Beer tourism in the Canary Islands
The Canary Islands are much more than sun and beaches. These islands are also a fantastic place to broaden your beer culture. In fact, the craft beer movement began earlier in the Canary Islands than on the Iberian Peninsula, due to the influence of tourism and Europeans who decide to settle on the islands. This influx from countries with a rich beer tradition encouraged the emergence of the first craft breweries.
Despite the difficulties of sourcing supplies on the islands, quite a few people are keen to brew their own beer. Compared with other parts of Spain, there is a good ratio of brick‑and‑mortar breweries to contract/gypsy brewers. Below you’ll find some of the facilities you can visit.
- Galotia Brewing: craft brewery with taproom in Vecindario (Las Palmas)
- Jaira: craft brewery located in Agüimes (Las Palmas).
- Tacoa: craft brewery with its own brewpub located in El Sauzal (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)
- Agüita: craft brewery based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Cervezas Nao: craft brewery with its own bar (El Camarote) in Arrecife (Las Palmas)
- Cervecería isla Verde: craft brewery with its own bar‑restaurant in Tijarafe (La Palma)
- Cerveza Viva: craft brewery located in Agüimes (Las Palmas)
- Tierra de Perros: craft brewery located in Los Realejos (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)
- Jeito Cerveza Artesanal: microbrewery based in Los Realejos (Santa Cruz de Tenerife).
- Blue Monkey Beer: craft brewery in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Cervezas La Armada: craft brewery located in San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)
- Cerveza Chutney: craft brewery located in San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)
- Malpeis: craft brewery in Tinajo (Las Palmas)
As a curiosity, Tacoa was one of the first (if not the first) craft breweries in Spain when it started up in 2001. It is therefore particularly interesting to visit their facilities.
You’ll have noticed that quite a few of them have their own bar, restaurant or taproom next to the brewery. As we were saying, the beer offering in the Canary Islands is closely tied to tourism and hospitality. This does not prevent their craft beer from being of the highest quality. In many cases we’re seeing unique brews thanks to the use of local ingredients such as regional flowers or the molasses of certain plants. And you? Are you up for discovering all the good things Canary Island brewers have to offer?
