Southern Comfort Black
70cl
/
40% Vol
Returning to it's whiskey roots - Southern Comfort Black is a bold whiskey forward expression at 40% abv. Developed by Sazerac, owner of some of the world's most award-winning distilleries and crafted by Drew Mayville, a leading master blender. Best enjoyed over ice, with cola and garnished with an orange wedge.
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Southern Comfort Black
€40.00
Ex Tax: €32.52
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Tasting Notes from the Producer
Palate (without water)
A new robust whiskey profile with iconic fruits and spices.
Fact Sheet
Fluid
70cl
Alcohol %
40%
Country
USA
Producer
Southern Comfort
Serving Suggestion
Serving Suggestion
Best enjoyed over ice, with cola and garnished with an orange wedge.
Awards and/or Press Quotes
Awards and/or Press Quotes
World Whiskies Awards 2021 - Gold - Flavoured Whiskey American
FAQs
No, in any meaningful sense. Southern Comfort is a whiskey based liqueur bottled at 35% ABV, which acts as a sufficient preservative against microbial spoilage. An opened bottle stored at room temperature away from direct light will remain in acceptable condition for several years. The peach, vanilla, and spice aromatic character will gradually diminish over extended periods after opening, but the spirit will not spoil or become unsafe to drink.
Southern Comfort typically retails from €20 to €28 for a standard 70cl bottle at 35% ABV. The Southern Comfort Black expression at 40% ABV is similarly priced. As a whiskey based liqueur owned by Sazerac and produced in the United States, it is positioned at the accessible mass market end of the spirits liqueur category. Its price reflects its commercial positioning rather than premium production credentials.
Southern Comfort is an American whiskey based liqueur flavoured with peach, vanilla, and spice, first created by New Orleans bartender Martin Wilkes Heron in 1874. It is now owned by Sazerac Company following Brown Forman's acquisition and subsequent sale. Bottled at 35% ABV, it is technically a flavoured spirit liqueur rather than a straight whiskey, as the fruit and vanilla flavourings dominate the whiskey base. It remains one of the world's most widely distributed whiskey liqueur brands.
Southern Comfort is made from a neutral spirit base flavoured with peach, orange, vanilla, and various herbs and spices. Despite its whiskey heritage and the word Comfort on the label, the current formulation uses a neutral spirit rather than whiskey as its base, which was changed at some point in the brand's history. The flavour profile, dominated by peach and vanilla sweetness, is consistent across markets. The exact botanical and flavour formula is proprietary.
Southern Comfort's peach, vanilla, and spice character pairs most naturally with fresh orange juice in the classic Comfortable Screw. Lemon lime soda or ginger ale creates a lighter, more refreshing long serve. Cola works as a standard mixed drink. In cocktails, Southern Comfort appears in the Sloe Comfortable Screw Against the Wall alongside sloe gin, orange juice, and Galliano, one of the more unwieldy named but genuinely popular 1970s cocktail combinations that remains periodically fashionable.
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