True Love: Southern Comfort and True Blood Join Forces
If there’s one thing the girls in the Who’s Jack office love right now it’s a vampire. But since Robert Pattinson broke our hearts today by admitting he is officially dating Kristen Stewart we’ve decided to turn our wasted affections towards the stars of True Blood, after all it’s like Twightlight just way sexier. Southern Comfort have just been announced as the sponsor of the second season and by way of celebration the people over at Southern Comfort have created a delicious range of cocktails. So here’s how to make some cocktails so good they’d even turn the head of RPatz…
The Sookie Swizzle
This zest infused cocktail has plenty of bite. Southern Comfort mixed with the fresh fruit infused flavours of blood orange and lemon juice is a combination that is sure to stimulate your taste buds for all the right reasons.
Ingredients
50ml Southern Comfort
3 wedges Blood Orange
3 wedges lemon
15ml Sugar syrup
Dash of Peychaud’s Bitters
Served in a large rocks over crushed ice, muddle fruit and build in glass
Southern Merlotte‘s Punch
This cunning concoction mixes Southern Comfort, red wine, with the juice of 1/2 a blood orange to create a taste tingling explosion of flavors.
Ingredients
35ml Southern Comfort
15ml Lemon Juice
25ml Apple Juice
50ml Merlot red wine
15ml Sugar syrup
1/2 blood orange (squeezed)
Dash of Peychaud’s Bitters
Shake and strain into a High Ball glass over cubed ice. Serve with a blood orange and lemon slice and garnish with mint sprig.
Southern Mary
Move over Bloody Mary; make way for Southern Mary which offers an eclectic mix of Southern Comfort, tomato juice, Tabasco and red wine – sure to wow friends and family.
Ingredients
35ml Southern Comfort
15ml Red Wine
15ml Lemon Juice
Dash sugar syrup
80ml Tomato Juice
2 dash Tabasco
1 dash Lee and Perrings
Salt and pepper
Celery Stick
Mix the Southern Comfort, red wine, tomato and lemon juice together and stir. Add the Tabasco, Lee and Perrings sugar and salt. Sir again and garnish with celery stick.
Southern Blood
Mixes Southern Comfort, a traditional taste of New Orleans, with the juice of half a blood orange – an established drink with a dark twist.
Ingredients
50ml Southern Comfort
½ blood orange
Ice
Fill a glass halfway with ice and pour the Southern Comfort over. Squeeze the juice of half a blood orange and stir for a true taste of New Orleans, where Southern Comfort originates.
