Salty Dog
Ingredients
- 1 2⁄3 oz Tito's Vodka
- 1 2⁄3 oz Pink grapefruit juice
- 1⁄6 oz Sugar syrup 'rich'
- 4 drop Bob's Grapefruit Bitters optional
- 4 drop Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s
Method
Glassware:
Serve in a Fizz or Highball (8oz to 10oz)
Prepare:
- Select and pre-chill a FIZZ OR HIGHBALL (8OZ TO 10OZ) GLASS.
- RIM glass with salt (moisten outside edge with grapefruit juice and dip into salt).
- Prepare garnish of grapefruit wedge.
- Prepare garnish of grapefruit slice wheel.
Method:
- SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
- STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
Garnish:
- Garnish with grapefruit slice wheel.
Nutrition:
One serving of Salty Dog contains 147 calories
History:
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.
Review:
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.
