The Art of the Cocktail
The Yes Cocktail Co.
Mixology Guide
Shake, Stir, Sip, Repeat
Find Your Next Signature Cocktail
1 cup hot coffee (or double espresso)
1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
0.5 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tbsp milk or milk substitute
0.75 oz YCC Hot Honey Syrup
Whipped cream or marshmallows (optional)
Dark chocolate to garnish
Bring all ingredients to a simmer in a small pot on the stove.
Be careful not to get the mixture too hot or the milk will scald, whisking helps.
Carefully pour mixture into a mug.
Top with whipped cream or marshmallows and shaved dark chocolate
2 oz Vodka
1 oz Ancho Reyes Liqueur
3/4 oz YCC Hot Honey syrup
1 shot Espresso or 1.5 oz Cold Brew Concentrate (unsweetened)
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake until chilled and very frothy. Strain into a martini glass. Garnish with black sesame seeds
2 oz Gin
1 oz YCC Hot Honey Syrup
1 oz lime juice
Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice
Shake and strain into a chilled coupe
Garnish with a lime wheel
.25 oz YCC Orange Peel & Bitters Mixer
.25 YCC Passionfruit Syrup
4oz sparkling wine
Combine mixer and syrup in a champagne flute. Stir to combine. Top up with Champagne.
3 oz fresh lemon juice
1 oz YCC Lavender Honey Mixer
2 oz club soda
1 basil sprig
1 fresh lavender sprig
purple food dye(optional)
Fill cocktail shaker with ice, lemon juice and lavender honey mixer. Shake and strain into collins glass filled with ice. Top with club soda and add purple food die until desired lavender color. Garnish with basil and lavender sprigs.
1 oz YCC Lavender Honey Mixer
4 oz Dry White Wine
0.5 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker on ice. Shake and strain into a chilled wine glass filled with crushed ice.
1 oz YCC Lavender Honey Mixer
.5 oz Cointreau
.5 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
1.5 oz Brandy or Cognac
Combine all ingredients in a shaker and shake with ice. Strain into a coupe with a sugar coated rim. Garnish with an orange twist.
1 oz YCC Lavender Honey Mixer
2 oz Rye Whiskey
.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
1 Egg White
Bangin’ Bitters Aromatic Bitters
Combine the first four ingredients in a shaker. Dry shake, then add ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a rocks glass over a single cube. Dash bitters in the foamy top.
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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.
