Southern Comfort Cocktail (Southern Cider)

Close-up of a Southern Comfort cocktail garnished with cinnamon and freeze-dried fruit.

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Southern Comfort Cocktail (Southern Cider)

This Southern Comfort cocktail is a very easy and delicious serve to make. As it’s a long drink, laden with intensely zesty freeze-dried fruit and plenty of effervescent sparkle, southern cider is great served in the garden, especially during BBQ season.

Prep Time3

Total Time3

Course: Alcoholic Drink

Cuisine: British

Diet: Vegetarian

Servings:

Calories: 139kcal

Author: Jane Coupland

Ingredients

40 ml Southern Comfort Whisky Liqueur
10 ml Lime juice
120 ml Sparkling apple cider around 4%-5% ABV

Garnishes

Mixologist's Garden Freeze-dried strawberry slices
Mixologist's Garden Freeze-dried lime slices

Instructions

Fill a tumbler or hi-ball glass with ice, layering in pieces of Mixologist's Garden freeze-dried strawberries and lime. Poke a cinnamon stick into the glass.
Pour in the Southern Comfort and lime juice.
Top up with around 120ml sparkling dry apple cider.
Thread a few slices of strawberry and lime onto a bamboo stick and lay your fruity skewer across the glass to garnish the drink.
Serve immediately.

Notes

You’ll need plenty of ice for this cider cocktail.
Ensure that the cider is well-chilled before pouring it into the glass. If it is not chilled then the ice will melt too quicky, diluting the drink, deflating the bubbles and compromising the flavour of your Southern Comfort cocktail.
You can vary the fruit used. Try adding in Mixologist’s garden lemon slices and whole raspberries instead.
Use a sparkling cider with an alcohol content of around 4%-5%.
Reduce the amount of liqueur used for a less punchy Southern cider drink.

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