Southern Hurricane
1-1/2 oz Southern Comfort
Splash of Grenadine
Lemon-Lime Soda
Combine Southern Comfort and grenadine in a tall glass over ice - preferably a Hurricane glass. Fill with lemon-lime soda. Garnish with lime and orange slices.
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THE HISTORY OF SOUTHERN COMFORT
1874
M.W. Heron develops Southern Comfort in his bar near La Rue Bourbon in New Orleans and serves it in traditional fashion from a whiskey barrel.
1889
Seeking greater fortune, M.W. Heron opens a bar near Beale Street in Memphis and begins bottling Southern Comfort and selling it for $2.50 a bottle. The original labels were signed by Heron himself and carried the phrase, "None genuine but mine."
1904
Southern Comfort wins a gold medal for quality and taste at the St. Louis World's Fair. M.W. Heron opens bar in St. Louis and develops the "St. Louis Cocktail" -- a glass of Southern Comfort with a twist of lemon. The drink's motto: Limit 2 to a customer. (No gentleman would ask for more.)
1934
Back in production after Prohibition, Southern Comfort introduces a new label featuring the now famous Currier and Ives lithograph of a Southern plantation house on the banks of the Mississippi. The plantation is known as Woodland Plantation, built in 1834. Today, you can visit the newly renovated mansion, which operates as a 9-bedroom country inn.
1939
In a tribute to Gone with the Wind, Southern Comfort introduces the popular "Scarlett O'Hara" drink, which includes cranberry juice and lime. Over 60 years later, it is still one of the most popular Southern Comfort drinks served up.
TODAY
Southern Comfort's unique American spirit is still one of a kind, and still made according to the much-guarded secret formula created by M.W. Heron over a century ago.
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