The Art of the Cocktail
The Yes Cocktail Co.
Mixology Guide
Shake, Stir, Sip, Repeat
Find Your Next Signature Cocktail
1 oz Blood Orange & Chili Pepper Mixer
1/2 oz Dry Vermouth
2 oz Dodka
1/2 oz Triple sec
1/2 oz lime juice
1 dash Bngin’ Bitters: Burnt Orange Bitters
Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice
Shake and strain into a chilled martini glass
Garnish with your choice of Blood Orange Wheel or Lime Wheel
2 oz Bourbon
.5 oz Blackberry Pomegranate Mixer
6 pieces Fresh Mint
Muddle mint with bourbon in a shaker. Add ice and mixer. Shake and strain into a julep cup or rocks glass. Garnish with mint.
2 oz Tequila
1 oz YCC Blackberry Pomegranate Mixer
.75 oz Fresh Lime Juice
Shake all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Strain into a rocks glass filled with ice. Garnish with lime.
1 oz YCC Cocktail Co. Amarø
1 oz Sweet Vermouth or Non-Alcoholic sweet vermouth
1 oz YCC Coffee syrup
½ oz fresh squeezed lemon juice
Combine everything in a shaker with ice.
Shake vigorously for 10-15 seconds.
Strain into a coupe and garnish with a few coffee beans.
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.
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.
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 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.
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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.
