What to Mix With Southern Comfort: 10 Ideas To Try Now (2023)
Last Updated on January 3, 2023 by Lydia Martin
If you’re looking for a sweet well-crafted beverage—Southern Comfort could save the day.
This spirit-flavored liqueur is ready to unleash its fruitiness and make an impressive drink.
The touch of sweetness of Southern Comfort blends perfectly with any mixer.
But here are the best options on what to mix with Southern Comfort with simple recipes you can try at home.
Top 10 Best Mixers For Southern Comfort
10. Pineapple Juice
Quick Description: This pineapple juice and Southern Comfort combination create a Honolulu Cooler cocktail drink.
Prep Time: 3 minutes
Total Time: 3 minutes
Ingredients:
- 2oz Southern Comfort
- 4oz Pineapple juice
- ½oz Lime juice
Instructions: Fill a highball glass with ice. Add lime juice and Southern Comfort, then pour the pineapple juice on top and stir.
Serving: 1
9. Cranberry Juice
Quick Description: Mixing Southern Comfort with cranberry and little lime makes a fruity and tart Scarlett O’Hara cocktail.
Prep Time: 3 minutes
Total Time: 3 minutes
Ingredients:
- 2oz Southern Comfort
- 4oz Cranberry juice
- ½oz Lime juice
Instructions: In a Collins glass with ice, pour Southern Comfort and lime juice, and top with cranberry juice. Stir well, then serve.
Serving: 1
8. Lemon Juice
Quick Description: This cocktail is sweet and tangy, with the citrus flavors of the lemon juice complementing the smooth and slightly fruity taste of the Southern Comfort.
If you prefer a more tart drink, you can adjust the proportions of the lemon juice to your taste.
Prep Time: 3 minutes
Total Time: 3 minutes
Ingredients:
- 2½oz Southern Comfort Black
- 1oz Lemon juice
- 1oz Simple syrup
Instructions: Combine all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice, shake well, strain it into a glass and enjoy.
Serving: 1
7. Lemon-Lime Soda
Quick Description: Make a quick drink called Comfort Collins with your favorite lemon-lime soda and Southern Comfort.
Prep Time: 2 minutes
Total Time: 2 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1½oz Southern Comfort
- 3-4oz Lemon-Lime soda
- 1pc Lime wedge
Instructions: Add Southern Comfort in an ice-fille highball glass, pour the soda, squeeze the lime over the drink, and enjoy.
Serving: 1
6. Milk & Ice Cream
Quick Description: Create a creamy Southern Milkshake with Southern Comfort, milk, and ice cream.
Prep Time: 7 minutes
Total Time: 7 minutes
Ingredients:
- 2oz Southern Comfort 100
- 1cup Milk
- 2scoops Ice Cream (Vanilla)
Instructions: Put all the ingredients in the blender, add ice, then blend until smooth. Pour the milkshake into a glass and add a caramel drizzle or ice cream scoop.
Serving: 1
5. Orange Juice
Quick Description: Southern Comfort and orange juice with amaretto and red liqueur-like sloe gin [1] make a classic Alabama Slammer cocktail.
Prep Time: 3 minutes
Total Time: 3 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1oz Southern Comfort
- 2oz Orange juice
- 1oz Amaretto
- 1oz Sloe gin
Instructions: Add all the ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice, shake well, then strain it into a highball glass with ice.
Serving: 1
4. Ginger Beer
Quick Description: With ginger beer, you can create a Southern Mule—a Southern Comfort twist on a classic Moscow Mule.
Prep Time: 2 minutes
Total Time: 2 minutes
Ingredients:
- 2oz Southern Comfort Black
- 3oz Ginger Beer
Instructions: Pour Southern Comfort into a highball glass filled with ice, then top with ginger beer. Finish with optional mint leaves on top.
Serving: 1
3. Coca Cola
Quick Description:
Prep Time: 3 minutes
Total Time: 3 minutes
Ingredients:
- 2oz Southern Comfort
- 3-4oz Coca-Cola
Instructions: In a Collins glass with ice, add Southern Comfort and top it with Coca-Cola. Stir and garnish with an optional lime wedge.
Serving: 1
2. Strawberry Margarita Mix
Quick Description: Make a cold and refreshing Frozen Strawberry Margarita cocktail with strawberry Margarita mix and Southern Comfort.
Prep Time: 3 minutes
Total Time: 3 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1oz Southern Comfort
- 4oz Strawberry Margarita mix
Instructions: Combine all the ingredients in a blender, add ice, then blend until it’s slushy. Pour into a cocktail glass, and serve with optional strawberries on top.
Serving: 1
1. Lemonade
Quick Description: A homemade lemonade with Southern Comfort creates a sweet and tart Southern Lemonade cocktail.
Prep Time: 3 minutes
Total Time: 3 minutes
Ingredients:
- 2oz Southern Comfort
- 3-4oz Lemonade
Instructions: Combine all the ingredients in a highball glass filled with ice. Stir well and serve with optional lemon slices.
Serving: 1
FAQs
What is the best way to drink Southern Comfort?
Southern Comfort is good to drink straight or savor over ice, but its potent flavor is best for mixing in cocktails.
What soda mixes well with Southern Comfort?
Club soda and other flavored sodas such as Coca-Cola and lemon-lime soda mix well with Southern Comfort.
Is Southern Comfort a spirit or liqueur?
Southern Comfort is a liqueur. It’s a naturally fruit-flavored whiskey in which the dominant fruit is apricot. [2]
In Conclusion
Southern Comfort is comfortably different from other liqueurs.
From fruit juices to ginger beer and sodas, you can mix, blend, or shake any mixers you like to make a cocktail.
The only rule to making Southern Comfort cocktails is to follow your taste preference, or you can start blending with one of the best mixers above.
Once you’ve tried one of these Southern Comfort cocktail recipes, you’ll certainly ask for another glass.
References:
- https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sloe%20gin#
- https://www.huffpost.com/entry/southern-comfort-soco_n_5958814
Lydia Martin hails from Redmond, Washington, where you’ll find some of the best cocktail bars and distilleries that offer a great mix of local drinks. She used to work as a bar manager in Paris and is a self-taught mixologist whose passion for crafting unique cocktails led her to create Liquor Laboratory. Lydia can whip up a mean Margarita in seconds! Contact at [email protected] or learn more about us here.
