An American fruit-flavored whiskey liqueur, created in New Orleans in 1874, which is caramel in color.
198902, “Skiing”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 99:
A word of warning: Sugar's expert terrain is like a shot of Southern Comfort — it's gulped quickly and burns on the way down. At Beech, on the other hand, the hard stuff is mellowed into a longer drink. Did I ski Big Boulder? No way.
1997 January 1, Eve Gaddy, Too Close For Comfort: Lone Star Nights, BelleBooks, →ISBN, page 177:
What was a knockout, whose sweet-hot drawl hit him like Southern Comfort on an empty belly, doing digging up dirt in a greenhouse in the middle of nowhere? Business, Eric reminded himself, realizing he stared. You're here on business.
(Can we date this quote?), M.J. Viskocil, September, Lulu, →ISBN, page 365:
I paused and let the surrounding environment soak into me like the anticipation of a strong shot off Southern Comfort. You know the way your body stops pumping blood while it waits for that warming pulse to shake through every cell[…]
200810, “SPIN”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 114:
On the sultry, over-amped "Leeds United," she [Amanda Palmer] intones over a slurred, high-stepping horn section: "Who needs love / When there's Southern Comfort?" On this Method-acted album, that's a rhetorical question.
2015 May 26, Mary Carter, Accidentally Engaged, Kensington Books, →ISBN:
The compliment spread through me like a shot of Southern Comfort, warming my insides. “But you don't care about that, do you?” he continued. “You only have eyes for Jack.”
2015 September 7, Ann Cleeves, Starlings & Other Stories, eBook Partnership, →ISBN:
[...] and suddenly they were kissing, really snogging, and her tongue slid into his mouth like a shot of Southern Comfort, and it was happening,[…]
2023 April 18, Katherine Heiny, Games and Rituals: Stories, Penguin, →ISBN:
In Tessa's case, both were the color of Southern Comfort.
