Serve in a Fizz or Highball (8oz to 10oz)
1 2⁄3 oz | Ketel One Vodka |
1 2⁄3 oz | Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed) |
1⁄6 oz | Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup) |
4 drop | Bob's Grapefruit Bitters optional |
4 drop | Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water) |
Whether enjoyed with breakfast or as an evening aperitivo, this is a superbly cleansing and refreshing cocktail.
Our previous recipe called for 50ml vodka, 15ml maraschino and 50ml grapefruit juice. I like maraschino, but, as many pointed out, it's not traditionally an ingredient in this vintage cocktail.
Served straight-up in a Coupe or Martini glass.
Without the salt, this cocktail becomes a Greyhound
A cocktail from the late 1950s/early 1960s, its first appearance in a recipe book is in Ted Saucier's 1962 Bottom's Up: New and Revised Edition.
SALTY DOG
Ted Saucier, Bottom's Up - New and Revised Edition, 1962
1 jigger Vodka
4 ozs. unsweetened grapefruit juice
Dash of salt
Ice
Place ingredients in highball glass. Stir and serve.
SALTY DOG
Brian F. Rea, Brian's Booze Guide, 1976
Build in highball glass filled with ice cubes and rimmed in coarse granule salt.
1 ½ ounces Vodka
Fill with Grapefruit juice (usually unsweetened)
SALTY DOG
Thomas Mario, Playboy's Host & Party Book, 1971
2 ozs. vodka
½ oz. unsalted grapefruit juice
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Salt
Shake vodka, grapefruit juice and lemon juice well with ice. Strain into prechilled cocktail glass. Sprinkle drink with several generous dashes of salt.
Salty Dog
Mark Torre, The Bartenders' Bible, 1987
1 shot Absolut® / Vodka
Fill with Grapefruit Juice
Salted Rim
Lime Wheel Garnish
Collins/Poco Glass
S.A. Greyhound
One serving of Salty Dog contains 147 calories
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Sprinkle salt
1 Gin
2 Pink Grapefruit juice
Orange garnish
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