This grapefruit and gin-based salty dog cocktail has an extra-special touch with a salted rim.

Learn how to make a salty dog cocktail.

What Is A Salty Dog Cocktail?

Southern Living Salty Dog cocktail in glasses to serve

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The Salty Dog is a simple but sophisticated cocktail ideal for quenching your thirst on a hot day.

Line the rim of a highball glass with water; dip rim in salt mixture.

Strain and serve:

Strain into prepared highball glass; garnish with grapefruit slice.

Southern Living Salty Dog cocktail ingredients

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The name Salty Dog comes from the salted rim that distinguishes it from a Greyhound cocktail.

Southern Living Salty Dog Cocktail preparing the grapefruit salt for the glass

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Southern Living Salty Dog Cocktail rimming the glass with the grapefruit salt

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Southern Living Salty Dog Cocktail combining the drink ingredients in the glass

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Southern Living Salty Dog cocktail drink in the glass garnished with a grapefruit slice

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