There are places that seem to exist outside of time. Places where the landscape is so powerful that it takes centre stage. Almería is one such place.
There is no other place like this on the continent. The Tabernas Desert, with its eroded badlands, its ravines and its endless sunsets, is Europe’s only desert. A landscape that seems more at home in the American Wild West than in southern Spain. And that is precisely why Hollywood chose it.
Dozens of films have been shot in these landscapes. Westerns, epics, adventures. Directors such as Sergio Leone, and actors such as Clint Eastwood and Charles Bronson, filmed some of the most iconic scenes in the history of cinema here. But it’s not just Westerns. Films such as *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade* and *Mad Max: Fury Road* have also been filmed here. The Almeria desert has been the setting for all kinds of stories.
When we chose the name for our beer, it was no coincidence. Far West is a tribute to those film shoots, those stories, and that unique landscape we’re lucky enough to call home. Every bottle of Far West carries a little piece of that desert on its label. A reminder that the land we live on is special. Unique. One of a kind.
And what does the desert have to do with beer? Everything. The character of a land is reflected in everything it produces. The scorching light, the extreme landscape, the harsh terrain… all of that is in our beer. Far West isn’t a mild, bland beer. It’s a beer with personality. With character. With the flavour of a land that never gives up.
When you drink Far West, you go on a journey. You travel to the Tabernas Desert. You travel to the film sets of the great Westerns. You travel through the history of Almería. But above all, you travel to the present. To a present in which a group of people continue to brew craft beer with the same ingredients, the same care and the same passion as on the very first day.
Almería is much more than just beaches and sunshine. It’s the desert, it’s cinema, it’s history. And now, it’s also craft beer. Next time you’re in Almería, don’t leave without trying Far West. And if you can’t make it here, you can always order it online. Because the desert also comes in a bottle.
