Southern Comfort Liqueur 1,0L 35%
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Product information "Southern Comfort Liqueur 1,0L 35%"
Southern Comfort 1.0L 35%
The history of Southern Comfort
Southern Comfort is a liqueur from America with flavors of peach, orange, vanilla and whiskey. Southern Comfort liqueur was probably invented around 1860 by the then 24-year-old Irish bartender MW Heron. Allegedly, Heron wanted to make a very rough and sharp-tasting bourbon whiskey more drinkable and for this reason added various herbs and spices to it. The result was a cocktail called Cuffs and Buttons, which MW Heron renamed Southern Comfort in 1885 and finally patented in 1889. Southern Comfort quickly spread throughout the country and became known as "The Grand Old Drink of the South." In 1904, Southern Comfort won a gold medal at the World's Fair in St. Louis and made MW Heron, who died in 1920, a wealthy man. After the end of Prohibition, the recipe for Southern Comfort was bought by Francis Fowler's family and is now owned by the Brown-Forman beverage company.
The production of Southern Comfort
Contrary to all assumptions, Southern Comfort is not made on the basis of bourbon whiskey, but with neutral alcohol. The original recipe for Southern Comfort is based on bourbon whiskey, but has not been produced in this way for decades. The neutral alcohol for Southern Comfort is flavored with essences of peaches, citrus fruits and other spices and then stored for eight months in used bourbon whiskey barrels. These give the liqueur, also known as SoCo, a light whiskey aroma, which is probably responsible for the myth of the old recipe.
The taste of Southern Comfort
On the nose, Southern Comfort is fruity, with a fine sweetness and pronounced orange notes. On the palate it is distinctly sweet, with lots of fruit, a little vanilla and warm spices like cinnamon. Southern Comfort is perfect for enjoying neat on ice or can be used in a variety of cocktails and long drinks. One of the most famous Southern Comfort drinkers was the legendary singer Janis Joplin!
Alcohol content: | 35% Vol. |
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Country: | USA |
Filling quantity: | 1 Liter |
Responsible food business operator: | Brown Forman Deutschland GmbH, Dammtorwall 7, 20354 Hamburg, Deutschland |
Type: | Spice Liqueur |
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