Post #757463 by AceExplorer on Mon, Jan 18, 2016 7:52 AM

I can understand rejecting both "mixologist" and "handcrafted" because of how the pop-culture press (and "wankers") have misappropriated them. What would you put on your business card as a home cocktail aficionado? Just plain "bartender," or "barkeep?" What are your thoughts on which is appropriate and not pretentious?

My pet peeve -- all the over-the-top bartenders who craft really unique and often (but not always) tasty drinks using exotic ingredients or crazy tinctures and syrups which only their bar uses. So they publish recipes, but nobody wants to invest in single-purpose spirits, liqueurs, and bitters, or take two weeks to make specialty syrups and tinctures for just one cocktail. I'm surprised how much of that I see at cocktail competitions and exhibitions.

Coming soon - Ace Explorer's Buffalo Butt Bitters. It'll put tongue on your hair!