As professional chef and caterer on Maui, I do my best to keep up with wedding trends. I like finding new cocktails made with Acai and I know many of our Maui catering clients enjoy Acai cocktails. Though we don’t supply alcohol, we do supply licensed bartenders for bar services at Maui catered weddings. So, when I saw the fun cocktail names with cocktails made from Acai, I couldn’t resist sharing these Acai Signature Cocktails from Carter Reum’s “5 Signature Wedding Cocktails That RIff on Your Guest Personalities” in ‘The Huffington Post’:
The Drunken Bridesmaid:
This refreshing cocktail goes down easily, is light on calories and even after a few, won’t make the bridesmaid feel too heavy-headed so she can still focus on her responsibility to the bride and not the single groomsmen (although it never seems to work out that way).
1.25 ounces VeeV Açaí spirit
Fill with pink lemonade
Splash of cranberry juice
Squeeze of fresh lemon
Lemon wheel, for garnish
*Build in an ice-filled rocks glass and garnish with a lemon wheel.
The Best Man Wing-Man:
VeeV mixes beautifully with rum and this cocktail is festive yet decidedly masculine; perfect for the manly-men without letting them get to the stage where shirts come up and ties go around their heads.
1 ½ ounces VeeV Açaí Spirit
¾ ounce dark rum
½ ounce simple syrup
1 ounce unsweetened coconut milk
Grated nutmeg, for garnish
Shake all ingredients well with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with the grated nutmeg.
The Overprotective Dad:
This crisp, herbal cocktail will help dad keep a clear head so he doesn’t end up having to apologize for something he did at the brunch the next day.
2 ounces VeeV Açaí Spirit
1 ounce fresh lime juice
1 ounce simple syrup
5 sage leaves
Shake all ingredients well with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with floating sage leaf.
The Monster In-Law:
This crisp, herbal cocktail will help dad keep a clear head so he doesn’t end up having to apologize for something he did at the brunch the next day.
2 ounces VeeV Açaí Spirit
1 ounce fresh lime juice
1 ounce simple syrup
5 sage leaves
Shake all ingredients well with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with floating sage leaf.
The Perfect Guest:
This is the ideal cocktail for a guest who knows how to pace themselves throughout the night, without drinking too much or feeling lethargic (all that food and cake!) when the evening draws to an end…don’t worry they’ll still make some good wedding memories.
2 ounces VeeV Açaí Spirit
1-2 sprigs of mint
6 cucumber slices (thin)
1 ounce fresh lime juice
¾ ounce simple syrup
Shake all ingredients well with ice and strain into an ice-filled rocks glass. Garnish with a cucumber slice and sprig of mint. (Can also be served double strained in a chilled cocktail glass)
