Gulden Draak • 4pk Bottles

Did you know the gulden draak (golden dragon) owes its name to the gilded statue on top of the belfry in ghent? 10. 5% abv the legend says the gilded dragon first featured on the prow of the ship with which the norwegian king sigrid magnusson left on a crusade in 1111. He offered the statue to the emperor of constantinople (the current istanbul) to put it on the cupola of the aya sophia. Some hundred years later the flemish count baldwin ix had the showpiece transported to our regions. Here the norwegian dragon ended up in the hands of bruges. After the battle on the field of beverhout in 1382 the inhabitants of ghent took the dragon as war booty and put it on top of their belfry. In the belfry all communal charters were kept. The dragon had to protect these documents and it was also the symbol of the freedom and might of the city. Such an imposing symbol that has lasted for over 6 centuries needs an equally imposing beer. Like the dragon shines at the top of the city the gul