Hey, You Got Gin in My Grapefruit. You Got Grapefruit in My Gin.

I've been drinking Greyhounds (or, when I'm feeling frisky, Salty Dogs) for years, since an ex-boyfriend introduced them to me on the shore of Lake Michigan ... but I digress.

This is the anti-BCD (Beige Colored Drink). It's 180-degrees from those sweet, gloppy cocktails that should be served in a pudding cup. It's tart. It's aggressive. It's just delicious. It makes me hum "Gin & Juice" whenever I make one.

The Greyhound is not for everyone. You have to like sour. If the taste of grapefruit makes you queasy, this is not a good drink. If, however, you enjoy a taste that's a bit more biting, it's a fine cocktail.

Here's What You Need to Make a Greyhound:

• Ice
  
• 2 oz vodka
• 4 oz grapefruit juice
• lemon or lime wedge for garnish
• Tall glass

Note: To make a Salty Dog, just salt the rim as you would a Margarita.

Here's How Anne Made the Greyhound:
Toss the lemon or lime wedge. Mix everything else in a glass and sit back.


Manly or Girly? Manly. It might have juice as a base, but it's a manly juice
Appearance: Depends on your grapefruit juice. Most folks will get the pale yellow color, but if you can get some Ruby Red juice, it looks almost watermelony
Consistency: Not creamy. Yea for me
Taste: Grapefruity and ginny. Two great tastes that go great together
Stomach acceptance: Pleasantly, but watch the acidity
Good drink for: Sitting on the shore of Lake Michigan (why is it that I want to sit by a large body of water with so many of the drinks that I like?)
Hangover factor: Oh, I truly hope not
Would I actually order this in public? I have before and I will again

Tomorrow's Assignment: Harvey Wallbanger

Homework:

1 oz vodka

3 oz orange juice

1/2 oz hazelnut liqueur (Galliano)

1 slice orange