Salty Dog

6-8 cubes (cracked) Ice

2 measures vodka

to top up, grapefruit juice

1 tsp salt

1 tbs sugar

Mix sugar and salt in saucer. Rub rim of chilled Collins glass with lime wedge and dip in mixture to frost. Fill glass with cracked ice and pour vodka over them. Top with grapefruit juice and stir to mix.

Variations: Bride's Mother, A.J., Midnight Sun, Blinker, Woodward.