Salty Dog鹹狗

Flavour

Colour
Clear
Style
Long drink

Ingredients

  • Vodka40 ml
  • Grapefruit Juice100 ml
  • Saltrim of glass

Served

Glass
Highball glass
Ice
Ice cubes
Garnish
Salted rim
Technique
Build

Method

Rim a tall glass with salt and fill it with ice. Pour in the vodka, top with grapefruit juice and stir briefly.

About this drink

A Salty Dog is a Greyhound with salt on the rim: grapefruit juice, a clear spirit, and a line of salt that pushes the bitterness forward. It turns up in mid-century American bar books, where gin came first and vodka later became the usual choice.