What Is a Salt Dog

The Salty Dog is a lot friendlier than it sounds. This classic cocktail is a modified Greyhound (gin or vodka with grapefruit juice) that is differentiated by the drink’s salted rim. … Salt isn’t only for seasoning food.

What does it mean to be someone's Salty Dog?

Salty Dog is a nickname for an ornery Sailor or a U.S. Marine who has spent much of his or her life aboard a ship at sea. … In this context, a “salty dog” would be someone dear to the speaker’s heart. “Salty dog” also means ornery, as in the T-Bone Walker tune “Ain’t Salty No More”.

What is the origin of Salty Dog?

The Salty Dog was originally created as a variation of the Greyhound cocktail. George Jessel added a salt rim to the popular combination of gin and grapefruit juice sometime in the 1950s, as a way to increase the palatability of the drink for those who were less than fond of the bitter grapefruit taste.