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Post by Legend Lover on Apr 30, 2018 1:34:18 GMT -5
Anyone like southern comfort?
It would my go-to spirit. I'm not quite sure what it is though.
An article on southern comfort calls it whiskey-based.
Looking online, apparently scotch is whiskey made in Scotland, but bourbon is whiskey made in USA.
So I'm assuming it's some kind of bourbon... Whatever it is, I like it.
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Post by djo on Apr 30, 2018 5:20:38 GMT -5
Southern Comfort gets boring fast, some people can't stand the smell of it after a bottle or two.
BTW, it's not whisky. It's a liqueur.
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Post by Legend Lover on Apr 30, 2018 5:22:00 GMT -5
Southern Comfort gets boring fast, some people can't stand the smell of it after a bottle or two. BTW, it's not whisky. It's a liqueur. Doesn't get boring for me...that said, I don't drink it frequently. Never realised it was a liqueur. |
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Post by Stanhill on Apr 30, 2018 5:32:40 GMT -5
It didn't get boring for Janis Joplin either.  That said, I'd prefer Drambuie.  |
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Post by Dramatwist on Apr 30, 2018 7:52:58 GMT -5
...a lot of folks say a lot of different things about it, and I'm not qualified to rebut anyone's statements, but... I love it, and it's one of my favorite spirits. Uniquely American.
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Post by Legend Lover on Apr 30, 2018 8:24:02 GMT -5
Now I must add... I adulterate mine with diet coke. Even so, it's still my favourite.
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Post by puffy on Apr 30, 2018 9:59:48 GMT -5
Back in my drinking days I liked it.These days I'm restricted to Gatorade.
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Post by jeffd on Apr 30, 2018 10:06:42 GMT -5
Lot more hoops to jump through to really be a bourbon. Not even Jack Daniels can claim to be a bourbon. There are some cocktails with Southern Comfort that I like, but I don't care for it straight up. I had a friend who loved it and it made gift buying so easy. There is a piece of advice, find a whisky you love (if you are a drinker), and tell everyone. There will be an almost audible sigh of relief as the men now know what to get you for Christmas, and your birthday, and for housewarming gifts, and etc. Takes all your male friends, and some of your female friends, off the hook. |
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Post by toshtego on Apr 30, 2018 10:07:00 GMT -5
I tried it in the late 1960s following Janis's endorsement. Did not care for it but support the right of everyone to enjoy it.
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Post by Legend Lover on Apr 30, 2018 11:30:22 GMT -5
Lot more hoops to jump through to really be a bourbon. Not even Jack Daniels can claim to be a bourbon. There are some cocktails with Southern Comfort that I like, but I don't care for it straight up. I had a friend who loved it and it made gift buying so easy. There is a piece of advice, find a whisky you love (if you are a drinker), and tell everyone. There will be an almost audible sigh of relief as the men now know what to get you for Christmas, and your birthday, and for housewarming gifts, and etc. Takes all your male friends, and some of your female friends, off the hook. I'd like to do a similar thing with tobacco. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2018 12:44:00 GMT -5
Southern Comfort is a sort of Triple Sec added to Whiskey. Whisky with no E is Scotch or British or Canadian Whisky. With an E it could be Irish or American. I think Japan uses both spellings, depending on what type they make.
The company I worked at and retired from printed Southern Comfort labels on the bottles for many years. Not sure if they still do. In true tobacco review form, it can be an all day drink. I drank it (hell, what didn't I drink) off and on for years. It will ghost a metal hip flask beyond the time barrier. Even after a year or more of other whiskeys it was still there.
I give it 3 of 4 stars
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Post by Legend Lover on Apr 30, 2018 13:19:26 GMT -5
Southern Comfort is a sort of Triple Sec added to Whiskey. Whisky with no E is Scotch or British or Canadian Whisky. With an E it could be Irish or American. I think Japan uses both spellings, depending on what type they make. The company I worked at and retired from printed Southern Comfort labels on the bottles for many years. Not sure if they still do. In true tobacco review form, it can be an all day drink. I drank it (hell, what didn't I drink) off and on for years. It will ghost a metal hip flask beyond the time barrier. Even after a year or more of other whiskeys it was still there. I give it 3 of 4 stars LOL. Sounds like tobaccoreviews.com |
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 30, 2018 13:30:01 GMT -5
Southern Comfort has gone through changes over the years. When I was a kid, we drank the 100 proof straight from the bottle. After that, It was sold and the formula was changed to use grain alcohol instead of bourbon. It has since been sold again, and the new owners are reverting to the original formula with the bourbon base. My current bottle is the grain stuff, and I am looking forward to the new batch, which is what you are drinking. It's a good mixer, only kids drink it straight up.
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 30, 2018 13:30:54 GMT -5
Southern Comfort is a sort of Triple Sec added to Whiskey. Whisky with no E is Scotch or British or Canadian Whisky. With an E it could be Irish or American. I think Japan uses both spellings, depending on what type they make. The company I worked at and retired from printed Southern Comfort labels on the bottles for many years. Not sure if they still do. In true tobacco review form, it can be an all day drink. I drank it (hell, what didn't I drink) off and on for years. It will ghost a metal hip flask beyond the time barrier. Even after a year or more of other whiskeys it was still there. I give it 3 of 4 stars That explains so much about you! |
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Post by gav on Apr 30, 2018 15:26:28 GMT -5
It's way to sweet for me. Sweet cocktails give be bad heartburn. I avoid the sugary stuff when drinking.
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Post by herbinedave on Apr 30, 2018 15:48:58 GMT -5
I don't drink anymore, close to 7 years now, but when I did Southern Comfort and Windsor Canadian where my go to shots.
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Post by jeffd on Apr 30, 2018 16:34:37 GMT -5
Lot more hoops to jump through to really be a bourbon. Not even Jack Daniels can claim to be a bourbon. I'd like to do a similar thing with tobacco. I agree. It would make things a whole lot easier to figure out. |
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Post by pappyjoe on Apr 30, 2018 17:59:14 GMT -5
I spent a weekend at Woodland Plantation, a bed & breakfast, in Port Sulphur a few years before Katrina hit. It was the plantation that was featured on the old Southern Comfort label.
According to the Southern Comfort website, it is a whiskey but I've always heard it was a whiskey based liqueur with fruit and spices added - sort of like Capt. Morgan claiming its a rum when its really a spiced rum.
Personally, I've always considered it closer to a brandy than a whiskey.
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Post by bonanzadriver on Apr 30, 2018 18:21:12 GMT -5
When I was a kid my dad used to make a "home-brew" style of cough syrup using Southern Comfort, Honey & Lemon Juice. Would heat it up in a pan and would then serve it up in a coffee cup, only 1 or 2 fingers.
Don't believe I've had any since back then (70's)...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2018 18:22:16 GMT -5
It's way to sweet for me. Sweet cocktails give be bad heartburn. I avoid the sugary stuff when drinking. I agree. That's why I like Scotch whisky. Irish and American whiskeys are too sweet for me, although I do love Irish coffee. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 30, 2018 22:08:03 GMT -5
I don't think that the manufacturer ever referred to it as whiskey, as it is obviously not. It is also ridiculous to compare it's sweetness to bourbon, as it is a liqueur and much, much sweeter than any whiskey. Jack Daniels Honey is not whiskey either, regardless of what they want you to think.
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Chris Morris describes the original recipe of Southern Comfort. Heron began with good-quality bourbon and would add:
An inch of vanilla bean, about a quarter of a lemon, half of a cinnamon stick, four cloves, a few cherries, and an orange bit or two. He would let this soak for days. And right when he was ready to finish, he would add his sweetener: he liked to use honey.
Also, although some bourbons have a sweet taste, it is more the vanilla from the oak barrels that you are tasting, not actual sugar, as there is very little sugar in any whiskey. The scotch tastes less sweet because most of the vanilla flavor has already been leached out by the previous contents. All scotch is aged in previously used barrel. Without the bourbon industry, scotch would either taste very different, or be almost undrinkable by modern standards.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2018 23:16:35 GMT -5
Jack Daniels and George Dickel are sweeter due to being Tennessee Whiskies. I forgot (shame on me) what the reason is. Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is as smooth as can be due to the Lime Water, used in the distilling process and the watering down part. Jack Daniels has apparently never bothered to be certified bourbon, which, if I had their sales, I wouldn't bother either. There were nights I could do a Bluto from Animal House on a bottle of Jack, but still prefer KSBW. Ronv69 It has to be the cinnamon and clove that give Southern Comfort that sting, which is why I would go in spells were I loved it and spells where it seemed too hot. |
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Post by yaddy306 on Apr 30, 2018 23:40:26 GMT -5
It’s not for me. Too sweet. Bad experience in Grade 12.
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Post by Legend Lover on May 1, 2018 2:40:18 GMT -5
I don't think that the manufacturer ever referred to it as whiskey, as it is obviously not. It is also ridiculous to compare it's sweetness to bourbon, as it is a liqueur and much, much sweeter than any whiskey. Jack Daniels Honey is not whiskey either, regardless of what they want you to think. Of interest : Chris Morris describes the original recipe of Southern Comfort. Heron began with good-quality bourbon and would add: An inch of vanilla bean, about a quarter of a lemon, half of a cinnamon stick, four cloves, a few cherries, and an orange bit or two. He would let this soak for days. And right when he was ready to finish, he would add his sweetener: he liked to use honey. Also, although some bourbons have a sweet taste, it is more the vanilla from the oak barrels that you are tasting, not actual sugar, as there is very little sugar in any whiskey. The scotch tastes less sweet because most of the vanilla flavor has already been leached out by the previous contents. All scotch is aged in previously used barrel. Without the bourbon industry, scotch would either taste very different, or be almost undrinkable by modern standards. Thanks for sharing that, Ronv69. |
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Post by mrphillips on May 1, 2018 7:00:08 GMT -5
Like others, So-Co is just a little too sweet for me. That being said, there's something about a campfire and a bottle of rotating Southern Comfort that I've never been able to turn down...though the morning always reminds me of the night's indiscretions  There are even many bourbons that are too sweet for me (probably the corn-mash recipe). Irish whiskey's and especially peaty scotches are nice and dry, and are my preferred dram. Ice only. |
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Post by pappyjoe on May 1, 2018 7:06:13 GMT -5
Not to contradict ronv69 but the manufacturer does refer to it as a whiskey on the home page of their website: www.southerncomfort.com/ |
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Post by daveincollamer on May 1, 2018 7:26:09 GMT -5
Anyone like southern comfort? It would my go-to spirit. I'm not quite sure what it is though. An article on southern comfort calls it whiskey-based. Looking online, apparently scotch is whiskey made in Scotland, but bourbon is whiskey made in USA. So I'm assuming it's some kind of bourbon... Whatever it is, I like it. Way to sweet for my tastes, but if you like it, enjoy! |
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Post by daveincollamer on May 1, 2018 7:39:50 GMT -5
Jack Daniels and George Dickel are sweeter due to being Tennessee Whiskies. I forgot (shame on me) what the reason is. Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is as smooth as can be due to the Lime Water, used in the distilling process and the watering down part. Jack Daniels has apparently never bothered to be certified bourbon, which, if I had their sales, I wouldn't bother either. There were nights I could do a Bluto from Animal House on a bottle of Jack, but still prefer KSBW. Ronv69 It has to be the cinnamon and clove that give Southern Comfort that sting, which is why I would go in spells were I loved it and spells where it seemed too hot. You cannot put Jack Daniels and Dickel whiskies in the same sentence. Jack Daniels is terrible with good PR. How in the world could you not succeed with Jim Morrison carrying your product onto stage. Or Ronnie Van Zant and Allen Collins partying with a monkey with Jack Daniels. Not withstanding Lynyrd Skynyrds label that looked like old number 7. Kid Rock holding their product aloft on stage, Molly Hatchett, Bob Segar hard to fail with that kind of advertising. Sorry for the rant, but their are way better bourbons made in the US that cost the same or close to number 7. Again, if you like it, drink it. SoCo is way to sweet, I have no idea what it is, did cause copious amounts of vomit in my youth.  |
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Post by Ronv69 on May 1, 2018 9:52:09 GMT -5
Not to contradict ronv69 but the manufacturer does refer to it as a whiskey on the home page of their website: www.southerncomfort.com/ [/quotbe] I see. Well, their advertising department are idiots. I guess they will try anything to rebuild the brand they paid a half billion dollars for. I apologize for them. |
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Post by pappyjoe on May 1, 2018 9:55:43 GMT -5
Not to contradict ronv69 but the manufacturer does refer to it as a whiskey on the home page of their website: www.southerncomfort.com/ [/quotbe] I see. Well, their advertising department are idiots. I guess they will try anything to rebuild the brand they paid a half billion dollars for. I apologize for them. It reminds me of a what one of my instructors said in the 1976 about marketing and branding. He said before 1970, Wild Turkey was considered rot gut whiskey then the company pumped millions of dollars into advertising and within a year Wild Turkey became a premium whiskey. Didn't change the recipe, just the branding and marketing. |
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