The Salty Dog
1 oz. silver tequila
3/4 oz. fresh lime juice
1/2 oz. fresh grapefruit juice
1/2 oz. Cointreau
1/4 Fee Brothers falernum
dash of creme de cassis
Combine all the ingredients in an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake until frost develops on the outside of the shaker. Strain into a salt-rimmed cocktail glass. Await blue ribbon.
As we celebrate the final announcement of Best in Show, a word about Fee Brothers is in order. A Rochester, New York company, Fee Brothers has a history that would rival the American Kennel Club in breadth and depth. Their bitters selection, especially orange, is an absolute necessity when attempting to slog one's way through all the lovely cocktail books on the market now. The falernum named in the above recipe is a cocktail mixer with Caribbean flavors of lime, ginger, and almond.
As the judge is about to place an overly large ribbon on someone's best friend...Forget the mixed drinks! Open up that bottle of Oban Scotch. Hickory, the beautiful Deerhound, has just won. Take that, all you lapdogs. Sighthounds rule!
Photos: AP
Article comments
1 - Elizabeth Dodwell
Wow! That's quite a pedigreed Salty Dog. I'm a big fan of bitters to add panache to otherwise mundane libations. I'll definitely give this a try.
2 - Kate
And last night, I had a Bulldog - so easy. Gin on the rocks with two measures of OJ and a splash of ginger ale. Couldn't be easier or lazier - just like the bulldog itself.