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Salty Balls


How To Make Salty Balls


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If you're looking for the best Salty Balls recipe, you can find it right here along with just about any other Mixed Drink Recipe from Crystal Mixer.From what's in a Salty Balls to its recommended drinkware, and exactly how to mix & how to make the Salty Balls drink, whether you're a bartender, mixologist, or just having DIY fun at your home, CrystalMixer has just about every drink and variation you need. This recipe version is made with these ingredients: vodka, orange juice, grapefruit juice, Midori® melon liqueur, salt. Some of the best well-known cocktails from the classics to the latest to not miss are the Cosmopolitan Cocktail, Daiquiri Cocktail, Espresso Martini, Gimlet, Manhattan Cocktail, Mojito, Moscow Mule, Negroni Cocktail, Old Fashioned, Whiskey Sour, and the Aperol Spritz.

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Salty Balls Recipe

Salty Balls Ingredients


1 1/2 oz vodka
2 oz orange juice
fill with grapefruit juice
1 oz Midori® melon liqueur
1 pinch salt
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Serves / Yield: 1 serving
Ready in: 4 min
Nutrition: approximately 307 Calories
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Glass to use for the Salty Balls Recipe


It's recommended drinkware to use is the Collins Glass for the Salty Balls Recipe for best presentation.

Collins Glass
Collins Glass

Salty Balls Drink Recipe Instructions


Salty Balls Recipe Preparation & Instructions:

Salt the rim of a Collins glass. Fill with ice, pour vodka along with the OJ. Fill the rest of the glass with grapefruit juice, and float midori melon liqueur on top.

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Salty Balls Recipe Variations


Please note that there are many ways and variations to make Salty Balls. The Salty Balls recipe above is the most common way to make this drink, you can always improvise with your own twist and enjoy. You can even substitute the Vodka with different brands such as Grey Goose, Belvedere, Ciroc, Titos, Absolut, Ketel One, Smirnoff, Stolichnaya (Stoli), Skyy etc. You can also find many other variations of this drink on our website, just use our search to see more.

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