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	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged	AleSmith Brewing Company	876	100
2	Superstition Straw Berry White	Superstition Meadery	70	100
3	Founders Barrel Aged CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout)	Founders Brewing Company	1142	100
4	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged: Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	188	100
5	Superstition Berry White	Superstition Meadery	80	100
6	Bell's Expedition Stout	Bell's Brewery	3106	100
7	Russian River Pliny the Elder	Russian River Brewing	2704	100
8	Russian River Pliny the Younger	Russian River Brewing	729	100
9	Superstition Blue Berry White	Superstition Meadery	88	100
10	Goose Island Bourbon County Stout	Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev)	2818	100
11	AleSmith Speedway Stout	AleSmith Brewing Company	2988	100
12	Stone Imperial Russian Stout - Bourbon Barrel	Stone Brewing	469	100
13	Firestone Walker 20 (XX Twentieth Anniversary Ale)	Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel-Moortgat)	103	100
14	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Rye Barrel Aged: Vietnamese	AleSmith Brewing Company	65	100
15	Hangar 24 Barrel Roll: Pugachev Royale	Hangar 24 Craft Brewing	51	100
16	Epic Big Bad Baptist - Triple Barrel	Epic Brewing Company (UT/CO)	106	100
17	Fremont B-Bomb - Coconut	Fremont Brewing Company	38	100
18	Russian River Supplication	Russian River Brewing	1493	100
19	3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze (Cuvée Armand & Gaston)	Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen	405	100
20	Superstition Black Berry White	Superstition Meadery	58	100
21	Bottle Logic Fundamental Observation	Bottle Logic Brewing	142	100
22	Bottle Logic / 3 Sons Fundamental Summation	Bottle Logic Brewing	34	100
23	Firestone Walker Parabola	Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel-Moortgat)	1151	100
24	Stone Imperial Russian Stout	Stone Brewing	3135	100
25	Bell's Bourbon Barrel-Aged Expedition Stout	Bell's Brewery	99	100

TOP BEER FROM CALIFORNIA, USA

		Brewer	Count	Score
1	Russian River Pliny the Elder	Russian River Brewing	2704	100
2	Russian River Pliny the Younger	Russian River Brewing	729	100
3	AleSmith Speedway Stout	AleSmith Brewing Company	2988	100
4	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged	AleSmith Brewing Company	876	100
5	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged: Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	188	100
6	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Brewer's Blend: Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	45	100
7	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	539	100
8	Firestone Walker 20 (XX Twentieth Anniversary Ale)	Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel-Moortgat)	103	100
9	Firestone Walker Parabola	Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel-Moortgat)	1151	100
10	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Rye Barrel Aged: Vietnamese	AleSmith Brewing Company	65	100
11	Bottle Logic / 3 Sons Fundamental Summation	Bottle Logic Brewing	34	100
12	Bottle Logic Fundamental Observation	Bottle Logic Brewing	142	100
13	Lost Abbey Cable Car	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	439	100
14	Modern Times Monster Tones	Modern Times Beer	30	100
15	Russian River Supplication	Russian River Brewing	1493	100
16	Stone Imperial Russian Stout	Stone Brewing	3135	100
17	Stone Imperial Russian Stout - Bourbon Barrel	Stone Brewing	469	100
18	Hangar 24 Barrel Roll: Pugachev Royale	Hangar 24 Craft Brewing	51	100
19	Abnormal / 3 Sons M3	Abnormal Beer Company	49	100
20	Taps Remy's Pappy	Taps Fish House and Brewery	73	100
21	Russian River Beatification (Batch 002 +)	Russian River Brewing	685	100
22	Russian River Consecration	Russian River Brewing	1297	100
23	North Coast Old Rasputin (Bourbon Barrel)	North Coast Brewing Company	1145	100
24	Lost Abbey Box Set: Track #10 (Bat out of Hell)	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	407	100
25	Lost Abbey Duck Duck Gooze	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	512	100