BRAND DOIS CORVOS CERVEJEIRA®

BRAND DOIS CORVOS CERVEJEIRA®

The Portuguese brand DOIS CORVOS CERVEJEIRA® is a new brewery in Lisbon, Portugal, located in the historic neighborhood of Marvila, with a tap room open to the public. Two crows (Dois Corvos) are a symbol of Lisbon, and the brand DOIS CORVOS CERVEJEIRA® is a tribute to the city where the beer is made. The image of a ship with two crows is embedded in countless sidewalks throughout the city, on lampposts, police badges, taxis, and on the Lisbon coat of arms. The image represents a ship carrying the body of St. Vincent, the patron saint of Lisbon, being protected by two crows. After St. Vincent died in the fourth century, his body was put in a shrine in the Algarve and, according to legend, was continuously protected by two crows. In 1173, King Afonso Henriques, the first king of Portugal, had St. Vincent’s body exhumed and brought to Lisbon by ship and two crows protected the saint’s remains during the journey. Susana Cascais and Scott Steffens, the founders of the brand DOIS CORVOS CERVEJEIRA® lived in Seattle, on the West Coast of the United States for over 10 years before returning to Lisbon. Susana, originally from Portugal, worked in the marketing and advertising side of a craft brewery in the US. Scott brewed his first batch of beer in 1994 and has been dedicated to craft beer ever since.