{"id":1078,"date":"2009-06-28T09:32:33","date_gmt":"2009-06-28T16:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/?p=1078"},"modified":"2009-06-28T09:32:33","modified_gmt":"2009-06-28T16:32:33","slug":"salty-dog-less-of-a-dog-than-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/?p=1078","title":{"rendered":"Salty Dog – Less of a Dog Than Expected"},"content":{"rendered":"

My week of Salty Dogs started when I mixed some up for my cousin Tara and I.\u00c2\u00a0 I followed the simple recipe I laid out at the beginning of the week, 2 oz vodka, 3 oz grapefruit juice.\u00c2\u00a0 The only grapefruit juice I had on hand was the kind in the tiny cans and I failed to rim the glasses with salt.\u00c2\u00a0 D’Oh.\u00c2\u00a0 As you can guess we were already well on our way to failure.\u00c2\u00a0 After a tentative couple of sips we both concluded that the drink was much too sour in its current form.\u00c2\u00a0 I added a touch of raspberry syrup and all was right in the world again.\u00c2\u00a0 But of the failings I mention above what was the key to making this drink tasty?<\/p>\n

I picked up some grapefruit and decided I’d give the drink a go with fresh juice (always a good call).\u00c2\u00a0 However, much to my surprise, it seems I hadn’t read the label very well and came home with pink grapefruit.\u00c2\u00a0 Which, I found out on a second trip to the store, is all they have right now.\u00c2\u00a0 Nevertheless, I juiced them up and mixed up a cocktail, complete with salted rim this time.<\/p>\n

\"Salty<\/a><\/p>\n

This time the drink was much more palatable than my first attempt.\u00c2\u00a0 The pink grapefruit juice is less sour than white grapefruit and quite a bit sweeter.\u00c2\u00a0 Be warned, this version goes down very easy.\u00c2\u00a0 The vodka is lost to the sweet\/sour flavor of the pink grapefruit and before you realize it your glass is empty again.\u00c2\u00a0 The salt was a nice touch but really works much better with the sourer white grapefruit.\u00c2\u00a0 If you’re using pink go light on the salt and I’d suggest only rimming half the glass.\u00c2\u00a0 That way you only have to have salt if you want.<\/p>\n

The same evening Aaron was over to finalize our Tales of the Cocktail plans and he chose to mix up the Difford’s recipe (below).\u00c2\u00a0 This recipe changes things up a bit by adding a touch of Maraschino to the mix.\u00c2\u00a0 This has two effects on the cocktail.\u00c2\u00a0 First, it will sweeten it up a bit, which could be needed if you’re going the white grapefruit route.\u00c2\u00a0 Second, it gives the drink a little more interesting flavor.\u00c2\u00a0 Like the Aviation<\/a> you’re using the Maraschino very sparingly so it’s flavor is subtly applied.\u00c2\u00a0 Overall Aaron was very surprised and pleased.\u00c2\u00a0 He sums it up best: “[I] really thought it would be more like my college ‘whatever juice I can find and vodka drinks’.”\u00c2\u00a0 Well said my friend.<\/p>\n

Salty Dog (Diffords Guide #7)<\/a>\"\"<\/strong><\/pre>\n
2 oz Vodka\r\n2 1\/4 oz Grapefruit Juice\r\n1\/8 oz Maraschino\r\nSalt for Rimming<\/strong><\/pre>\n
Finally I circled back to where I started the week and gave the canned white grapefruit juice a second go.\u00c2\u00a0 With this second attempt I came to a different conclusion.\u00c2\u00a0 The sourness of the grapefruit juice is actually quite refreshing.\u00c2\u00a0 But it does make you slow down your sipping.\u00c2\u00a0 The salt is a nice touch, but not entirely necessary in my opinion.\u00c2\u00a0 However, if you decide to leave it off know that you’re now drinking a Greyhound, amazing what a touch of salt can do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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