Saline Solution: cocktail recipes & uses

At a glance

Start with Embittered Garibaldi

Embittered Garibaldi takes about 4 minutes and lists 2 dash of saline solution.

A balanced stirred cocktail combining amaro, saline solution.

The strongest signals in Kokto’s five-axis profile are strength (5/5) and sweetness (2/5).

Make Embittered Garibaldi

Recipes to explore133

Required in102

Optional in31

Methods represented4

Measurements and preparation

How much saline solution should you use?

Start with your chosen recipe’s amount. These examples show how the quantity and preparation change between drinks.

2 dash

Embittered Garibaldi

For 1 serving · Stirred · 4 minutes

Full recipe and measures

2.5 ml

Strawberry Apero Spritz

For 1 serving · Built · 4 minutes

Full recipe and measures

3 dash

Bonnie Prince Charlie

For 1 serving · Shaken · 5 minutes

Full recipe and measures

Find your next drink

133 cocktails using Saline Solution

Choose a drink by amount, method and preparation time. Open a card for all ingredients, measurements, steps and its tasting profile.

1 dash · Shaken

Aged Grappa Espresso Martini

6 min · View recipe →

Alfa-Romeo cocktail on a dark studio background

1 dash · optional · Stirred

Ann Sheridan

6 min · View recipe →

Antonella Basil Smash cocktail on a dark studio background

1 dash · optional · Muddled

Apricot Cocktail

5 min · View recipe →

Autumn Negroni cocktail on a dark studio background

0.33 dash · Stirred

Banana Toronto

5 min · View recipe →

Bananarama cocktail on a dark studio background

0.17 dash · Muddled

Champs-Élysées

5 min · View recipe →

Cherry Blossom cocktail on a dark studio background

2 dash · optional · Shaken

Claridge Cocktail

5 min · View recipe →

1 dash · optional · Shaken

Club Cocktail (Difford's recipe)

6 min · View recipe →

1 dash · Stirred

Cocoa Tea

8 min · View recipe →

Coconut Sands Negroni cocktail on a dark studio background

3 dash · optional · Stirred

Diana's Bitter

5 min · View recipe →

1 dash · optional · Shaken

Doctor

5 min · View recipe →

1 dash · optional · Shaken

Doctor No. 2

5 min · View recipe →

Doctor No. 4 cocktail on a dark studio background

1 dash · optional · Shaken

Espresso Breakfast Martini

7 min · View recipe →

1 pinch · optional · Shaken

Excuse My French

8 min · View recipe →

Fab Fortified Four cocktail on a dark studio background

0.25 ml · optional · Stirred

Formidable You

7 min · View recipe →

Founding Father cocktail on a dark studio background

0.17 dash · Stirred

French Impressions

8 min · View recipe →

1 pinch · optional · Shaken

Frisco Sour

6 min · View recipe →

Gaberdine cocktail on a dark studio background

1 dash · optional · Stirred

Garden State Julep

5 min · View recipe →

1 dash · optional · Shaken

Gin Daisy (modern & tall)

8 min · View recipe →

Gin Stone Sour cocktail on a dark studio background

3 dash · optional · Shaken

Golden Eight

5 min · View recipe →

Grappa Espresso Martini cocktail on a dark studio background

1 dash · optional · Shaken

Greek Sheroni

5 min · View recipe →

Halloween Sour cocktail on a dark studio background

1 dash · optional · Shaken

Limited Liability

5 min · View recipe →

Littlest Rebel cocktail on a dark studio background

1 dash · optional · Shaken

Manzoni

5 min · View recipe →

Maple Margarita cocktail on a dark studio background

1 dash · optional · Shaken

Obituario

5 min · View recipe →

Original Tequila Sunrise cocktail on a dark studio background

2 dash · optional · Built

Pinto (by J. E. Clapham)

5 min · View recipe →

Plane Ryder cocktail on a dark studio background

1 dash · optional · Shaken

Professional

5 min · View recipe →

Purgatory cocktail on a dark studio background

1 dash · optional · Stirred

Roman Holiday

6 min · View recipe →

Royal Jubilee cocktail on a dark studio background

1 dash · optional · Shaken

Savoia Plane

6 min · View recipe →

2 dash · optional · Stirred

Sherry Wood

6 min · View recipe →

1 dash · optional · Shaken

Sidecar Royale

7 min · View recipe →

Silent Third cocktail on a dark studio background

2 dash · optional · Shaken

The Gentleman

5 min · View recipe →

The Saint cocktail on a dark studio background

1 dash · optional · Shaken

Theobroma

5 min · View recipe →

Three Storms Flip cocktail on a dark studio background

1 dash · optional · Shaken

Tour Le Carbet

5 min · View recipe →

Twentieth Century cocktail on a dark studio background

3 dash · optional · Shaken

When The Smoke Cleared

5 min · View recipe →

Widow's Word cocktail on a dark studio background

2 dash · optional · Shaken

Winter Solace

6 min · View recipe →

1 dash · optional · Shaken

Without Borders

6 min · View recipe →

Wogan cocktail on a dark studio background

2 dash · optional · Shaken

X.Y.Z.

5 min · View recipe →

Build your ingredient list

What to mix with saline solution

These ingredients appear together in the recipes above. Follow the full recipe for quantities and balance.

Lemon Juice

Used with saline solution in 48 of the linked recipes.

Explore Lemon Juice

Lime Juice

Used with saline solution in 39 of the linked recipes.

Explore Lime Juice

Rich Simple Syrup

Used with saline solution in 27 of the linked recipes.

Explore Rich Simple Syrup

Lemon

Used with saline solution in 20 of the linked recipes.

Explore Lemon

London dry gin

Used with saline solution in 19 of the linked recipes.

Explore London dry gin

Orange

Used with saline solution in 16 of the linked recipes.

Explore Orange

Quick answers

Saline Solution cocktail questions

Which cocktails use saline solution?

Embittered Garibaldi, Strawberry Apero Spritz, and Bolero use saline solution. Embittered Garibaldi lists 2 dash for 1 serving. Compare the 133 recipes below for the remaining ingredients and preparation steps.

How much saline solution do I need for a cocktail?

Embittered Garibaldi lists 2 dash for 1 serving; Strawberry Apero Spritz lists 2.5 ml for 1 serving; Bonnie Prince Charlie lists 3 dash for 1 serving. Use the amount in your chosen recipe: these examples are different drink specifications, not interchangeable ratios.

What else do I need to make Embittered Garibaldi?

Alongside saline solution, the required ingredients for Embittered Garibaldi are 90 ml amaro. Its stirred preparation takes about 4 minutes. Open the recipe for optional garnishes and the complete method.

Is saline solution required or optional?

Saline Solution is required in 102 of the 133 linked recipes and optional in 31. Optional entries are labeled on the recipe cards; check the preparation note to see their role in that drink.

Evidence

Sources & editorial note

Recipe amounts, preparation notes and ingredient combinations come from Kokto’s dated 2638-recipe catalog. Counts cover this published set. Recipes are listed alphabetically; the quick starting point uses preparation time, then required-ingredient count. Taste scores are Kokto’s recipe profiles, not customer ratings. Ingredient combinations describe the linked recipes rather than substitution advice.

Embittered Garibaldi: quantities, method and source notesCocktail App English editorial catalog B026
Strawberry Apero Spritz: quantities, method and source notesCocktail App English editorial catalog B104
Bonnie Prince Charlie: quantities, method and source notesCocktail App English editorial catalog B007
Kokto governed 2638-recipe catalogIngredient identity, required/optional status, amount and method

Start with Embittered Garibaldi

How much saline solution should you use?

Embittered Garibaldi

Strawberry Apero Spritz

Bonnie Prince Charlie

133 cocktails using Saline Solution

Aged Grappa Espresso Martini

Alfa-Romeo

Amaretto Stone Sour

Ann Sheridan

Antonella Basil Smash

Apple Blossom

Apples 'n' Pears

Apricot Cocktail

Autumn Negroni

Baby Turtle

Ballin’ is a Habit

Banana Toronto

Bananarama

Banderilla

Barbara West

Basil & Honey Daiquiri

Bebbo Cocktail

Benton's Old Fashioned

Bertram's Cap

Bolero

Bonnie Prince Charlie

Boston

Buckhorn Exchange

Butter Sweet Symphony

Cachaça Sour

California Poppies

Calvados Espresso

Camarón

Cameron's Kick

Champs-Élysées

Cherry Blossom

Claridge Cocktail

Club Cocktail (Difford's recipe)

Cocoa Tea

Coconut Sands Negroni

Coming Up Daisies

Cradle to The Grave

Daddy's Daiquiri

Diana's Bitter

Doctor

Doctor No. 2

Doctor No. 4

Dry Martini No. 3

El Avioncito

Embassy

Embittered Garibaldi

Espresso Breakfast Martini

Excuse My French

Fab Fortified Four

Floripa

Flyby

Fogerty No. 2

Forgive & Forget

Formidable You

Founding Father

French Impressions

Frisco Sour

Gaberdine

Garden State Julep

Gin Daisy (modern & tall)

Gin Stone Sour

Golden Eight

Grappa Espresso Martini

Greek Sheroni

Halloween Sour

Hawkeye Martini

Honolulu Cocktail No. 1

Houla Houla Cocktail

Income Tax Cocktail

Inverted Dirty Martini

Jack Dempsey

Jalisco Hive

Journalist

Juliet & Romeo