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
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2 oz YCC Amarø
0.5 oz YCC Lavender Simple Syrup
0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
4-5 oz Club Soda
Garnish: Lemon wheel and/or fresh lavender sprig
Stir everything (except garnish) together in a Collins glass with fresh ice until chilled, about 20 seconds. Garnish and enjoy!
1/2 cup Ginger Kombucha
1oz YCC Blackberry Pomegranate mixer
1oz fresh lime juice
4 leaves fresh mint
1 lime wedge
fresh blackberries (optional)
1 piece candied ginger (optional)
In a cocktail shaker combine, mixer, lime juice and mint leaves. Muddle together, strain into a copper mug and top with kombucha. Garnish with candied ginger and blackberries on a cocktail pick. Add lime to rim of mug and enjoy!
1 oz YCC Blackberry Pomegranate Mixer
2 oz Gin
.75 fresh lemon juice
1 dash Bangin’ Bitters: Burnt Orange Bitters
.25 Tsp activated charcoal
Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake until chilled. Strain into a chilled coupe.
1 oz YCC Blackberry Pomegranate Mixer
0.75 oz Fresh Lime Juice
2 oz Vodka
Ginger Beer
Fresh Mint
In a cocktail shaker, muddle the mint leaves. Add the mixer, lime, and vodka. Shake and strain into a mule mug over ice. Top off with a spicy ginger beer, and garnish with a mint sprig.
2 oz Rum
1.5 oz YCC Blackberry Pomegranate Mixer
0.75 oz Fresh Lime Juice
Fresh Mint
Seltzer
In a cocktail shaker, muddle mint. Add there ingredients with ice and shake. Pour into a collins glass and top off with seltzer. Garnish with lime wedge and mint sprig.
1 oz YCC Blackberry Pomegranate Mixer
.5 oz Cointreau
.5 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
1.5 oz Brandy or Cognac
Shake all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Strain into a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with dried lemon wheel.
1.5 oz YCC Blackberry Pomegranate Mixer
.75 oz Fresh Lime Juice
2 dashes Celery Bitters
2 oz Vodka
Hickory Smoke (to taste)
Combine first four ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a coupe glass. Smoke with hickory smoke to desired taste.
Garnish with dried lime wheel.
1.5 oz Gin
.5 oz Dry Vermouth
.25 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
.75 oz YCC Blackberry Pomegranate Mixer
1 Egg White (or substitute)
Dry shake the spirits, lemon juice, and egg white. Add ice, shake again, and strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with mint.
0.5 oz YCC Blackberry Pomegranate Mixer
5 – 6 oz Champagne
Pour the mixer into the bottom of a champagne flute, top off with champagne, and stir gently. Garnish with a dried lemon wheel.
0.25 oz YCC Amarø
0.5 oz Fresh Lime Juice
4 oz Sparkling Wine (Substitute Club Soda for a non-alc alternative)
Garnish: Lime Wheel
In a Collins glass with fresh ice, stir together all ingredients, garnish and enjoy.
0.25 oz YCC Amarø
2 dashes Bangin’ Burnt Orange Bitters
2 oz Bourbon, Rye, or Whiskey (pick your poison)
Garnish: 2-3 YCC Boozy Cherries on a cocktail skewer.
In a mixing glass, stir together all ingredients (except garnish) with fresh ice until chilled, about 30 seconds. Strain into a chilled coupe glass, garnish and enjoy.
0.5 oz YCC Amarø
1 oz YCC Blackberry Pomegranate Mixer
1 oz Fresh Lime Juice
1-2 Dashes Bangin’ Burnt Orange Bitters
Top With: Tonic Water
Garnish: 1-2 Fresh Blackberries, Black Sugar Rim (optional)
Pre-rim your rocks glass with black sugar. Combine all ingredients (except tonic water and garnish) in your rocks glass with fresh ice, stir thoroughly. Top with tonic water, garnish and enjoy.
Make it boozy:
Add 2 oz of your favorite Tequila.
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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.
