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vodka and grapefruit

Vodka and Grapefruit Juice aka Vodka Greyhound

5 from 1 vote
Mixing time (up to) 5 minutes
Course Drinks

Equipment

  • Vodka Greyhound
  • highball glass
  • jigger
  • cocktail shaker (for Mint Vodka Greyhound variation)
  • Hawthorne strainer (for Mint Vodka Greyhound variation)
  • highball glass (for Mint Vodka Greyhound variation)
  • Jigger (for Mint Vodka Greyhound variation)
  • muddler (for Mint Vodka Greyhound variation)

Ingredients
  

Vodka Greyhound

  • 2 oz Vodka
  • 4 oz Grapefruit Juice
  • 1 Lemon or Lime wedge garnish

Vodka Salty Dog Variation

  • 2 oz Vodka
  • 4 oz Grapefruit Juice
  • 1 lime wedge moisten glass rim for salt
  • Himalayan Pink Salt salted rim
  • 1 Lime wedge garnish garnish

Sweet Vodka Greyhound

  • 2 oz Vodka
  • 4 oz Grapefruit Juice
  • ½ oz Simple syrup more or less to taste
  • 1 Lemon or Lime wedge garnish

Fizzy Vodka Greyhound

  • 2 oz Vodka
  • 2 oz Grapefruit Juice
  • 2 oz Club soda
  • 1 Lemon or Lime wedge garnish

Mint Vodka Greyhound

  • 5-15 Mint leaves muddled
  • 2 oz Vodka
  • 4 oz Grapefruit Juice
  • 1 Lemon or Lime wedge and/or mint sprig garnish garnish

Instructions
 

Vodka Greyhound

  • Fill your highball glass with ice.
  • Pour in 2 oz of vodka. The higher quality the smoother the drink.
  • Top off the glass with about 4 oz of grapefruit juice
  • Put a lime wedge on the glass to garnish and enjoy!

Vodka Salty Dog Variation

  • Cut a slit in a lime wedge and run it around the rim of your glass.
  • Dip the mouth of the glass into ground Pink Himalayan Salt for a salted rim
  • Fill your highball glass with ice.
  • Pour in 2 oz of vodka. The higher quality the smoother the drink.
  • Top off the glass with about 4 oz of grapefruit juice
  • Put a lime wedge on the glass to garnish and enjoy!

Sweet Vodka Greyhound

  • Fill your highball glass with ice.
  • Pour in 2 oz of vodka. The higher quality the smoother the drink.
  • Add in ½ oz simple syrup (more or less to your taste preference)
  • Top off the glass with about 4 oz of grapefruit juice
  • Put a lime wedge on the glass to garnish and enjoy!

Fizzy Vodka Greyhound

  • Fill your highball glass with ice.
  • Pour in 2 oz of vodka. The higher quality the smoother the drink.
  • Add in 2 oz of grapefruit juice
  • Top off the glass with about 2 oz of club soda
  • Put a lime wedge on the glass to garnish and enjoy!

Mint Vodka Greyhound

  • Put 5 to 15 mint leaves into a cocktail shaker with ½ oz grapefruit juice
  • Use a muddler to muddle the leaves into a juicy pulp
  • Fill the cocktail strainer with ice.
  • Pour in 2 oz of vodka. The higher quality the smoother the drink.
  • Pour in 4 oz of grapefruit juice
  • Put lid on shaker and shake a few times to mix
  • Remove shaker lid and replace with Hawthorne strainer
  • Fill your highball glass with ice
  • Pour your drink through the strainer into the glass
  • Put a lime wedge on the glass to garnish and enjoy!
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