiraz and the white is a Pinot Grigio. Both are $6.95 for a glass and $17.95 for a half litre. Our Cheryl’s Blonde Ale is now available for growler fills at the Quance Street SLGA store in Regina. Three other fine Saskatchewan craft beers are also available. Enjoy them for a limited time! Congratulations to Chelsea Fleury, who won a Bushwakker Joe Fafard t-shirt in our draw we conducted at the Fantasy Food event at The Saskatchewan Science Centre last weekend. Prairie Dog Magazine’s Best of Food and Drink 2018. Regina's dynamic local food & beverage scene is highlighted in this popular reader poll and contest. Last year Bushwakker took home quite a few awards and this year we are nominated in 18 categories including: Best Brewpub, Best Pub Overall, Best Desserts, Best Pub/Lounge Server (Cheryl Tovey), Best Pub Grub Overall, Best Chef (Mike Monette) , Best Beer Menu, Best Pub Pizza, Best Nachos, Best Lunch Restaurant, Best Pub For Arguments and Debates, Best Burger, Best Veggie Burger, Best Restaurant For a Party, Best Appetizers, Best Soup, Best Wings, Best Salad and Biggest Restaurant News (Bev Robertson)! We look forward to more friendly food and drink fun with your continued enthusiastic support at: http://www.prairiedogmag.com/best-of-food-2018/#// ANNUAL BUSHWAKKER BREWER’S DINNER TICKETS OVER HALF SOLD OUT! Our signature brewing and culinary event will be held on Saturday, April 14th at 7:00 PM. Enjoy a fabulous multi-course meal in which each course is prepared with a unique beer style and paired with a different beer to enhance the flavours of each dish. This year’s menu will serve as a tribute to the late Bushwakker co-founder and president, Bev Robertson, and will feature some of his favourite dishes. Tickets only $60.00 each. Cutting-edge beer cuisine awaits!BUSHWAKKER EVENTS
Mar. 30: OPEN at 11:00 AM on Good Friday! Apr. 1: OPEN EASTER SUNDAY from noon to nine!

Brewers Association Releases 2018 Beer Style Guidelines
New Categories Include Three Styles of Juicy or Hazy Ales Boulder, Colo. • March 20, 2018—The Brewers Association (BA)—the not-for-profit trade group dedicated to promoting and protecting America’s small and independent craft brewers—today released its Beer Style Guidelines for 2018. Reviewed and revised annually by the BA, these guidelines serve as a model resource for brewers, beer judges and competition organizers, and celebrate the great diversity of beer around the world. Hundreds of revisions, edits, format changes and additions were made to this year’s guidelines, including updates to existing beer styles and the creation of new categories. Updates of note include: •Juicy or Hazy Ale Styles: The addition of this trio of styles include representation of what may be referred to as New England IPAs or West Coast Hazy IPAs. The styles will be identified in the guidelines and Brewers Association competitions as “Juicy or Hazy Pale Ale,” “Juicy or Hazy IPA” and “Juicy or Hazy Double IPA.” •Contemporary American-Style Pilsener: The addition of this new category addresses marketplace expansion and provides space for sessionable craft brew lager beers with higher hop aroma than found in pre-prohibition style beers. •Classic Australian-Style Pale Ale and Australian-Style Pale Ale: This split from one to two Australian-Style Pale Ale categories reflects tremendous diversity in the Australian craft beer market and authoritative input from the technical committee of the Independent Brewers Association. Classic Australian-Style Pale Ale can run slightly darker and typically exhibits relatively lower hop aroma. The Australian-Style Pale Ale category provides ample room for a range of somewhat paler, more hop aroma- and flavor-forward beers being produced today by hundreds of breweries in Australia. •Gose and Contemporary Gose: Predominantly technical tweaks were made to create more differentiation between these two categories. The Brewers Association’s Beer Style Guidelines reflect, as much as possible, historical significance, authenticity or a high profile in the current commercial beer market. The addition of a style or the modification of an existing one is not undertaken lightly and is the product of research, analysis, consultation and consideration of market actualities, and may take place over a period of time. Another factor considered is that current commercial examples do not always fit well into the historical record, and instead represent a modern version of the style. To help inform the creation of the new Juicy and Hazy categories, a wide variety of beers that were thought to represent or approach this style were sought and tasted. “What we discovered and verified was that there was a wide range of alcohol content for what was being perceived in the public as just one style,” said Charlie Papazian, chief of the BA Beer Style Guidelines since 1979, and founder and past president, Brewers Association. “After evaluating appearance, aroma, bitterness, hop characters, mouthfeel and overall balance these beers gave a consistent impression that helped frame the Brewers Association’s inaugural guidelines for three styles of Juicy Hazy ales.” “The Brewers Association Beer Style Guidelines, led by Charlie Papazian for the past 30+ years, are a trusted resource for the brewing industry worldwide,” said Chris Swersey, competition manager, Brewers Association. “The guidelines have fostered a lexicon that has allowed the community of drinkers and brewers to talk about beer and celebrate beer across diverse cultures, around the world.” The 2018 Beer Style Guidelines are available for download at BrewersAssociation.org.TIME OUT – Easter Sunday
A friend was in front of me coming out of church one day, and the preacher was standing at the door as he always is to shake hands. He grabbed my friend by the hand and pulled him aside. The Pastor said to him, "You need to join the Army of the Lord!" My friend replied, "I'm already in the Army of the Lord, Pastor." Pastor questioned, "How come I don't see you except at Christmas and Easter?" He whispered back, "I'm in the secret service."This Weekend’s Special Dining Feature: Chimichurri Grilled Lamb Chops. $19.95
Soup & Sandwich Special is $13.95. All hot specials are $16.95, except where noted, & include a serving of soup du jour, house, or Caesar salad.
Soup | Sandwich | Hot Special | Beer Pairing | |
Fri., Mar. 30 | Smoked Salmon Chowder | Baby Shrimp Salad Wrap | Halibut Fish & Chips. $18.95 | Stubblejumper Pilsner |
Sat., Mar. 31 | Bushwakker | Breakfast Special | Steak & a Pint. $19.95 | |
Sun., Apr. 1 | Bushwakker | Breakfast Special | Steak & a Pint. $19.95 | |
Mon., Apr. 2 | Cream of Vegetable | Hawaiian Grilled Cheese | Arrabiata Pasta | Last Mountain Lager |
Tues., Apr. 3 | Chicken Noodle | Cactus Potato Bacon Pizza | Pork Schnitzel | Arctic Dark |
Wed., Apr. 4 | Moroccan Vegetable | Lemon Herb Chicken Skewers on Couscous Salad | Chicken Curry | Stubblejumper Pilsner |
Thur., Apr. 5 | Chicken Tortilla | Pulled Pork Enchiladas | Fish Noodle Bowl | Northern Lights Lager |
Fri., Apr. 6 | BBQ Bacon Cheeseburger | Turkey Sub | Beef Chili | Regina Pale Ale |
Sat., Apr. 7 | Bushwakker | Breakfast Special | Steak & a Pint. $19.95 | |
Sun., Apr. 8 | Bushwakker | Breakfast Special | Steak & a Pint. $19.95 |
We strive to ensure all weekly specials and soups are made available. Product shortages or unforeseen circumstances may result in modification or even substitution of certain featured menu items.