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	887	100
2	Superstition Straw Berry White	Superstition Meadery	87	100
3	Founders Barrel Aged CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout)	Founders Brewing Company (Mahou San Miguel)	1368	100
4	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	197	100
5	Rochefort Trappistes 10	Brasserie Rochefort	5034	100
6	Bell's Expedition Stout	Bell's Brewery	3139	100
7	Superstition Black Berry White	Superstition Meadery	76	100
8	Founders KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout)	Founders Brewing Company (Mahou San Miguel)	2971	100
9	Russian River Pliny the Elder	Russian River Brewing	2758	100
10	Russian River Pliny the Younger	Russian River Brewing	739	100
11	Goose Island Bourbon County Stout	Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev)	2902	100
12	AleSmith Speedway Stout	AleSmith Brewing Company	3073	100
13	Lost Abbey Cable Car	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	447	100
14	Epic Big Bad Baptista	Epic Brewing Company (UT/CO)	237	100
15	Prairie / Evil Twin Bible Belt - Barrel Aged	Prairie Artisan Ales	351	100
16	Deschutes The Abyss	Deschutes Brewery	1702	100
17	Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch Weasel	Mikkeller	1843	100
18	Bell's Hopslam	Bell's Brewery	2687	100
19	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	582	100
20	Prairie Pirate Bomb!	Prairie Artisan Ales	525	100
21	Oskar Blues Ten FIDY - Bourbon Barrel Aged	Oskar Blues Brewery (CANarchy Craft Brewery Collective)	513	100
22	Bottle Logic Fundamental Observation	Bottle Logic Brewing	220	100
23	Alchemist Heady Topper	The Alchemist	1600	100
24	Superstition Aphrodisia Pyment - Cabernet	Superstition Meadery	25	100
25	Russian River Supplication	Russian River Brewing	1514	100

TOP BEER FROM CALIFORNIA, USA

		Brewer	Count	Score
1	Modern Times Monster Tones	Modern Times Beer	45	100
2	Russian River Pliny the Elder	Russian River Brewing	2758	100
3	Russian River Pliny the Younger	Russian River Brewing	739	100
4	Bottle Logic / 3 Sons Fundamental Summation	Bottle Logic Brewing	51	100
5	AleSmith Speedway Stout	AleSmith Brewing Company	3073	100
6	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged	AleSmith Brewing Company	887	100
7	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	197	100
8	Firestone Walker Parabola	Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel-Moortgat)	1217	100
9	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Brewer's Blend: Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	45	100
10	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Hawaiian	AleSmith Brewing Company	441	100
11	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Rye Barrel Aged: Vietnamese	AleSmith Brewing Company	84	100
12	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	582	100
13	Bottle Logic Fundamental Observation	Bottle Logic Brewing	220	100
14	Lost Abbey Cable Car	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	447	100
15	Lost Abbey The Angels Share - Bourbon Barrel	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	1007	100
16	Russian River Supplication	Russian River Brewing	1514	100
17	Stone Imperial Russian Stout	Stone Brewing	3146	100
18	Stone Imperial Russian Stout - Bourbon Barrel	Stone Brewing	489	100
19	Hangar 24 Barrel Roll: Pugachev Royale	Hangar 24 Craft Brewing	57	100
20	Abnormal / 3 Sons M3	Abnormal Beer Company	51	100
21	Russian River Beatification (Batch 002 +)	Russian River Brewing	698	100
22	Russian River Consecration	Russian River Brewing	1313	100
23	Taps Remy's Pappy	Taps Brewery & Barrel Room	74	100
24	North Coast Old Rasputin (Bourbon Barrel)	North Coast Brewing Company	1177	100
25	Lost Abbey Box Set: Track #10 (Bat out of Hell)	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	446	100