Gettelman $1000

From JS Online today.

The Museum of Beer & Brewing in Milwaukee has organized a tapping tonight of the the first Gettelman $1000 Beer brewed since 1971 - a single keg produced according to a recipe squirreled away for years in family files.

The beer was called Gettelman $1000 because they offered $1000 to anyone who could prove Gettelman $1000 Beer contained any substitute for pure malt and hops. No one claimed the money for the 80 years the beer was produced.

The tapping takes place at 7pm tonight at the Miller Inn at 3931 W State Street in Milwaukee. It's open to the public and costs $15. Nancy Gettelman will speak about her book and Fred Gettelman, a great-grandson of the family's brewing patriarch, will show company memorabilia.

The A. Gettelman Brewing Company was sold to Miller in 1961 and Miller still makes a Gettelman brand, Milwaukee's Best.