[chumley]

Does anyone remember what year it was, that Sam Adams sent out two beer glasses to AHA members? I love those glasses, have used them for years. I was just noticing the paint was starting to go on one of them when I was washing them by hand.

It was at least more than 10 years ago, may have been twenty.

[denny]

10 yearsb sounds about right.  I ended up with 4 and broke 2, so my wife ordered a couple more.  Still nice galsses,but not the quality of the original

[majorvices]

10 years about. Def not 20

[ynotbrusum]

Long enough ago that I couldn't remember where I got them - but I still have them!  Considering how rough I am (and my friends are) on glassware, it is a surprise that they remain intact.

[dmtaylor]

I think they came out about 11 or 12 years ago. But I could be wrong.

[goose]

IIRC, it might have been in either Cincinnati in 2008 or Minneapolis in 2010.  I would be betting on Cincinnati since Jim Koch gave the keynote address that year   it definitely was not Oakland in 2009 since I didn't attend that conference.  I still have four of those glasses here that I rarely use since we usually drink our beers out of 12 ounce belgian tulip glasses.

[Slowbrew]

I have one of the original glasses left.  I didn't get it at the conference, my wife ordered them as a gift.
I also have a few of the newer "crystal" (or something type) which are much lighter and more fragile.

I was moving a table and caught the leg of table all my glassware was on one day.  A lot of nice glassware died that day.   

The originals were great, heavy, and really stood up well.

Paul