When Tayler McCarthy heard the question last month, it had a pretty simple answer: No, you cannot bring a Whopper and fries into Remedy Brewing Company.

But the brewery's taproom manager was curious. Was there a food allergy someone was trying to avoid? Was there a picky kid in the party?

The answer, as it turns out, was neither. The burger was for Monte, a dog. He'd gotten very sick about two weeks ago. Now, his owner and a group of friends were trying to do something big for his last day.

McCarthy's answer changed immediately.

Andie Kommes, her friends and Monte — a 6-year-old Blue Heeler/Shiba Inu mix — arrived shortly afterward to Remedy, which allows well-behaved dogs in with their owners.

"He was an awesome dog," Kommes said. "There wasn't a person that would ever meet Monte and wouldn't fall in love with him."

Remedy's staff was no exception.

"Whenever they brought Monte in, he was this little black dog, so cute, so sweet," McCarthy said. She, CEO Matt Hastad and CSO Tyler Jepperson brought Monte a water bowl, some dog treats and talked with the group a bit.

"I couldn’t stay over here too long," McCarthy said. "I wanted to talk to them, but at the same time it made me want to cry because it was so sweet that they did that."

Jepperson said they later received a "very heartfelt thank-you" in an email.

"I think it’s important to go out of the way to accommodate," Jepperson said, "and kind of within reason put some of your corporate policies aside and say, 'Hey we’re all human beings here.'"

"It’s so hard to lose a pet," McCarthy added, "so it was a really big deal that we could provide the space where they could come and spend those last special moments."

The staff was so touched, in fact, that they decided to go one step further.

"We like to make specialty one-off beers and get involved in our community," Hastad said, mentioning that the team had previously made a special brew for an employee whose pet had passed away.

They reached out to Kommes' friend Chris Nicolaisen and asked what he thought about creating a beer in Monte's memory.

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He said it was a great idea — and then, Kommes said, began texting her about what her favorite beer was.

"I just thought he was going to get me a case of it," she said.

Instead, her friends brought her to Remedy for her birthday on Saturday, walked her up to the counter and insisted she try beer No. 9, which had just been tapped.

There on the screen was Remedy's newest brew: Monte "The Sarge," an English mild ale that Remedy had made with the info about Kommes' beer preferences and Monte's nickname.

"It was pretty emotional," Kommes said. "I don't even know the words to say to the people at Remedy."

As for the beer itself? Kommes is a big fan, ready to refill her growler from the five barrels Remedy has made.

So is Kommes' dog Brogan, who has jumped up on a table trying to grab a drink of the brew.

And more than a new beer, Kommes said she's gotten support from her city.

"Seeing a community as small and yet big as Sioux Falls get together and do something for a dog, that just melts my heart."