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	877	100
2	Superstition Straw Berry White	Superstition Meadery	75	100
3	Founders Barrel Aged CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout)	Founders Brewing Company	1186	100
4	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged: Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	194	100
5	Superstition Berry White	Superstition Meadery	82	100
6	Bell's Expedition Stout	Bell's Brewery	3116	100
7	Bottle Logic / 3 Sons Fundamental Summation	Bottle Logic Brewing	39	100
8	Russian River Pliny the Elder	Russian River Brewing	2717	100
9	Russian River Pliny the Younger	Russian River Brewing	729	100
10	Superstition Blue Berry White	Superstition Meadery	94	100
11	Goose Island Bourbon County Stout	Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev)	2831	100
12	AleSmith Speedway Stout	AleSmith Brewing Company	3017	100
13	Lost Abbey Cable Car	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	439	100
14	Fremont Rusty Nail	Fremont Brewing Company	84	100
15	Stone Imperial Russian Stout - Bourbon Barrel	Stone Brewing	479	100
16	Deschutes The Abyss	Deschutes Brewery	1675	100
17	Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch Weasel	Mikkeller	1831	100
18	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	558	100
19	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Rye Barrel Aged: Vietnamese	AleSmith Brewing Company	69	100
20	Hangar 24 Barrel Roll: Pugachev Royale	Hangar 24 Craft Brewing	54	100
21	Mikkeller Beer Geek Vanilla Shake (Bourbon Edition)	Mikkeller	271	100
22	Bottle Logic Fundamental Observation	Bottle Logic Brewing	173	100
23	Superstition Black Berry White	Superstition Meadery	59	100
24	Epic Big Bad Baptist - Triple Barrel	Epic Brewing Company (UT/CO)	111	100
25	Fremont B-Bomb - Coconut	Fremont Brewing Company	40	100

TOP BEER FROM CALIFORNIA, USA

		Brewer	Count	Score
1	Russian River Pliny the Elder	Russian River Brewing	2717	100
2	Russian River Pliny the Younger	Russian River Brewing	729	100
3	Bottle Logic / 3 Sons Fundamental Summation	Bottle Logic Brewing	39	100
4	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged	AleSmith Brewing Company	877	100
5	AleSmith Speedway Stout	AleSmith Brewing Company	3017	100
6	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged: Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	194	100
7	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Brewer's Blend: Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	45	100
8	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	558	100
9	Firestone Walker 20 (XX Twentieth Anniversary Ale)	Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel-Moortgat)	107	100
10	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Rye Barrel Aged: Vietnamese	AleSmith Brewing Company	69	100
11	Firestone Walker Parabola	Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel-Moortgat)	1173	100
12	Bottle Logic Fundamental Observation	Bottle Logic Brewing	173	100
13	Lost Abbey Cable Car	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	439	100
14	Modern Times Monster Tones	Modern Times Beer	37	100
15	Russian River Supplication	Russian River Brewing	1497	100
16	Stone Imperial Russian Stout	Stone Brewing	3140	100
17	Stone Imperial Russian Stout - Bourbon Barrel	Stone Brewing	479	100
18	Hangar 24 Barrel Roll: Pugachev Royale	Hangar 24 Craft Brewing	54	100
19	Abnormal / 3 Sons M3	Abnormal Beer Company	50	100
20	Taps Remy's Pappy	Taps Fish House and Brewery	74	100
21	Russian River Beatification (Batch 002 +)	Russian River Brewing	692	100
22	Russian River Consecration	Russian River Brewing	1306	100
23	North Coast Old Rasputin (Bourbon Barrel)	North Coast Brewing Company	1151	100
24	Lost Abbey Box Set: Track #10 (Bat out of Hell)	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	425	100
25	Lost Abbey Duck Duck Gooze	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	518	100