"It can seem sometimes like the profession of drinks slinging has divided itself into two camps: through one door, you’ll find old school bartenders in casual dress slinging 2 for 1 drinks for Happy Hour, and through another door, you’ll find mustachioed men and carefully coiffed women preparing a $12 concoction for your reverent sipping pleasure.

The latter group are often referred to as “mixologists,” a term given to practitioners of “mixology,” which is really just another way of referring to the practice of making good cocktails. Mixology might seem like a newfangled term, but it’s actually pretty old, like mid-19th century old, and was only revived as a way to describe the recent renaissance of bartenders caring (a lot) about their craft."

quote from https://vinepair.com/spirits-101/what-is-mixology-definition/