My husband had been had. It all started about a month ago when he found a great deal online for a dozen “authentic” Samuel Adams Boston Lager Tulip-Style beer glasses for $18. Twelve of these glasses for $18? Authentic. He couldn’t find his wallet fast enough with a deal like that. Here’s what it would look like:

Well, three weeks went by and we asked each other why we thought the glasses hadn’t yet arrived. Shouldn’t they be in our cupboard by now? Soon, we said to ourselves, because there wasn’t much we could do about it anyway, but wait.

And wait we did. We waited. And waited. Then, finally two days ago, a large box arrived, stuffed in the smallish part of our mailbox across the street. I was cooking dinner when Chris walked in the house with it. I could hear a clanking sound and asked him what he was doing. I turned around from my dinner preparations to see my furrowed-browed husband shaking the box gently and grumbling something that sounded like the words, “Lousy packing…Using their brains…Unreliable… etc. etc. etc.”

Ooooh. This was not promising. There was no way any of those glasses could possibly still be in tact with that kind of broken glass sound going on. Chris asked me to please film him opening the box so that he would have ample proof of foul play. Meaning, these puppies were B.O.A. (Broken on Arrival).

Chris went ahead and opened the box, narrating his way through, only to find out that the source of the sound came from just one, single broken glass. Ok, ok, we were wrong. But, upon further inspection, these glasses were terrible quality. The paint was chipped and misplaced, the sticker on them read Made in Slovenia, and the part we most looked forward to – the laser etched emblem in the bottom, which makes the brew nice and bubbly, was no where to be seen! Something fishy was going on. We began to believe we were in the midst of a dozen knock-offs.

And we were. Chris called the company, received a full refund and was advised to just keep the glasses. Now we find ourselves with 11 knock-off Sam Adams Boston Lager glasses.

Here’s 10 things that we could use them for:

1. Turn them into “singing glasses.” Remember Sandra Bullock in Miss Congeniality?

2. Cake Stand

3. Change Collector

4. Herb Planter

5. Book Ends

6. Devise a chandelier.

7. Candle Snuff

8. (This is my personal favorite) Add leftover hops from home brew day and cover with a cheese cloth and fancy ribbon. Place in men’s room for a fragrant air freshener!

9. Kitchen Utensil Holder

10. Tooth Brush Holder

Or, we could just use them as intended, but why would we? They aren’t authentic and plus, we don’t have room in the cupboard!!! I kid about the authentic part, but maybe just a little… 😉