Post #786324 by tikiskip on Thu, Apr 26, 2018 9:45 AM

The problem with the words the "craft cocktails" or even "mixologist" every Tom Dick and Harry is a "mixologist" and every new yuppie or is it hipster bar now has "craft cocktails"
these words are used to jack more money from you.

And really many of the people that paste the term "mixologist" onto themselves are not even good bartenders so this taints the term.

Some of the tiki "mixologist" that I knew were really ripping on the Flare bartenders thing, but these people had NEVER word a bar for a full 8 hour shift for even a few days.

And I'll tell ya they could not hack it if they tried.

I would think of a "mixologist" as persons like the bartenders at Tiki Ti.
They make great drinks!
AND they do it every night for many years, remembering the drinks by heart all the while taking cash and dealing with drunks.

THAT is a great! bartender.
That makes great drinks.

We call our tiki art folks lowbrow artists and that is good enough for them, why do we need some Hibrow name for bartenders?

The word "mixologist" is over used just like the term chef.
Everybody needs some glorified title these days.