User:Rashid k Mixologist

The terms “bartender” and “mixologist” are not interchangeable titles for the man or woman or robot or extremely well-trained dog serving you drinks from behind a bar. But the precise difference between those two terms is difficult to pin down. You can’t simply say that a barkeep who wears a bowtie is a mixologist, while someone who wears a tee shirt behind the stick is a bartender. Or that a mixologist stirs exclusively with his or her left hand, while a bartender doesn’t even own a mixing glass. In an attempt to allay our confusion, we asked a bevy of professional drink makers what they considered the differences.

Through this process we ascertained five incontrovertible facts: 1) Drink makers have very strong opinions on this topic. 2) There are a great number of differences between mixologists and bartenders. 3) No one can agree what they are. 4) There’s a lot of hate out there for people who call themselves mixologists. 5) We remain confused.

Welcome to the boozy end of the post-truth world. To help you navigate, we’ve organized the sentiments into some basic categories.

Basic Definitions
“Bartending is an action that both bartenders and mixologists undertake. The craft of creating and balancing subtle, nuanced liquid creations belongs to the mixologist