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 YCC Meyer Lemon Mixer
0.5 oz YCC Lavender Simple Syrup
0.5 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
2 oz Vodka
0.5 oz Triple Sec
Garnish: Sugar coated rim
Rim a chilled coupe glass with sugar, set aside.
Shake remaining ingredients with ice until chilled, about 10 seconds. Strain into pre-rimmed chilled coupe glass and enjoy.
1 oz YCC Meyer Lemon Sour Mixer
2 oz Vodka or Gin
0.5 oz Creme de Violette
2 dashes Bangin’ Bitters: bitters of your choice
Garnish: Lemon twist and/or bunny peep candy!
Combine everything (except garnish) in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake until chilled, about 10 seconds. Strain into your favorite chilled glass, garnish and enjoy!
0.25 oz YCC Amarø
0.5 oz YCC Prickly Pear Syrup
0.75 oz Fresh Lime Juice
2 oz Vodka
Top with: Prosecco (or your favorite sparkling wine)
Garnish: Orange Wheel
Combine all ingredients (except Prosecco and garnish) in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake until chilled, about 10 seconds. Strain into Collins glass with fresh ice, top with Prosecco, garnish and enjoy.
Make it a mocktail:
Substitute vodka for water or your favorite iced tea. Substitute prosecco for club soda. Follow the same directions as above, and enjoy!
0.5 oz YCC Meyer Lemon Sour Mixer
2 oz Vodka
.25 oz Cranberry Juice
.75 oz Lemon Juice
Muddle: 2 Cucumber Slices
Top With: Seltzer
Garnish: Cucumber Slice and Lemon Slice
In a shaker muddle 2 cucumber slices and add ice, vodka, mixer, lemon juice and cranberry juice. Shake until chilled, about 10 seconds. Strain into collins glass filled with fresh ice. Top with seltzer, garnish and enjoy!
0.5 oz YCC Meyer Lemon Sour Mixer
2 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
2 oz Tequila
1 oz Orange Liqueur
1 cup Ice
1 Pinch of Salt
Garnish: Glass rimmed with salt
Rim Rocks glass with salt, set aside.
Combine remaining ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into rimmed rocks glass and enjoy!
2 oz Dark Rum
1 oz Silver Rum
.5 oz YCC Prickly pear syrup
.5 oz YCC Grenadine
1 oz lime juice
1 oz pineapple juice
Rye Barrel Bangin’ Bitters
Ginger beer
Combine all ingredients in a copper mug over ice
Stir well
Garnish with a Lime wheel
0.75 oz YCC Meyer Lemon Sour Mixer
0.5 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
1 egg white (or 1.5 oz liquid egg white) – optional
2 oz Whiskey
Garnish: YCC Boozy Cherry
Using egg white: Reverse dry-shake method (recommended)
Combine all ingredients (except garnish) in a cocktail shaker with fresh ice. Shake until chilled, about 10 seconds. Strain to remove ice, then return the drink to the cocktail shaker. Shake again without ice for 10-20 seconds. Double-strain into a chilled coupe glass, garnish and enjoy.
Not using egg white: Shake as normal
Combine all ingredients (except garnish) in a cocktail shaker with fresh ice. Shake until chilled, about 10 seconds. Strain into a chilled coupe class, garnish and enjoy.
1.5 oz Blanco Tequila
1 oz YCC Prickly Pear Syrup
1 oz Grapefruit Juice
0.5 oz Lime Juice
2 Dashes Rye Barrel Bangin’ Bitters
Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice
Shake and strain into a chilled rocks glass over ice
Garnish with a Lime Wheel
0.5 oz YCC Meyer Lemon Sour Mixer
.25 oz YCC Boozy Cherry Juice
1 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
Few Dashes Bangin’ Bitters: Aromatic
2 oz Rum
Garnish: Boozy Cherry
Pour Cherry Juice into the bottom of a rocks glass, add fresh ice on top. Set aside.
In a shaker add all other ingredients with ice and shake until chilled, about 10 seconds. Strain into rocks glass, garnish and enjoy.
1 oz YCC Prickly Pear Syrup
2 oz vodka
1 oz fresh lemon juice
2 oz iced tea
club soda or lemon-lime soda
combine prickly pear syrup, vodka, lemon juice and iced tea in a shaker with ice.
strain into a Collins glass over ice
top with club soda or lemon-lime soda
garnish with lemon wheel
2 oz Bourbon
.5 oz YCC Prickly Pear Syrup
.5 oz lemon juice
lemon wheel for garnish
YCC Bourbon-Infused Boozy Cherry for garnish
Combine the first three ingredients into a shaker with ice.
Vigorously shake for 10-15 seconds
Strain into a rocks glass over ice
Garnish with lemon wheel and bourbon-infused cherry
1 oz YCC Meyer Lemon Sour Mixer
1 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
2 oz Gin
1 oz Elderflower Liqueur
Top with: Your favorite sparkling wine
Garnish: 2 Meyer Lemon Twists
Combine everything (except for sparkling wine and garnish) into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake until chilled, about 10 seconds. Split between two champagne flutes, top with sparkling wine, garnish and enjoy.
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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.
