This refreshing classic is easy to make if grapefruit juice is available in the minibar stash or is easy to pick up. No salt? No problem. LA-based bartender Alex Day offers up his Salt Hack: head to the vending machine and grab a bag of pretzels. There is usually a pinch or two of salt at the bottom of the bag. In a real pinch, you could also crush potato chips or tortilla chips for an unusual salty/savory rim.
Below you will find the recipe for The Salty Dog, from Road Soda by Kara Newman, released Fall 2017 by our publishing imprint Dovetail.
The Salty Dog
Makes 1 serving
2 ounces vodka or gin
3 ounces grapefruit juice
1 lime wedge
Salt
- Moisten the edge of a serving glass with the lime wedge or, if you don't have the lime, with a bit of grapefruit juice. Dust the rim with a pinch of salt.
- Fill the rimmed glass with ice.
- Add the vodka (or gin) and grapefruit juice and stir briefly.
