Southern Comfort

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The cocktail that became Southern Comfort was invented in 1874 by bartender Martin Wilkes Heron while working at McCauley’s Tavern, New Orleans. Heron would start with a good quality bourbon, then add vanilla bean,  a quarter lemon, half a cinnamon stick, four cloves, a few cherries, and a bit of orange. He would let this soak… Read more »