Salty Dog Cocktail Recipe

Name: Salty Dog Cocktail
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 40 Millilitres Gin; 100 Millilitres Grapefruit Juice; Pinch Salt

3
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5
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1
Serves

This salty dog cocktail recipe is made up of only two ingredients. It uses gin as the spirit and fresh grapefruit juice as the mix.

This cocktail is almost identical to a greyhound cocktail but the Salty dog has a salt rim. It is believed that the Salty dog with invented in the 1920s.

The drink was made famous by being a favourite drink on the Larry Sanders Show in the 90’s.

View steps to make Salty Dog Cocktail

Salty Dog Cocktail Ingredients

40 ml Gin
100 ml Grapefruit Juice
Pinch Salt
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Utensils

Highball Glass
Cocktail Shaker
Strainer

Making the Salty Dog Cocktail

Glass Salt Rim

Use a slice of the grapefruit to evenly line the tip highball glass with the juice.
Tip the glass upside down into salt to cover the rim of the glass.
Gently shake away any excess salt mix.

Cocktail

Shake the gin and the grapefruit juice in the cocktail shaker.
Strain the ingredients into the salt-rimmed highball glass.
Garnish with a grapefruit rind knot.

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Notes & Tips

- The Gin can be substituted for vodka and is often the spirit used in bars.
- You can add ice to the Salty dog cocktail if you wish but it is traditionally not served with ice.
- Fresh grapefruit juice is best.

Tagged in Drink Recipes In the following cuisines American Recipes Published on Posted on May 28, 2020January 30, 2021 Add Comment