Dog beer 3: One more for the road
OK, one more round of dog beer. Then I'm going to have to cut you off.
Doggie Brew -- not to be confused with Kwispelbier, born in Holland, or Bowser Beer, born in Baltimore, is made in New York by Brian Davis (that's his 7-year-old Maltese Shih-Tzu mis, "Isabel" on the label).
Doggie Brew was among the first dog beers to be introduced in the U.S., along with Happy Tail Ale in California, which is now, according to its website, "on hiatus."
Davis, of Syracuse, N.Y., says the idea came to him during a sleepless night when, to occupy his mind, he started coming up with names for dog beer.
Now he's the founder and CEO of Doggie Beverages Inc. He says he developed the vitamin-enriched beer to give back something to the dogs that have enriched his life.
I ran into him today at H.H. Backer Spring Trade Show at Baltimore's Convention Center, which was filled with pet product vendors from around the country.
He provided me a bottle of all three flavors: Wet Snout Stout (beef), Doggie Lager (chicken) and the newest, Amber Bark (pork). Ace will be sampling them in days ahead.
Doggie Brew's website is www.doggiebrew.com, and it can be purchased at Dogma in Baltimore, as well as Bark Premium Natural Pet Food & Supplies in Clarksville.





