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Salty Dog
Posted: July 22, 2026
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The Salty Dog is the saltier, more sophisticated sibling of the Greyhound — both are built on vodka and grapefruit juice, but the Salty Dog adds the crucial element of a salt-rimmed glass that transforms the entire experience. The salt amplifies the grapefruit's tartness, rounds out its bitterness, and creates a complexity in each sip that the Greyhound simply doesn't have. It's a bracing, bracingly bitter, beautifully simple drink that became an American bar staple and remains a perfect choice for anyone who loves the clean, grapefruit-forward profile of a Paloma but wants it in vodka form.
Instructions
- Rub a lime wedge around the rim of a rocks glass or highball glass, then dip the rim in coarse kosher salt.
- Fill the salted glass with ice.
- Add vodka and pour grapefruit juice over the top.
- Stir once to combine.
- Garnish with a slice of grapefruit on the rim.