.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... Artisan Rashan O. Jones, owner of High Desert Flameworks, creates a piece of glassware. (Courtesy of Rashan O. Jones) Just any glass will not do when you’re imbibing your favorite beer, wine and spirits. Rashan O. Jones knows the importance of choosing the right barware to sip your preferred libation from. His business High Desert Flameworks offers custom-made barware that brings out the best in your drink of choice. High Desert Flameworks uses borosilicate glass for its beerware. It is a heat-tempered glass that does not easily transfer heat from your hand and keeps beer colder. “Glass is my passion, and when you get into a new product, you have to research it,” Jones said. “I can tell you right now, if you have a particular beer or wine or spirit, there is going to be a particular glass that’s going to make it taste better. Like with the red wine, you want a wider, shorter base so you get more of the nose. With white wines, you get more of the slender shape, ’cause you don’t need to smell it first; you taste it with your mouth first, whereas with a lot of reds, you (smell the aroma) with your nose first. The same with beer. With a really good hefeweizen, you want a nice slender-like Pilsner-style or true hef glass. With the IPAs, you want to have a nice open nose so you can really smell a lot of those florals, because you can take the same beer and drink it in different glasses and it will genuinely taste different based on how it hits your nose.”