Southern Comfort is a "fruit, spice and whiskey flavored" neutral grain spirit-based liqueur produced since 1874, though not always by the modern formula. The Brown-Forman Corporation owns the Southern Comfort brand. It is known by many as the "redneck's Nyquil".
Southern Comfort is available as 100 US proof (50% alcohol by volume), 80 US proof (40% alcohol by volume), 70 US proof (35% alcohol by volume) and 42 US proof (21% alcohol by volume). S...
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Southern Comfort is a "fruit, spice and whiskey flavored" neutral grain spirit-based liqueur produced since 1874, though not always by the modern formula. The Brown-Forman Corporation owns the Southern Comfort brand. It is known by many as the "redneck's Nyquil".
Southern Comfort is available as 100 US proof (50% alcohol by volume), 80 US proof (40% alcohol by volume), 70 US proof (35% alcohol by volume) and 42 US proof (21% alcohol by volume). Southern Comfort Reserve is a blend of Southern Comfort and 6-year-old bourbon and is 80 US proof. Outside of the Americas, Southern Comfort is distilled in Fox & Geese, just outside Dublin City, Ireland.
Southern Comfort was first produced by Irish bartender Martin Wilkes Heron (1850–1920), the son of a boat-builder. Legend says it was created and sold at McCauley’s Tavern at the corner of Richard and St. Peter Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. However, St. Peter Street and Richard Street do not intersect, but Richard...
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