Ande so another Friday comes along. Today, we will have another visit to the Abyss, with Heresy. As Curt put it, "something that breaks with the accepted code". So we will look at the Dulle Griet.
Dulle Griet is a painting by Pieter Breughel the Elder from 1563. Bruegel has combined two opposites in this work: Dulle Griet (dul means savage, angry, and griet means girl or woman) in the foreground is the woman who behaves like a man, with the focus on greed with opposite the Giant in the background who represents the man who behaves like a woman, with the focus on waste. This is set against the backdrop of hell, where other sins are addressed by the fighting females, the devils and the loving couples. A perfect Umwertung alle Werte!
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Dulle Griet is also a Belgian beer. Dulle Griet is a dark chestnut brown high-fermentation beer with an alcohol content of 6.5%. It is a powerful beer, with a mild aftertaste. The beer has slightly sweet aromas, of licorice and candy, and a fruity and spicy taste. Dulle Griet has been brewed since 1999. Originally, it had an alcohol content of 8.5%. It is brewed by the Scheldebrouwerij in Meer. Originally the brewery was based in the Netherlands and Dulle Griet was also brewed there. In 2008, Scheldebrouwerij moved to Belgium. The name refers to the Dulle Griet, a bombarde (cannon) of Ghent from the 15th century. The beer's label shows a large cannon carried by two wild men. These are typical of Scheldebrouwerij and refer to Bergen op Zoom, the Dutch municipality that bears two wild men in its coat of arms and is the birthplace of the brewery. On the cannon sits a “dulle griet.”
Dulle Griet is a monumental iron bombard in the Belgian city of Ghent. Because of its original red color, the cannon was also traditionally called groten rooden duyvele, the big red devil. The bombard dates back to 1431 and was probably manufactured by Jean Cambier, the major arms supplier of the Burgundian Duke Philip the Good. It was brought from Oudenaarde to Ghent in 1578 along with other weaponry to be used in the fight against the Spaniards. Whether the cannon was stolen or a gift is unclear.
As always, drink responsibly and enyoy today's contributions by the Friday Crew!
Martijn
I think the artist perhaps drank to much Dulle Griet before creating his artwork. Loving the big cannon though
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