THE BOCCE BALL
1 ½ ounce vodka½ ounce amaretto
Orange juice
Splash of soda water
Orange slice for garnish
The BOCCE BALL contains orange juice, so I consider it a
morning cocktail. Good thing the Bocce Tournament started at 11 am and the
drinking started at 10. The ingredients for a single BOCCE BALL cocktail are listed
above. Simply put them all into a tall glass half-filled with ice and stir. To
make the 3 gallon jug version, use one 1 liter bottle of amaretto, one and a
half of two 1.75 liter bottles of vodka, about half of a large 128 ounces jug
of orange juice and one 1 liter bottle of club soda. Stir well and add ice. Garnish
with orange slices.
Mere seconds after I finished putting the jug together, a
line for the BOCCE BALL cocktail was forming. Everyone who tried it liked it,
and this was early in the day, before everyone’s taste buds had become
comfortably numb. The BOCCE BALL was like a screwdriver on steroids, much like
the Bocce Tournament is a game of bocce on steroids. The usual orange juice and
vodka combo gets the added benefit of coffee flavor from the amaretto, and the soda
water ensures that the cocktail is not too strong or acidy. These ingredients
are also easy to remember when you have a taste for something different and
interesting.
Me and my teammate Carolyn, seen in the picture, had a blast
in our Cocktail Connie t-shirts, which declared that it was day 218. We told
all of our opponents about the blog, and some of them had great cocktail
suggestions. But the tasty BOCCE BALL cocktail spoke for itself. Though team
Cocktail Connie had a disappointing 2-6 losing record, at least it was a hit. And,
yes Carolyn, we’ll get them next year!
Cocktail Connie
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