Holiday Cocktails is from Allen Katz is the director of Mixology & Spirits Education for Southern Wine & Spirits of New York. He can be heard every Friday on Martha Stewart Living Radio espousing the celebration of the American Cocktail on Living Today with Mario Bosquez. 

Ingredients

Apple & Pear Punch

1 ounce Absolut Pears

1 ounce Boulard Calvados

1 ounce Mathilde Pear Liqueur

2 1/2 ounces fresh apple juice

1. Shake ingredients over ice and strain into a collins glass filled with fresh ice.

2. Garnish with an apple or pear slice.

Old Devil Moon

8 fresh mint leaves

2 ounces vodka

1 ounce apple schnapps

1 ounce fresh apple juice

1/2 ounce fresh lime juice

1/4 ounce simple syrup

1. Shake ingredients vigorously over ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

2. Float a thin apple slice to garnish.

The Puritan

1 3/4 ounces Plymouth Gin

1/2 ounce dry vermouth

1/4 ounce Yellow Chartreuse

1 dash orange bitters

1. Stir ingredients over ice until exceedingly well-chilled.

2. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with an orange twist.

Plymouth Rock

1 1/2 ounces Plymouth Gin

1 1/2 ounces dry vermouth

3/4 ounce Boulard Calvados

1/2 ounce pomegranate syrup

1. Stir ingredients over ice until exceedingly well-chilled.

2. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.