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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 28/09/2026

Herbie was so happy that his drink won “Most Creative Cocktail” at Anti-Cruelty’s Pour Your Heart Out last week!

Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 25/09/2026

We won! Cohasset Punch took home “Most Creative Cocktail” at last night’s “Pour Your Heart Out” Anti-Cruelty fundraiser for “Herbie’s Hurricane,” a frozen blend of Cohasset Punch, Chicago Cane Co-op overproof rum, pineapple, orange, lime, passionfruit, and hibiscus.

Man in a Cohasset Punch branded hat holding a bottle of Cohasset Punch liqueur and a cocktail shaker-shaped trophy

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 23/09/2026

Friendly reminder that Cohasset Punch makes an excellent sub for sweet vermouth in your #NegroniWeek Negronis!

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 14/09/2026

Join Cohasset Punch alongside many other bars and spirits brands at “Pour Your Heart Out” for Anti-Cruelty next Thursday! Tickets: pro.gofundme.com/event/pour-y...

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 23/08/2026

It’s almost mesmerizing watching those Cohasset Punch bottles make their way down the line, don’t you think? Another batch of the good stuff is in the books — many thanks to the team at Catalyst Distilling for making it happen!

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 16/08/2026

Happy National Rum Day! We’ve got a new video with a brief history of Medford Rum — used in the first batches of Cohasset Punch in the 1890s — but Bluesky keeps giving me an upload error (check our other channels for the fun rum facts).

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 10/08/2026

Bonfort’s Wine & Spirit Circular was America’s leading liquor trade journal from 1871-1919, and #OnThisDay in 1902 published a definitive account of the popularity explosion Cohasset Punch enjoyed in its earliest days in Gilded Age Chicago.

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 07/08/2026

Happy National Lighthouse Day!

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 19/07/2026

Happy National Daiquiri Day!

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 19/07/2026

Great to see Cohasset Punch getting press! But a minor quibble: it’s not quite the “rum, peach, and vermouth” cocktail it’s often reduced to on the internet (which comes from an unauthorized recipe first published in 1901).

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 16/07/2026

A little extra flavor for your heat-dome-appropriate Cohasset Slushie, with tea, cherry juice, and peach purée. We’ve also got wildfire smoke in Chicago today, so maybe a Lapsang Souchong is the appropriate tea choice here.

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 15/07/2026

Here’s a Cohasset cocktail that’s not to be missed — Sparrow in Chicago’s Gold Coast riff on the 1930s ”Savoy Tango” mixes equal parts sloe gin, Cohasset Punch, and an aged Mexican cane juice rum finished in red wine casks. Rich, vinous, and a little smoky!

Dark red cocktail in a Nick and Nora glass on a coaster at a fancy, well-stocked bar

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 01/07/2026

We’re celebrating our neighbors of all backgrounds this 4th, especially those who—past and present—work tirelessly to make this country a better place. Let’s raise a glass of this fun “All-American Punch,” adapted from a 1946 recipe. Cheers to you, America!

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 30/06/2026

Our A/C stopped working this morning, so this evening I’m cooling off with a Cohasset Highball.

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 29/06/2026

@maud.bsky.social I have alerts for "Cohasset Punch," (now that we've revived the bottled version), and found this decade-plus old tweet. Normally I wouldn't be creepy about it, but I feel like it's my duty to inform you the bar in question, Sparrow, now DOES serve Cohasset Punch. You did it!

A 2015 quote tweet of an old Chicagoist article about the opening of Sparrow (a rum bar in Gold Coast), lamenting "no cohasset punch, what's even the point"

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 26/06/2026

The Cohasset Punch revival would absolutely not be a success without our fans in the LGBTQ+ community — both our customers and our friends in the service industry. Happy Pride, Chicago — Cheers! 🌈🥃

Bottle of Cohasset Punch with two rainbow flag layered shots in liqueur glasses

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 16/06/2026

Cohasset Punch has been around since the 1890s, but there really aren’t that many vintage cocktail recipes that call for it. Imagine my delight finding this (award-winning!) Cohasset Punch ice cream drink from 1979!

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 14/06/2026

#NationalBourbonDay seems like a good time to remind everyone that Cohasset Punch makes an excellent sub for your sweet vermouth in a Manhattan. (I prefer it in a 1:1 proportion instead of the standard 2:1 to suit the higher ABV and lower sweetness of the Cohasset Punch relative to vermouth.)

Manhattan cocktail with cherries, surrounded by bottles of Cohasset Punch, Judson & Moore bourbon, Angostura and Peychaud’s bitters.

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 13/06/2026

Today, June 13, is Tom Newman’s 174th Birthday! Tom Newman is credited for first creating—and naming!—Cohasset Punch.

ABOVE: Newspaper ad for Williams & Newman, August 1907. Text reads: "Williams & Newman / 115 E. Lake St., Chicago / You know us—We make the famous Cohasset Punch" BELOW: Tom Newman’s headstone, Memorial Park, Skokie.

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 11/06/2026

Hot summer nights call for frozen treats!

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 05/06/2026

The line that became the @chicagocta.bsky.social Yellow Line “Skokie Swift” turns 100 today! Go celebrate with a Cohasset Punch, trainiacs!

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Greg Shutters @grshutters.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Finally got to try @evangaylion.bsky.social’s “Cuffing Season,” feat. Penelope Four Grain Bourbon, apple liqueur, @cohassetpunch.com, and salted plum cordial. It is so good that I only want to drink this from now on.

Photo of a cocktail on a shelf with various knickknacks

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 27/05/2026

Some little known history about Cohasset Punch, the plan to build the world’s tallest building, and a high-profile Chicago murder case: youtube.com/shorts/L2lrN...

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Tipples, Towers, and Tragedy: Chicago’s “Home of Cohasset Punch” and Lee Miglin’s “Skyneedle”

YouTube video by Cohasset Punch

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 25/05/2026

Today would be Carl Ladner’s 149th Birthday, without whom there would likely be no Cohasset Punch. Though he didn’t create it, he successfully brought the brand back after Prohibition and installed the famous neon “Home of Cohasset Punch” sign on Madison St. which was a local landmark for decades.

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 22/05/2026

Sad about Schlitz beer being discontinued. Here’s a 1966 photo of Madison St. at Wells in Chicago, a Schlitz sign behind the landmark Cohasset Punch bar (courtesy David Sadowski/The Trolley Dodger). Cohasset Punch got revived; maybe Schlitz can be too—but hopefully it won’t also take 40 years.

Streetscape of Madison and Wells Streets in Chicago from 1966, with the former Madison/Wells "L" station in the background. Large signs sit perpendicular to the sidewalk, most prominently "Gemco Electronics," "Panasonic Television," "Home of Cohasset Punch," and "Schlitz." Photo courtesy David Sadowski / thetrolleydodger.com

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 15/05/2026

This weekend’s Cubs / White Sox matchup inspires the question: is Chicago’s classic Cohasset Punch a North Side or a South Side drink? You’ll be relieved (or annoyed) to find out that it’s technically neither!

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 08/05/2026

I swore an oath to inform Bluesky of when any new railroad-adjacent Cohasset Punch content drops, and it’s an oath I take seriously. Our latest video:

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 04/05/2026

Happy Star Wars Day...but how did Luke smuggle in that bottle of Cohasset Punch to the Mos Eisley Cantina? We don’t yet have distribution outside of Illinois, much less to Tatooine.

Luke, Obi-Wan, and Chewbacca at the Mos Eisley Cantina, Luke holding a bottle of Cohasset Punch

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 04/05/2026

Ever tried a Cohasset Margarita? This Cinco de Mayo, swap the orange liqueur in your marg for the rich stone fruit and citrus flavor of Cohasset Punch (you can thank me later). #margarita #reposadotequila #cincodemayo #chicagodrinks #chicagococktails

Cohasset Margarita in a rocks glass with crushed ice, a straw, and a lime wheel. Limes and bottles of Cohasset Punch and tequila in the background.

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 01/05/2026

Saturday is the Kentucky Derby, so get ready for “the most exciting two minutes in sports” with a Chicago twist on a Derby classic — the Cohasset Julep! 🐎

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 25/04/2026

“South Shore” can refer to the area of Massachusetts where Cohasset is located, it can refer to the Chicago neighborhood, or it can refer to this, the last interurban railroad. I conveniently named this cocktail after all three: www.youtube.com/shorts/B7FRh...

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The “South Shore” Cocktail

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 24/04/2026

Beautiful spring days call for “punchmaxxing,” a term I just invented and yet am unsure if I’m using correctly.

Bottle of Cohasset Punch on the ledge overlooking the Chicago River and the Washington Street bridge at Riverside Plaza (the old Chicago Daily News building).

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 15/04/2026

Today, April 15, is Lewis Williams’ 174th Birthday! Without Lewis Williams there would be no Cohasset Punch. According to a 1902 issue of “Bonfort’s Wine & Spirit Circular,” Williams had a few years prior visited actor William H. Crane, a family friend, at his estate in Cohasset, Massachusetts.

1905 magazine ad for Williams & Newman with an image of a fancy Gilded Age dinner party. The text reads: "Do you entertain at home? / Williams & Newman Specialties / Cohasset Punch - Cardinal Punch - Old Fashion Cocktail / Ready to Serve / 115 Lake Street - Tel. Central-630 / 120 Dearborn St. - Tel. Central-3279"

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 13/04/2026

Today has been two years since we relaunched Cohasset Punch!

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 09/04/2026

Had a blast chatting about 2026 Chicago Rum Fest — and Chicago’s classic rum drink, Cohasset Punch — with Amy Rutledge and Tonya Francisco today on @wgntv.com Daytime Chicago: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfFE...

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The 10th Annual Chicago Rum Festival

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 03/04/2026

A fully complete Easter brunch Is one with some Cohasset Punch Buy a bottle or case To avoid a disgrace And sip a chilled glass while you munch

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 03/04/2026

Join us at Chicago Rum Fest on April 25!

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 29/03/2026

Today is a bit of a solemn anniversary in Cohasset Punch world — #OnThisDay exactly 40 years ago, the old Cohasset Punch tavern in the Chicago loop closed. Cohasset Punch could still be found in liquor stores for a few more years (before our revival in 2024), but it was definitely the end of an era.

Collage of items related to the Cohasset Punch tavern's 1986 closure, clockwise from top: Chicago Sun-Times newspaper headline from March 17, 1986, "Prohibition-era Cohasset Punch to fall for W. Madison skyscraper"; 1980s bottle of Cohasset Punch from near the end of production; "Home of Cohasset Punch" sign at 207 W. Madison c. 1980s; Chicago Tribune map showing the proposed site of the "Miglin-Beitler Skyneedle," which was to occupy the site of the Cohasset Punch bar; Cohasset Punch matchbook c. 1980s; Model of the proposed Miglin-Beitler Skyneedle

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 26/03/2026

POV when it’s almost time to restock.

Mostly-empty bottle of Cohasset Punch on a table at night.

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 24/03/2026

“Hey Cohasset Punch, what were you like in the ‘90s?” Dormant!

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leaux @evangaylion.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Into the archives for some Cohasset LoHasIt and I really need to find that black apron again

Me about a year ago in a ack leather apron holding a bottle of Cohasset

A lovely little cocktail with Cohasset and peanut agave

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 16/03/2026

This Thursday from 5–7pm, try the Gilded Age Chicago classic Cohasset Punch and fun cocktails at Vitalogy on Dearborn (Printer’s Row). See you there!

Vitalogy x Cohasset Punch
Thursday, March 19
5:00–7:00pm
Vitalogy on Dearborn
723 S Dearborn St, Chicago

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 13/03/2026

Here’s a non-traditional Chicago St. Patrick’s Day cocktail, and some fun history to go with it!

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 10/03/2026

Severe weather predicted for Chicago tonight, so here’s our answer to the Hurricane cocktail, the “Lake Effect”! The rich cherry and stone fruit flavors of Cohasset Punch blend effortlessly with pineapple, orange, and lime for a drink that’s bright, juicy, and delicious.

Red drink in a tulip-shaped hurricane glass, garnished with an orange slice and Luxardo maraschino cherry. A bottle of Cohasset Punch liqueur and an orange and a lime are also visible.

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Cohasset Punch @cohassetpunch.com · 09/03/2026

If you order a “rail” drink at a bar, is this what you get? Back in the mid-1930s, Chicago’s famed Cohasset Punch could be had in the “Tip Top Tap” cars of the Hiawatha trains of the Milwaukee Road. Now that Cohasset Punch has returned, we’re waiting on that call from @amtrak.com...

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