Southern Comfort

For other uses, see Southern Comfort (disambiguation).
Southern Comfort
Southern Comfort
TypeLiqueur
ManufacturerSazerac Company
Country of origin United States
Introduced1874
Proof (US)100, 80, 70, 60, 42
Websitesoutherncomfort.com

Southern Comfort (often abbreviated SoCo) is an American, naturally fruit-flavored, whiskey liqueur[1] with fruit and spice accents.[2][3][4][5] The brand was created by bartender Martin Wilkes Heron in New Orleans in 1874, using whiskey as the base spirit. Whiskey was replaced by a neutral spirit under the ownership of Brown–Forman. On March 1, 2016, the Sazerac Company purchased it, and reintroduced whiskey as its base spirit.

  1. ^ "WTF Is Southern Comfort, Anyway?". HuffPost. October 10, 2014. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  2. ^ Stephens, Caleb (August 12, 2018). "Here are the top 20 best-selling whiskey brands in America". Orlando Business Journal. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
  3. ^ "The Spirit of New Orleans". Southern Comfort. September 19, 2019.
  4. ^ Regan, Gary (June 24, 2011). "Cut the fog with a well-balanced cocktail". The San Francisco Chronicle.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYT20170508 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).