PARTNERSHIPS
We are a company founded and established in Castro Marim, however, since most of our raw materials are not produced in the Algarve (unfortunately), we were eager to incorporate products of local origin in order to create beers with a more robust regional character, to create a beer that is essentially Algarvean, authentically Portuguese. That is when the idea of forming partnerships with other local producers came about, attesting to the origin and quality of the chosen products and creating a network for sharing flavors and knowledge. In a globally structured economy, it is often difficult for small producers to have any reach and in this way, by creating partnerships and cooperatives, we are able to not only enhance the survival of small local producers but also to boost the promotion of products and ideas that could end up being restricted to a purely tourist market.
We began this new adventure of discovery right on our doorstep and carefully selected 4 typical crops from our beloved Algarve Sotavento - carob, orange, fig and almond - and created 4 distinct beers, 4 new personalities with the Algarve aroma and Portuguese soul: Lager Delight, Algarvian Sunrise, Mystic Brew and Old Horsie. These new partnerships were made possible by the collaboration of Mercearia Bio Meio-Limão, which supplies organic carob harvested from the fields around us; Chef Jossara Martins, using her culinary expertise to select and prepare Algarve orange peels with incredible flavor and aroma; Quinta da Fornalha, whose organic figs have already gained international renown due to their exceptional quality; and Mestre Taberneiro Carlos do Carmo from Velho Cavalinho Taberna Medieval, a great collaborator of Senescal and our first reseller, who supplies us with the legendary almonds from the Guadiana valley.
Starting a new phase, we decided to look to the horizon and expand the spectrum of our flavors beyond the Portuguese borders. This time, we developed a recipe in partnership with Vinha dos Flamingos (Castro Marim) and combined the black Algarve grape with pink pepper (aroeira) originally from Brazil, creating Fado Tropical beer.
