Salty Dog
Highballs & Fizzes · Vodka
- Strength
- 9.9%
- Std. drinks
- 1.01
- Calories
- 148
- Sugar
- 11.4 g
- 1½ ozVodka45 ml
- 4 ozUnsweetened grapefruit juice120 ml
- A pinchSalt
The ratio · 1 : 2¾
Highlighted: not in the Sea Breeze.
Head to head
Salty Dog and Sea Breeze side by side: what changes in the recipe, the balance, the strength and the calories.
The difference
Vodka and grapefruit juice in both. The Salty Dog adds salt and is mostly grapefruit; the Sea Breeze makes cranberry the main mixer, with grapefruit as an accent, and is sweeter.
By the numbers
The Salty Dog uses salt where the Sea Breeze uses cranberry juice; both have vodka and grapefruit juice. In parts, a Salty Dog is 1 vodka and 2¾ grapefruit; a Sea Breeze is 1 vodka, 3 cranberry and ¾ grapefruit. By volume, the Salty Dog is 73% citrus and 27% spirit; the Sea Breeze is 63% mixer and juice, 21% spirit and 16% citrus.
The Salty Dog is the stronger drink in the glass (9.9% ABV against 7.7%) and holds more alcohol (1.01 standard drinks against 0.90). The Sea Breeze has more calories (about 170 against 148) and more sugar (18.1 g against 11.4 g). Both are built and served in a highball.
Highballs & Fizzes · Vodka
The ratio · 1 : 2¾
Highlighted: not in the Sea Breeze.
Highballs & Fizzes · Vodka
The ratio · 1 : 3 : ¾
Highlighted: not in the Salty Dog.
Each drink sits nearer the corners it has more of: spirit, vermouth and bitter, citrus, mixer, syrup or liqueur. The gray dots are the other classics. Explore the full ratio map.
Salty Dog vs.
Sea Breeze vs.