The Art of the Cocktail

The Yes Cocktail Co.
Mixology Guide

Making a great cocktail should be simple. With Yes Cocktail Co. as your guide, let's learn how to craft the perfect classic cocktail, every time.
Perfectly Balanced Cocktail
Spirit + Yes Cocktail Co. Mixer + Citrus + Ice
Step 1
Add 1 oz of mixer to a glass or shaker.
Step 2
Add 2 oz of the spirit of your choice.
Step 3
Add ¾ oz fresh citrus.
Step 4
Add ice & stir or shake to combine, then garnish.
Champagne Cocktail
Yes Cocktail Co. Mixer + Sparkling Wine
Step 1
Add ½ oz mixer to your champagne flute.
Step 2
Fill the glass with sparkling wine or champagne.
Step 3
Stir gently & garnish with a lemon twist.
Step 4
Toast to your good taste. Drink. Repeat. Cheers!
Highball
Spirit + Yes Cocktail Co. Mixer + Citrus + Ice + Seltzer
Step 1
Add 1 oz of mixer to a glass or shaker.
Step 2
Add 2 oz of the spirit of your choice.
Step 3
Add ¾ oz fresh citrus (optional).
Step 4
Add ice, stir or shake, then top off with carbonated water or tonic.
Mocktail
Yes Cocktail Co. Mixer + Citrus + Ice + Seltzer
Step 1
Add 1 oz of mixer to a glass or shaker.
Step 2
Add ¾ oz fresh citrus.
Step 3
Add ice, stir or shake.
Step 4
Top off with carbonated water or tonic. Garnish & serve.
Old Fashioned
Spirit + Bitters Infused Cube + Ice (large cube or sphere)
Step 1
Add one cube to a rocks glass.
Step 2
Add 2 oz of the spirit of your choice.
Step 3
Muddle cube until fully dissolved.
Step 4
Add ice, stir, then garnish with an orange twist & cherry.
Champagne Cocktail
Bitters Infused Cube + Sparkling Wine
Step 1
Add one cube to your champagne flute.
Step 2
Fill the glass with sparkling wine or champagne.
Step 3
Garnish with a lemon twist & enjoy!
Step 4
Toast to your good taste. Cheers!
Highball
Spirit + Bitters Infused Cube + Ice + Seltzer
Step 1
Add one cube to a rocks glass.
Step 2
Add 2 oz of the spirit of your choice.
Step 3
Muddle cube until fully dissolved.
Step 4
Add ice, stir, then top off with carbonated water or tonic.
Mocktail
Yes Cocktail Co. Mixer + Citrus + Ice + Seltzer
Step 1
Add one cube to a rocks glass.
Step 2
Add 1 oz of the fresh juice of your choice.
Step 3
Muddle cube until fully dissolved.
Step 4
Add ice, stir, then top off with carbonated water or tonic.
Perfectly Balanced Cocktail
Spirit + Yes Cocktail Co. Syrup + Citrus + Ice
Step 1
Add ½ oz of syrup to a glass or shaker.
Step 2
Add 2 oz of the spirit of your choice.
Step 3
Add ¾ oz fresh citrus or pineapple juice.
Step 4
Add ice & stir or shake to combine, then garnish.
Champagne Cocktail
Yes Cocktail Co. Syrup + Sparkling Wine
Step 1
Add ½ oz syrup to your champagne flute.
Step 2
Fill the glass with sparkling wine or champagne.
Step 3
Stir gently & garnish with a lemon twist.
Step 4
Toast to your good taste. Drink. Repeat. Cheers!
Highball
Spirit + Yes Cocktail Co. Syrup + Citrus + Ice + Seltzer
Step 1
Add ½ oz of syrup to a glass or shaker.
Step 2
Add 2 oz of the spirit of your choice.
Step 3
Add ¾ oz fresh citrus (optional).
Step 4
Add ice, stir or shake, then top off with carbonated water or tonic.
Mocktail
Yes Cocktail Co. Syrup + Citrus + Ice + Seltzer
Step 1
Add ½ oz of syrup to a glass or shaker.
Step 2
Add ¾ oz fresh citrus or pineapple juice.
Step 3
Add ice, stir or shake.
Step 4
Top off with carbonated water or tonic. Garnish & serve.
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Shake, Stir, Sip, Repeat

Find Your Next Signature Cocktail

Get ready to impress. These easy-to-follow recipes turn any occasion into a craft cocktail moment. No fancy bartending skills required—just grab your glass and go.
  • Whiskey
Lumberjack Sour

2 oz. Rye Whiskey

.5 oz YCC Smoked Maple Sour Mixer

1 oz lemon grilled lemon juice (*instructions below)

1 egg white

*Grilled Lemon Juice : slice lemons in half, place cut side down on a preheated hot grill for 1-2 minutes or until deeply caramelized. Dip in sugar for extra depth of flavor.

Add bourbon, lemon juice, cocktail syrup and egg white to a shaker and dry-shake for 30 secs without ice. Add ice and shake again for 30 secs.

  • Zero Proof
Sweet Almond Hot Cocoa

0.5 oz YCC Orgeat Syrup
1 tsp Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
8 oz Hot water/milk.

Combine all ingredients in a mug and stir. Garnish with marshmallows.

  • Rum
The 1944 Mai Tai

2 oz Blended Aged Rum
0.75 oz Fresh Lime Juice
0.5 oz Dry Curaçao
0.5 oz YCC Orgeat Syrup

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a double old fashioned glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish with a lime wedge.

  • Whiskey
Toronto Plaid

2 oz Blended Scotch Whiskey
1 oz YCC Smoked Maple Sour Mixer
0.75 oz lemon juice
1 Egg white (or aquafaba)
Rye Barrel Bangin’ Bitters

 

Combine whiskey, mixer, lemon juice & egg white in a shaker filled with ice and shake for 20 seconds. Strain into a chilled rocks glass over ice.
Top with 2 dashes of Rye Barrel Bangin’ Bitters

  • Rum
Fog Cutter

1 oz Pisco
1/2 oz Gin
2 oz Blended Lightly Aged Rum
1/2 oz Oloroso Sherry
1.5 oz Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice
1.5 oz Orange Juice
0.5 oz YCC Orgeat Syrup

Combine all ingredients save the sherry in a cocktail shaker, fill your it 1/3 way with crushed ice, and shake briefly. Pour the contents of the shaker into a tiki mug and top with crushed ice.
Top off with the sherry and garnish with mint sprig and swizzle stick.

  • Gin
Flamenco

.75 oz YCC Orgeat Syrup
1.5 oz Amontillado Sherry
1 oz Genever Gin
.5 lemon
.5 oz orange juice
2 dashes Bangin’ Bitters: Aromatic Bitters

Combine all ingredients in a shaker on ice. Shake and strain into a coupe. No Garnish.

 

  • Whiskey
Smoked Maple Old Fashioned

2-3 oz Bourbon

1/2 oz maple syrup

1/2 oz YCC Smoked Maple Sour Mixer

2-3 dashes Toasted Walnut Bangin’ Bitters

YCC Bourbon-infused Boozy Cherry to garnish

 

Add a large ice cube to a rocks glass

To the glass, add your bitters, maple syrup, smoked maple mixer and the bourbon

Stir to combine.

Garnish with a Boozy Cherry

  • Whiskey
Paso Mai Tai

.5 oz YCC Orgeat Syrup
.75 Lime Juice
2 oz Rye Whiskey
.25 oz YCC Orange Peel and Bitters

Combine all ingredients in a shaker on ice. Shake and strain into a chilled Old Fashioned Glass over ice. Garnish with a mint garnish and a lime garnish.

Old Fashioned
Amarø Spritz
Manhattan
Spicy Marg
Paloma
French 75
Old Fashioned
Amarø Spritz
Manhattan
Spicy Marg
Old Fashioned
Amarø Spritz
Manhattan
Spicy Marg
Paloma
French 75
Old Fashioned
Amarø Spritz
Manhattan
Spicy Marg

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Yes Cocktail Co. was founded by avid travelers and cocktail lovers, Lauren & Brandon, on a mission to discover the world's best bars & cocktails.
Founded by Love & Travel
The Story of Yes Cocktail
Founded by Love & Travel
The Story of Yes Cocktail
Founded by Love & Travel
The Story of Yes Cocktail
Founded by Love & Travel
The Story of Yes Cocktail
Founded by Love & Travel
The Story of Yes Cocktail
Founded by Love & Travel
The Story of Yes Cocktail
Founded by Love & Travel
The Story of Yes Cocktail
Founded by Love & Travel
The Story of Yes Cocktail
Founded by Love & Travel
The Story of Yes Cocktail
Founded by Love & Travel
The Story of Yes Cocktail
Two Theater Kids
Walk Into A Bar...

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.

The Movers & Shakers of Yes

Meet Our Team

Lauren Butler
Owner & Co-Founder
Brandon Alpert
Owner & Co-Founder
Alyssa Chiquette
Warehouse Manager
Kelly Stadelhofer
Production Specialist / Tasting Room
Whether you’re looking to wind down or turn up, here are a few of our favorite Yes Cocktail Co. products perfect for shaking up your new favorite drink, with booze or without.