The Art of the Cocktail
The Yes Cocktail Co.
Mixology Guide
Shake, Stir, Sip, Repeat
Find Your Next Signature Cocktail
2 oz Rye Whiskey
1 oz YCC Amarø
0.5 oz YCC Hot Honey Simple Syrup
2 dashes Burnt Orange Bangin’ Bitters
2 dashes Rye Barrel Bangin Bitters
Boozy Cherry to Garnish
In a mixing glass with ice, combine all ingredients and stir to mix
Strain into a chilled coupe
Garnish with a Boozy cherry
0.5 oz YCC Spiced Apple syrup
1 cup coffee (or espresso)
0.5 tsp cinnamon
0.5 tsp brown sugar
1 cup oat milk
Combine the spiced apple syrup, cinnamon, brown sugar and oat milk in a saucepan and bring to a simmer
Whisk to froth
Pour into your mug containing your coffee
Top with a sprinkle of cinnamon
16 oz YCC Sangria Mixer
1 bottle your choice of wine
10 oz Brandy
12 oz blood orange juice
Your choice of fresh fruit
Blood orange wheel to Garnish
In a container with a lid, combine brandy and all sliced fruit
Allow to sit at room temp for 24 hours.
When ready to serve, combine mixer, wine & juice with
fruit & brandy combination in a pitcher and stir.
Add ice and serve immediately.
Garnish with a wheel of blood orange
2 oz Dark Rum
0.75 oz YCC Hot Toddy syrup
0.75 oz lime juice
Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice
Shake and strain into a chilled coupe
Garnish with a lime wheel
2 oz bourbon
3 oz apricot nectar juice
0.5 oz YCC Blackberry Pomegranate Mixer
3 dashes Burnt Orange Bangin’ Bitters
Club Soda to top
Combine the first four ingredients in a shaker with ice
Shake & strain into rocks glass over ice
Top with club soda
Garnish with a charred orange twist
1.5 oz Vodka*
1/2 oz YCC Grenadine
4-5 oz Cherry Cola
1 barspoon YCC Boozy Cherry Juice (straight from the jar)
2 YCC Boozy Cherries
In a cocktail shaker with ice, combine grenadine, cherry juice and vodka and shake until chilled (10 seconds)
Strain into a Collins glass filled with ice
Top up with Cherry Cola
Garnish with 2 Boozy Cherries
*Omit the vodka from this recipe to make a Roy Rogers mocktail!
2 oz Bourbon
0.75 oz pineapple juice
0.25 oz elderflower liqueur
0.5 oz YCC Amarø
0.5 oz YCC Hot Toddy Syrup
Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice
Shake and strain into a chilled coupe
1 oz YCC Amarø
0.75 oz grapefruit juice
1 oz YCC Hot Toddy Syrup
3-4 oz Belgian beer or pilsner*
Combine Amarø, grapefruit juice and hot toddy syrup in a shaker with ice.
Shake and strain into a Collins glass over ice
Top with beer and garnish with a twist of grapefruit peel
*Can be replaced with N/A beer, tonic or club soda for a mocktail twist!
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Lauren Butler and Brandon Alpert began their journey into mixology in a most unexpected way—while touring the world as theatre educators, actors, and directors. During their travels, they made it a mission to experience the world’s best bars and cocktails. From bourbon in Kentucky to aquavit in Denmark, they were always thirsty for a bit of local flavor. But when they returned home, they found the mixers and syrups just didn’t measure up—full of artificial ingredients, preservatives. and high fructose corn syrup. Determined to recreate the craft cocktails they’d enjoyed abroad, they began crafting their own mixers using all-natural, locally sourced ingredients from their home in Paso Robles, California.
And so, Yes Cocktail Co. was born. For Lauren and Brandon, it’s all about saying “yes!” to new flavors, new ideas, and of course, new cocktails. After all, that’s the first rule of improv—and the secret to living a little more adventurously.
