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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 · 18/08/2026

There we go — Bluesky fixed the error so here’s the video a day late. Happy belated National Rum Day!

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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 · 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

Upon Williams’ return to Chicago, the two began selling “Cohasset Punch” at their bar, and began bottling for distribution in 1899. Tom Newman retired in 1916 and died in 1928. Happy birthday, Tom Newman!

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 · 13/06/2026

Williams requested a mixed drink that would “surpass anything ever before imbibed by any living soul,” and within 24 hours, Newman loaded a cask of his new punch onto a railcar. Upon tasting the new concoction, Williams asked what he called it, and Newman simply wired back the name “Cohasset”.

ABOVE: Williams & Newman letterhead, c. 1912, reading, "Williams & Newman, Wholesale Liquor Dealers / 73-75 W. Lake St / Our Celebrated Old Fashion Cocktails, Cohasset Punch, Cardinal Punch, Celery Rock and Rye". BELOW: Street scene in front of the Williams & Newman saloon, Dearborn Street, north of Madison, c. 1900.

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

Born in Westchester County, NY, Newman moved to St. Louis in 1872 to manage the bar at the new Laclede Hotel (demolished 1961 for Kiener Plaza). He later managed the bar at St. Louis’ Windsor Club, and moved to Chicago in 1877 to manage a bar on Madison Street in the central business district.

Ad for the Laclede Hotel, St. Louis. Corner of 5th (now Broadway) and Chestnut Streets.

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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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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 · 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

Lewis Williams retired in 1916 and died in 1935, and though we have not located any photos of him, greatness apparently ran in the family — Williams’ grandson was noted Formula One driver and racing instructor Robert Lewis “Bob” Bondurant (1933–2021).

TOP LEFT: Label design for Cohasset Punch, c. 1899. Black and white illustration of Minot's Ledge Lighthouse with the sun rising behind it, a two-masted sailboat passing to the left and a steamboat in the distance to the right. Red text reads "Cohasset Punch" split on either side of the lighthouse, with "Prepared by Williams & Newman, Chicago" on an illustration of a seashell below the lighthouse. TOP RIGHT: Newspaper ad for Cohasset Punch, December 1899. Text reads: "Wines and liquors. Have you had a Cohasset Punch? Prepared by Williams & Newman, Chicago, for dinners and receptions. Ready to serve. Direction on each bottle. Sold by all dealers." BELOW: Lewis Williams' headstone, Graceland Cemetery, Chicago. Inscription reads, "Lewis A. Williams / Apr. 15, 1852 / July 7, 1935"

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

He sent a telegram to his business partner, Tom Newman, at their Dearborn Street bar to create Chicago’s answer. Upon his return to Chicago, Williams & Newman began selling “Cohasset Punch” at their bar, and began bottling for distribution in 1899.

ABOVE: Newspaper ad for Cohasset Punch, October 1898. Text reads: "Have you had a Cohasset Punch at Williams & Newman, 124 Dearborn St.? Answer Quick." BELOW: 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"

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

While there (the Boston Glove confirms the Williams family visited Crane in the summer of 1897), Williams overheard a discussion on the superiority of New England rum punches, and, as a Chicago-based bartender and liquor dealer, sensed a challenge.

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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.

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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 · 03/04/2026

Join us at Chicago Rum Fest on April 25!

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

Coincidentally, one of the best photos of the "Home of Cohasset Punch" was taken on the same date 29 years earlier, March 29, 1957.

Streetscape of the 200 block of West Madison street, March 29, 1957: the large "Home of Cohasset Punch" neon sign in the foreground, with additional neon signs for "Val-Lo-Will Chicken" and "Illinois Clothing Mart" behind. Photo by Glenn E. Dahlby, a member of the Fort Dearborn Camera Club.

An overlay showing the site of the photo from 1957 (with the neon "Home of Cohasset Punch" sign) in the context of the modern streetscape. A large parking garage now occupies the site, with a former Walgreens location on the first floor

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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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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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