There are six cocktails, served in a can and accompanied by a court or not, whether we were talking about “Verso”, an Algarve brand that was born in the first confinement and is already thinking about high flights, inside and outside Portugal.
The idea of "Verse" has two names: Wilson Pires and Tiago Oliveira.
"During the first confinement, the need not to stand still made us think about how we could use one of the worst periods in human history to do something innovative," says Wilson, to Sul Informação.
Thus were born six cocktails.
Four have alcohol: “Poncha da Madeira with Passion Fruit, Tangerine, Fennel, Mead and Sugarcane Spirit” (5,1%), “Mediterranean Sangria with Rocha Pear, Basil and Ginger” (4,8%), “Raspberry Spritz and Erva Príncipe” (4,4%) and “Port Tonic with Juniper, Pepino and Mint” (6,8%).
There are also two without any alcohol content: “Tepache with Mango and Hops” and “Grapefruit and Marjoram Soda”.
All drinks, guarantees Wilson Pires, are «handcrafted».
"We are bartenders and the philosophy is just to use what nature gives us and not what industry produces. The processes are many and complex, but I wanted to highlight the amount of fermentation processes that exist», he says.
In addition to being able to find – and order – cocktails in the brand social networks, it is also possible to drink a “Verso” at the Associação Recreativa e Cultural de Músicos, in Faro, or at the Pippers bar, also in the Algarve capital.
One of the peculiarities is the fact that all drinks are accompanied by a small court that can be enjoyed when ordering the drink. In Porto Tonic, it reads:
Freshness with thousand perfumes
Smiling Spring Aromas
Bold and captivating in character
This son of the Brave Nation
Until now, the experience of creating these new drinks «has been fantastic», considers Wilson Pires.
“On the one hand, we are creating something wonderful for our community, working with the small producers around us and supplying us with products like honey or raspberries,” he says.
On the other hand, «we are democratizing the cocktail, making it accessible to everyone and ready to be consumed wherever, whenever and with whomever you want», he adds.
The founders are already thinking about what follows. The future of the brand «promises to be beautiful…but with many headaches».
“We hope to be able to become a flag inside and outside the country. We will stick to our sustainability principles: peel more and unwrap less. We want to grow and for more people and small businesses to grow with us, making that future prettier, happier and tastier,” says Wilson.
Even because…«life tastes much better in verse».
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