Cocktails with Saline solution
Saline solution is salt dissolved in water and dosed by the drop, a way of salting a drink without a rim or a crunch.
Substitutes for Saline solution
Salt is the ingredient; the form only decides whether you can dose it. A solution exists because grains dissolve unevenly in a cold drink and a few too many cannot be taken back. In a shaken drink that matters less, since the shaking does the dissolving.
Often confused with
Flaky or rimming salt
Dry, uneven and slow to dissolve, it seasons the lip of the glass instead of the liquid; that is a different effect altogether.
Celery salt and other seasoned salts
These carry flavor along with the salinity. Saline is meant to adjust a drink without announcing itself, and a seasoned salt announces itself.
Storage
Salt water does not spoil. Keep it capped so it does not concentrate by evaporation, which would quietly make every dose stronger than the last.
