By Andrew Ross
Imagine yourself as a grain of barley. Along with millions of your non-gendered siblings, you are harvested from the sunny Southern Alberta field you grew up in. Many of your siblings are shipped off to become animal feed, baby food, or gourmet bread. Some poor bastards get mixed up with the wrong crowd (rice and… Continue reading The granddaddy of them all
By Ryan Laverty
From Columbia to Big Rock, the West sports some of the best breweries in the country.Beers like Kokanee, Grasshopper and Traditional have turned our beer-drinking nation on its ear in the past decade but there are a couple of little-known secrets in the brewing game. And they’re both right here in Cowtown.Innocuous brew pubs are… Continue reading As fresh as it gets
It may be because I am blessed with a moderately prominent proboscis, but the first thing to hit me about Wild Rose Brewery was the smell.They’ve made a living off of consistently great beer, but the smell. The smell was rich, earthy, grainy and clean, much like–to my delight–the beers produced in the microbrewery."We’re a… Continue reading Wild Rose Brewery
By Nicole Kobie
Here in Ralph’s World, we like to gripe about unemployed Maritimers migrating to our province. But little do we know that this influx brings fringe benefits. In fact, if you’ve ever tried one of the four beers crafted by local microbrewery Brew Brothers, you know just how tasty such spinoffs can be.This story begins way… Continue reading Brew Brothers Brewing Co.
An Edmonton company’s plans to wade into the lucrative Calgary beer market are already well on their way.Founded in 1993, Alley Kat Brewing Company is already available at over half a dozen local establishments. That number is rapidly growing with the recent addition of a full-time representative in Calgary. But does Calgary really need another… Continue reading Alley Kat Brewery
I guarantee that this supplement was not an excuse to drink beer. Honest.It actually started with curiosity–an intrigue with the substance that so many of us (over)indulge in during our university years and beyond. And I’m willing to bet you’re curious too. I could be wrong. Maybe you’re too damn busy swigging Molson product to… Continue reading Beer Supplement Introduction
By Ira Wells
Do movies affect our perceptions of reality? University of Calgary students Ira Wells and Jordan Petty spoke with Dr. Malek Khouri, a Communications and Culture professor and the U of C’s Film Studies Coordinator, about their thoughts on sexuality, war and the profit motive in Hollywood.Ira Wells: Pierre Trudeau once said that the state has… Continue reading Now Playing
By Ryan Laverty
Scott Rideout was relegated to the third string goalie for the second half of the 2000/01 season and in his year-end meeting with then men’s hockey Head Coach Tim Bothwell, he was told he’d struggle to make the team the next year.Bothwell’s comment must have sparked something in the fifth-year’s psyche because when he showed… Continue reading Third string to first rate
The 2002 Gauntlet Extra Effort Award went to a young woman who is an example of mental strength, determination and the will to continue against all odds.As a female athlete Debra Hidson is someone that everybody should look up to. This athlete went through more than most of us ever will and openly shared her… Continue reading A miraculous story
Natalie Schwartz of the women’s volleyball team won Rookie of the Year honours at the 35th edition of Night of the Dino. This is how our interview started.Gauntlet: "First of all, how has winning the Rookie of the Year trophy changed your life? I mean I see people coming up to you in the hallways,… Continue reading Westjet service extends to Awardville