Greyhound
Grapefruit, simple and thirst-quenching.
Vodka and grapefruit juice over ice: two ingredients, no tricks. The tart, gently bitter grapefruit makes it a crisp, dry long drink, ideal on hot days.
- Long drink
- Built
- Glass
- Highball glass
- Method
- Built
- Strength
- Light
- Time
- 2 min
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Ice
- Cubes
Ingredients
Measures for 1 serving
-
Vodka
45 ml
-
Grapefruit juice
top up
Garnish
- Grapefruit wedge (optional)
Proportions
How to make
- Fill a highball glass with ice.
- Pour the vodka.
- Top up with grapefruit juice.
- Stir briefly.
- Garnish with a grapefruit wedge.
The story
Origins
DocumentedOrigin attested by written sources of the time.
The Greyhound has no known inventor. Harry Craddock's Savoy Cocktail Book (1930) already includes a gin and grapefruit drink, a sign the pairing was well established. The name Greyhound appears in print in 1945, when Harper's Magazine described a mix of gin, sugar and grapefruit juice served at Post House restaurants, the chain run by the Greyhound bus company in its terminals: most likely the source of the name. After the war vodka replaced gin, and 1970s bar guides describe the Greyhound as a Salty Dog without the salted rim.
Sources (4)
Taste profile
- Citrus
- 4 out of 5
- Fresh
- 3 out of 5
- Bitter
- 2 out of 5
- Sour
- 2 out of 5
