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Summer drinks Cocktail hour

Southern Comfort and Mountain Dew cocktail

Published: 05.02.2022 » Last updated: 07.26.2022

When lemons and mint leaves are a-plenty (and they are during summer!), it's the perfect time to mix a drink that highlights the flavors of both.

Southern Comfort and Mountain Dew Cocktail

This is an update of a recipe originally published prior to 2010 based on the plantation artwork on the label of Southern Comfort. That artwork was dropped after 2010. But, for the life of me, I can no longer locate the folder where my original photos of the drink was stored.

Southern Comfort is a whiskey-based liqueur flavored with spices and fruits. Story has it that a bartender named Martin Wilkes “M.W” Heron was so sick of the inconsistency of the quality of whiskey coming in from Tennessee and Kentucky that he decided to “create a whiskey-based drink with a consistent flavor.” The exact original recipe is still a secret but that recipe has been modified since its creation in 1874.

Meanwhile, Mountain Dew, originally created as a cocktail mixer, has a distinctorange-y flavor.

Southern Comfort and Mountain Dew cocktail

Connie Veneracion
Take a liqueur made with fruits and spices (Southern Comfort), combine it with a fruit-based soft drink (Mountain Dew), mix the two with more fruit and some mint for a brighter flavor, and… how can you go wrong with that?
Southern Comfort and Mountain Dew Cocktail in Mason Jar
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Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Cook Time 0 minutes mins
Total Time 5 minutes mins
Course Drinks
Cuisine Accidental
Servings 1 glass

Ingredients
  

  • ½ to 1 lemon - depending on how tart you like your drink
  • 1 small handful fresh mint leaves
  • 1 teaspoon sugar - or simple syrup (optional)
  • ½ cup Mountain Dew - ice-cold
  • ¼ cup Southern Comfort

Instructions
 

  • Cut the lemon into wedges.
  • Place the lemon wedges in a large glass (a mason jar is great!), throw in the mint and, optionally, add sugar or simple syrup. Muddle them together.
  • If your Mountain Dew is not ice-cold or if you want a diluted drink, drop a couple of ice cubes into the glass.
  • Pour in the Mountain Dew followed by the Southern Comfort. Or, reverse the order. It doesn’t matter which one goes in first, really.
  • Mix everything together.
  • Enjoy!
Keyword Cocktails, Mountain Dew, Southern Comfort
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Connie Veneracion, Chiang Mai, 2020

Hi, I’m Connie!

Welcome to Umami Days, a blog that advocates innovative home cooking for pleasurable everyday dining. No trendy diets, no food fads and definitely no ludicrous recipe names like crustless quiche, noodleless pho or chocolate lasagna.

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