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 Vodka
.5 oz Aperol (or YCC Amaro for a N/A option)
.5 oz YCC Prickly Pear Syrup
Prosecco to top (or club soda for a N/A option)
Orange wheel for garnish
Add all ingredients except Prosecco to shaker with ice
Shake and Strain into chilled glass with ice
Top with Prosecco
Garnish with orange wheel
For a mocktail spritz, omit the vodka, and replace the Aperol and Prosecco with Yes Cocktail Co Amarø and club soda, respectively.
2 oz Vodka
.5 oz YCC Meyer Lemon Sour Mixer
.25 oz Cranberry Juice
.75 oz Lemon Juice
Seltzer
2 Cucumber Slices
1 Lemon Slice
In a shaker muddle 1 cucumber slice and add ice, vodka, mixer, lemon juice and cranberry juice. Shake and strain into collins glass filled with ice. Top with seltzer.
2 oz Tequila
1 oz Orange Liqueur
.5 oz YCC Meyer Lemon Sour Mixer
2 oz Fresh Meyer Lemon Juice
1 cup Ice
1 tbsp Salt
Rim Glass With salt.
Combine all other ingredients in blender plus a pinch of salt.
Blend until smooth and pour into glass.
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
1 1/2 oz Whiskey
1 oz YCC Meyer Lemon Sour Mixer
Boozy Cherry to garnish
Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice
Shake and strain into a chilled rocks glass
Garnish with a boozy cherry (or two)
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
2 oz Rum
.5 YCC Meyer Lemon Sour Mix
1 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
.25 oz Boozy Cherry Juice
Few Dashes Bangin’ Bitters: Aromatic
Pour Cherry Juice into the bottom of a rocks glass.
In a shaker add all other ingredients with ice and mix.
Strain into glass.
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
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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.
