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JANUARY
22, , 2007 |
Pet
Shop Owner Creates Beer for Dogs
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(AP)
Benito, a 5-year-old Chihuahua,
drinks beer from a bowl in the southern
town of Hulst, Netherlands,... |
AMSTERDAM,
Netherlands (AP) - After a long
day hunting, there's nothing like wrapping
your paw around a cold bottle of beer.
So Terrie Berenden, a pet shop owner in
the southern Dutch town of Zelhem, created
a beer for her Weimaraners made from beef
extract and malt.
"Once a year we go to Austria to
hunt with our dogs, and at the end of
the day we sit on the verandah and drink
a beer. So we thought, my dog also has
earned it," she said.
Berenden consigned a local brewery to
make and bottle the nonalcoholic beer,
branded as Kwispelbier. It was introduced
to the market last week and advertised
it as "a beer for your best friend."
"Kwispel" is the Dutch word
for wagging a tail.
The beer is fit for human consumption,
Berenden said. But at euro1.65 ($2.14)
a bottle, it's about four times more expensive
than a Heineken.
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