Netherlands ? Man’s best friend deserves a beer, too.

Terrie Berenden, a pet shop owner in the southern Dutch town of Zelhem, has 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, and it was introduced to the market last week. It’s branded as Kwispelbier and advertised 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 $2.14 a bottle, it’s about four times more expensive than a Heineken. Benito, above, a 5-year-old Chihuahua, drinks a bottle of Kwispelbier in Hulst, Netherlands.