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	Russian River Pliny the Elder	Russian River Brewing Company	2793	100
2	Russian River Pliny the Younger	Russian River Brewing Company	760	100
3	Lost Abbey Yellow Bus	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	121	100
4	3 Fonteinen Framboos (Framboise)	Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen	534	100
5	The Alchemist Heady Topper	The Alchemist	1632	100
6	Russian River Supplication	Russian River Brewing Company	1527	100
7	Lost Abbey Cable Car	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	452	100
8	Bottle Logic Fundamental Observation	Bottle Logic Brewing	243	100
9	3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze Cuvée Armand & Gaston	Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen	610	100
10	Anchorage Wendigo	Anchorage Brewing Company	26	100
11	Founders KBS - Maple Mackinac Fudge	Founders Brewing Company (Mahou San Miguel)	212	100
12	Firestone Walker Parabola (2021)	Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel Moortgat)	34	100
13	Russian River Beatification (Batch 002 +)	Russian River Brewing Company	708	100
14	Lost Abbey Cable Car Kriek	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	53	100
15	Alpine Beer Company Keene Idea	Alpine Beer Company (CA)	64	100
16	Toppling Goliath King Sue	Toppling Goliath Brewing Co.	500	100
17	Modern Times Modem Tones - Bourbon Barrel with Vanilla	Modern Times Beer	53	100
18	Prairie Bourbon Barrel Aged Weekend	Prairie Artisan Ales (Krebs Brewing)	43	100
19	Russian River Pliny the Elder Double Dry-Hopped	Russian River Brewing Company	32	100
20	Rodenbach Alexander	Brouwerij Rodenbach (Swinkels Family Brewers)	1064	100
21	Russian River Temptation	Russian River Brewing Company	1187	100
22	Perennial Abraxas	Perennial Artisan Ales	601	100
23	Bottle Logic Red Eye November	Bottle Logic Brewing	76	100
24	Revolution V.S.O.J.	Revolution Brewing Company (IL, USA)	33	100
25	Firestone Walker 23 (XXIII Twenty-Third Anniversary Ale)	Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel Moortgat)	89	100

TOP BEER FROM CALIFORNIA, USA

		Brewer	Count	Score
1	Modern Times Monster Tones	Modern Times Beer	50	100
2	Russian River Pliny the Elder	Russian River Brewing Company	2793	100
3	Russian River Pliny the Younger	Russian River Brewing Company	760	100
4	Lost Abbey Yellow Bus	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	121	100
5	AleSmith Speedway Stout	AleSmith Brewing Company	3128	100
6	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged	AleSmith Brewing Company	923	100
7	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	207	100
8	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Hawaiian	AleSmith Brewing Company	456	100
9	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	594	100
10	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Rye Barrel Aged: Vietnamese	AleSmith Brewing Company	92	100
11	Firestone Walker Parabola	Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel Moortgat)	1257	100
12	Firestone Walker Parabola (2021)	Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel Moortgat)	34	100
13	Hangar 24 Barrel Roll: Pugachev Royale	Hangar 24 Craft Brewing	63	100
14	Lost Abbey Cable Car	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	452	100
15	Lost Abbey The Angels Share - Bourbon Barrel	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	1012	100
16	Bottle Logic Fundamental Observation	Bottle Logic Brewing	243	100
17	Bottle Logic Number Crunch	Bottle Logic Brewing	46	100
18	Russian River Consecration	Russian River Brewing Company	1324	100
19	Russian River Supplication	Russian River Brewing Company	1527	100
20	Stone Imperial Russian Stout	Stone Brewing	3156	100
21	Stone Imperial Russian Stout - Bourbon Barrel	Stone Brewing	504	100
22	North Coast Old Stock Cellar Reserve - Brandy Barrel	North Coast Brewing Company	389	100
23	North Coast Old Rasputin (Bourbon Barrel)	North Coast Brewing Company	1195	100
24	Alpine Beer Company Keene Idea	Alpine Beer Company (CA)	64	100
25	Modern Times Modem Tones - Bourbon Barrel with Vanilla	Modern Times Beer	53	100