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
- Beer
1 oz YCC Amarø
1 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
6 oz Lager (we recommend 805 Cerveza)
Garnish: Lemon Twist
Combine lemon juice and Amarø in a large wine glass. Fill glass with fresh ice and beer; stir well. Garnish with a lemon twist and enjoy!
Make it a Mocktail:
Substitute the Lager for a non-alc alternative. We recommend Heineken 0.0
0.25 oz YCC Amarø
0.75 oz Aperol
0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
0.75 oz Bourbon
Garnish: Lemon Twist (optional)
Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake until chilled, about 10 seconds. Strain into chilled coupe glass, garnish and enjoy.
2 oz YCC Amarø
3 oz. Soda Water
Squeeze of Lemon Juice
Garnish: Orange Peel
Fill a tall Collins glass with fresh ice. Pour soda water over the ice, and Amarø following that. Top with a fresh squeeze of lemon juice, stir, garnish and enjoy.
0.5 oz YCC Prickly Pear Syrup
0.5 oz YCC Amarø
0.5 tsp Balsamic Vinegar
0.5 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
0.5 oz Gin*
1.5 oz Sherry*
3 dashes saline solution (or 3 pinches salt)
Muddle: 1 Rosemary Sprig
Garnish: 1 Rosemary Sprig + YCC Dehydrated Lemon Garnish
Muddle 1 sprig of Rosemary in a cocktail shaker, add ice. Combine remaining ingredients (except garnish) and shake until chilled, about 10 seconds. Double-strain into a highball glass with fresh ice, garnish and enjoy!
*Make it a Mocktail:
Gin Substitute: 0.75oz Verjus or a non-alc Gin alternative.
Sherry Substitute: 1oz White Grape Juice
Add: Top with club soda for added complexity
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.
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.
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
.25 oz YCC Blood Orange & Chili Pepper Mixer
2 dashes aztec bitters
Combine ingredients in a mixing glass, stir until well combined. Add ice, stir for 10 seconds or until chilled. Strain into a rocks glass with a large ice cube or sphere. Garnish with a dehydrated orange wheel.
1 oz YCC Blood Orange Chili Pepper Mixer
2 oz Vodka
.75 oz Lemon
1 Serrano Pepper
Seltzer
Combine the first three ingredients in a shaker on ice. Slice a serrano and muddle two slices into the shaker. Shake all on ice and strain into a collins glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish with another slice of pepper and lemon peel.
1.5 oz Tequila
1 oz YCC Blood Orange and Chili Pepper Mixer
.5 oz Ancho Reyes Liqueur
.75 oz Fresh Lime
Shake with ice and strain into a coupe.
1 oz Blood Orange and Chili Pepper Mixer
1 oz Balsamic Vinegar
1/2 oz Lemon Juice
1/4 oz Vanilla Extract
Pinch of salt
Club Soda
Combine mixer, vinegar, lemon juice, vanilla extract, and a pinch of salt in a shaker with ice
Shake well and strain into a chilled rocks glass over ice
Top with club soda and garnish with a slice of lemon
2 oz White Chocolate liqueur
0.5 oz YCC Candy Cane Syrup
2 oz vodka
1 Tbsp. heavy whipping cream
Fresh mint, for garnish
Add white chocolate liqueur, YCC Candy Cane Syrup, vodka and heavy whipping cream to a shaker with ice.
Shake until well-chilled.
Strain into chilled Martini glass.
Garnish with fresh mint.
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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.
