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	Trappistes Rochefort 10	Abbaye Notre-Dame de Saint-Rémy - Brasserie Rochefort	5131	100
2	Goose Island Bourbon County Stout	Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev)	2951	100
3	Russian River Pliny the Elder	Russian River Brewing Company	2788	100
4	Russian River Pliny the Younger	Russian River Brewing Company	757	100
5	Lost Abbey Yellow Bus	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	116	100
6	Superstition Straw Berry White	Superstition Meadery	95	100
7	The Alchemist Heady Topper	The Alchemist	1621	100
8	Russian River Supplication	Russian River Brewing Company	1525	100
9	Lost Abbey Cable Car	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	452	100
10	Russian River Consecration	Russian River Brewing Company	1322	100
11	Prairie Bomb!	Prairie Artisan Ales (Krebs Brewing)	1309	100
12	Prairie Pirate Bomb!	Prairie Artisan Ales (Krebs Brewing)	544	100
13	Bottle Logic Fundamental Observation	Bottle Logic Brewing	239	100
14	Russian River Beatification (Batch 002 +)	Russian River Brewing Company	705	100
15	Lost Abbey Duck Duck Gooze	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	532	100
16	Toppling Goliath King Sue	Toppling Goliath Brewing Co.	486	100
17	Prairie Bourbon Paradise	Prairie Artisan Ales (Krebs Brewing)	134	100
18	Fremont B-Bomb - Coconut	Fremont Brewing Company	105	100
19	3 Fonteinen Speling van het Lot VIII.ii: Schaarbeekse On A Toast (Medium) - Blended & Alive	Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen	25	100
20	Rodenbach Alexander	Brouwerij Rodenbach (Swinkels Family Brewers)	1055	100
21	Russian River Temptation	Russian River Brewing Company	1186	100
22	Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout	Great Divide Brewing Company	2801	100
23	Perennial Abraxas	Perennial Artisan Ales	593	100
24	Bottle Logic Red Eye November	Bottle Logic Brewing	71	100
25	Modern Times Modem Tones - Bourbon Barrel with Vanilla	Modern Times Beer	45	100

TOP BEER FROM CALIFORNIA, USA

		Brewer	Count	Score
1	Modern Times Monster Tones	Modern Times Beer	49	100
2	Russian River Pliny the Elder	Russian River Brewing Company	2788	100
3	Russian River Pliny the Younger	Russian River Brewing Company	757	100
4	Lost Abbey Yellow Bus	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	116	100
5	AleSmith Speedway Stout	AleSmith Brewing Company	3116	100
6	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged	AleSmith Brewing Company	914	100
7	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	203	100
8	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Brewer's Blend: Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	45	100
9	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Hawaiian	AleSmith Brewing Company	453	100
10	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	590	100
11	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Rye Barrel Aged: Vietnamese	AleSmith Brewing Company	92	100
12	Firestone Walker Parabola	Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel Moortgat)	1244	100
13	Hangar 24 Barrel Roll: Pugachev Royale	Hangar 24 Craft Brewing	59	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	1011	100
16	Bottle Logic Fundamental Observation	Bottle Logic Brewing	239	100
17	Bottle Logic Number Crunch	Bottle Logic Brewing	44	100
18	Russian River Consecration	Russian River Brewing Company	1322	100
19	Stone Imperial Russian Stout	Stone Brewing	3157	100
20	Stone Imperial Russian Stout - Bourbon Barrel	Stone Brewing	503	100
21	Russian River Supplication	Russian River Brewing Company	1525	100
22	Russian River Beatification (Batch 002 +)	Russian River Brewing Company	705	100
23	Taps Remy's Pappy	Taps Brewery & Barrel Room	74	100
24	North Coast Old Rasputin (Bourbon Barrel)	North Coast Brewing Company	1189	100
25	Bottle Logic Fundamental Forces	Bottle Logic Brewing	52	100