The RateBeer Guide To The

Best Beer in California, USA

The following are the regional highlights -- best beers available here, best beers brewed here, events and local RateBeerian info -- for California, USA. This site is interactive, so we encourage you to take part in the rating, addition and correction of the site.

TOP BEER AVAILABLE IN CALIFORNIA, USA

These are the best beers you can find in this region's stores and restaurants based on the availability information provided by RateBeerians in this area. A beer has to have 5 or more ratings to be listed here.

		Brewer	Count	Score
1	Goose Island Bourbon County Stout	Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev)	2937	100
2	Russian River Pliny the Elder	Russian River Brewing Company	2777	100
3	Russian River Pliny the Younger	Russian River Brewing Company	750	100
4	Founders Barrel Aged CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout)	Founders Brewing Company (Mahou San Miguel)	1467	100
5	Superstition Straw Berry White	Superstition Meadery	94	100
6	Alchemist Heady Topper	The Alchemist	1616	100
7	Russian River Supplication	Russian River Brewing Company	1523	100
8	Lost Abbey The Angels Share - Bourbon Barrel	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	1010	100
9	Superstition Aphrodisia Pyment - Cabernet	Superstition Meadery	28	100
10	Bottle Logic Fundamental Observation	Bottle Logic Brewing	235	100
11	Epic Big Bad Baptista	Epic Brewing Company (UT/CO)	248	100
12	Anchorage Endless Ending	Anchorage Brewing Company	43	100
13	St. Bernardus Abt 12	St. Bernardus Brouwerij	4495	100
14	Toppling Goliath King Sue	Toppling Goliath Brewing Company	439	100
15	Fremont B-Bomb - Coffee Cinnamon	Fremont Brewing Company	204	100
16	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Double Barrel	AleSmith Brewing Company	58	100
17	Epic Big Bad Baptist - Triple Barrel	Epic Brewing Company (UT/CO)	135	100
18	Prairie Bourbon Paradise	Prairie Artisan Ales	113	100
19	Russian River Temptation	Russian River Brewing Company	1183	100
20	Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast	Mikkeller	2571	100
21	Midnight Sun Berserker	Midnight Sun Brewing Company	551	100
22	Firestone Walker Sucaba	Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel-Moortgat)	981	100
23	Midnight Sun 2007 Deadly Sins: Sloth	Midnight Sun Brewing Company	152	100
24	Kern River Citra Double IPA	Kern River Brewing	220	100
25	Lost Abbey Deliverance	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	812	100

TOP BEER FROM CALIFORNIA, USA

		Brewer	Count	Score
1	Modern Times Monster Tones	Modern Times Beer	47	100
2	Russian River Pliny the Elder	Russian River Brewing Company	2777	100
3	Russian River Pliny the Younger	Russian River Brewing Company	750	100
4	AleSmith Speedway Stout	AleSmith Brewing Company	3105	100
5	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged	AleSmith Brewing Company	907	100
6	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	199	100
7	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Brewer's Blend: Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	45	100
8	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Hawaiian	AleSmith Brewing Company	448	100
9	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	587	100
10	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Rye Barrel Aged: Vietnamese	AleSmith Brewing Company	89	100
11	Firestone Walker Parabola	Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel-Moortgat)	1233	100
12	Bottle Logic Fundamental Observation	Bottle Logic Brewing	235	100
13	Bottle Logic Number Crunch	Bottle Logic Brewing	42	100
14	Lost Abbey Cable Car	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	451	100
15	Lost Abbey The Angels Share - Bourbon Barrel	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	1010	100
16	Hangar 24 Barrel Roll: Pugachev Royale	Hangar 24 Craft Brewing	59	100
17	Russian River Consecration	Russian River Brewing Company	1318	100
18	Russian River Supplication	Russian River Brewing Company	1523	100
19	Stone Imperial Russian Stout	Stone Brewing	3155	100
20	Stone Imperial Russian Stout - Bourbon Barrel	Stone Brewing	498	100
21	Russian River Beatification (Batch 002 +)	Russian River Brewing Company	703	100
22	Taps Remy's Pappy	Taps Brewery & Barrel Room	74	100
23	North Coast Old Rasputin (Bourbon Barrel)	North Coast Brewing Company	1182	100
24	Lost Abbey Box Set: Track #10 (Bat out of Hell)	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	449	100
25	Lost Abbey Duck Duck Gooze	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	532	100