The Art of the Cocktail
The Yes Cocktail Co.
Mixology Guide
Cocktail Syrups
Cocktail Mixers
Bitters Cubes: Champagne
Bitters Cubes: Old Fashioned
Shake, Stir, Sip, Repeat
Find Your Next Signature Cocktail
1 oz Cucumber Jalapeño Mixer
0.75 Mezcal
1 oz Rye Whiskey
0.75 oz Fresh Lime Juice
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Shake and pour into a rocks glass with fresh ice. Garnish with a Dried Lime Wheel and dash of cayenne.
2 oz Gin
.5 oz lime juice
.5 oz YCC Cucumber Jalapeno Mixer
.5 ozcu Elderflower Liqueur
5 to 6 fresh basil leaves
5 to 6 fresh mint leaves
2-3 oz grapefruit soda, to taste
In a cocktail shaker, combine lime juice and herbs and muddle well. Add gin, elderflower liqueur, and grapefruit soda and fill the shaker with ice. Shake until well chilled. Open pour into a rocks glass. Garnish with a sprig of mint or basil.
8 oz Fresh Apple Cider
4 oz Bourbon
2 oz YCC Ginger Citrus Mixer
Lemon Juice (to taste)
4 YCC Boozy Cherries
Cracked Black Pepper (to taste)
Bring cider and bourbon to a simmer in a small saucepan. Stir in ginger mixer and add lemon juice to taste. Divide cherries between 2 heatproof glasses or mugs and pour in cider combination. Sprinkle with pepper and serve immediately.
(Makes 2 Servings)
2.5 cups chopped watermelon chunks (seeds removed)
2 oz YCC Cucumber Jalapeno Mixer
4 oz White Rum or Cachaca
Combine all ingredients with ice in a blender and blend until smooth (no ice chunks should remain). Pour into a rocks glass and serve immediately. Garnish with a watermelon wedge dipped in tajin.
1 oz Cucumber Jalapeno Cocktail Mixer
.75 oz Lime Juice
1.5 oz London Dry Gin
Seltzer water
Combine all ingredients in a shaker on ice. Shake and strain into a chilled Collins Glass. Top up with seltzer.
1 ½ oz apple and pear infused gin
½ oz absinthe
½ oz pear brandy
1 oz apple cider
½ oz fresh lemon juice
½ oz YCC Ginger Citrus Mixer
2 dashes chocolate bitters
Combine all ingredients in a shaker on ice. Shake and strain into a chilled collins glass. Top up with seltzer.
2 oz Gin
1/2 oz Gingerbread Syrup
2 dashes Bangin’ Bitters Toasted Walnut Bitters
3 oz Sparkling water or Tonic water
Combine spirit, bitters and syrup in a mixing glass and stir to combine. Add ice and sparkling water and stir gently. Pour into your favorite coupe glass and enjoy!
2 oz Rum
1 oz YCC Gingerbread Syrup
4 oz Eggnog
Combine all ingredients and either shake with ice or stir on ice. Make a big batch for your holiday party!
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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.
