Salty Dog Cocktail

Name: Salty Dog Cocktail - Ingredients, Method & Key Tips
Ingredients: London dry gin; Fresh grapefruit juice; Salt; Grapefruit slice; Ice cubes

Gin

Author: Ashifa Bano

Two glasses of grapefruit cocktails with ice, garnished with grapefruit slices, black mustache stirrers, and salt rims, on a wooden board with additional grapefruit wedges.

The salty dog cocktail boasts of a unique flavour profile, balancing the tartness of grapefruit with a savoury element like the salt rim. Created with minimal ingredients - typically gin or vodka, fresh grapefruit juice and a salted rim, it is usually served in a highball glass over ice, with the savoury rim providing distinctive taste that mellows the citrusy bite.

What you’ll need

Ingredients

Serves:

London dry gin
30ml
Fresh grapefruit juice
120ml
Salt
For the rim
Grapefruit slice
For garnish
Ice cubes

Method

Step 1
Pour the salt onto a saucer, moisten the rim of a chilled rocks or highball glass with a grapefruit slice or a damp towel before dipping it into the salt.
Step 2
In a mixing glass, combine the London dry gin and grapefruit juice.
Step 3
Fill with ice and stir vigorously for around 20-30 seconds until the mixture is completely chilled.
Step 4
Strain the drink into a prepared salt-rimmed glass filled with more ice, garnish with a grapefruit slice and serve.

Tips & Suggestions

For the rim, use coarse sea salt or fleur de sel to enable the best texture and a prominent salty flavour.
Consider using pink grapefruit juice as a slightly sweeter and more visually appealing alternative to white grapefruit juice.