25 Days of Holiday Drinks, Day 21: The Christmas Punk

Photo: Stuart Mullenberg

“My friends gave this one its name because they thought the garnish looked like a Mohawk,” says Kimberly Patton-Bragg, who was inspired to create this cocktail by her childhood memories of her mother simmering orange peels and cloves on the stove during the holidays. She calls this cocktail “Christmas in a glass—when Santa brought me my first Clash album.”

2 oz. Laird’s bonded applejack
1 oz. ginger liqueur
¾ oz. ruby port
3 dashes Fee Bros. whiskey barrel bitters
Tools: barspoon, mixing glass, strainer
Glass: cocktail
Garnish: orange peel and cloves

Stir all ingredients and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Express the orange peel’s oils into the drink, stud it with cloves and add it to the glass as a garnish.

Kimberly Patton-Bragg, New Orleans