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	Goose Island Bourbon County Stout	Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev)	2934	100
2	Russian River Pliny the Elder	Russian River Brewing Company	2775	100
3	Russian River Pliny the Younger	Russian River Brewing Company	750	100
4	Founders Barrel Aged CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout)	Founders Brewing Company (Mahou San Miguel)	1459	100
5	Alchemist Heady Topper	The Alchemist	1615	100
6	Bell's Hopslam	Bell's Brewery	2696	100
7	Russian River Supplication	Russian River Brewing Company	1522	100
8	Firestone Walker Parabola	Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel-Moortgat)	1230	100
9	Lost Abbey The Angels Share - Bourbon Barrel	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	1009	100
10	Superstition Aphrodisia Pyment - Cabernet	Superstition Meadery	28	100
11	Bottle Logic Fundamental Observation	Bottle Logic Brewing	233	100
12	Oskar Blues Ten FIDY - Bourbon Barrel Aged	Oskar Blues Brewery (CANarchy Craft Brewery Collective)	541	100
13	Epic Big Bad Baptista	Epic Brewing Company (UT/CO)	244	100
14	St. Bernardus Abt 12	St. Bernardus Brouwerij	4487	100
15	Toppling Goliath King Sue	Toppling Goliath Brewing Company	423	100
16	Fremont Rusty Nail	Fremont Brewing Company	141	100
17	Fremont B-Bomb - Coffee Cinnamon	Fremont Brewing Company	201	100
18	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Double Barrel	AleSmith Brewing Company	58	100
19	Epic Big Bad Baptist - Triple Barrel	Epic Brewing Company (UT/CO)	134	100
20	Prairie Bourbon Paradise	Prairie Artisan Ales	107	100
21	Anchorage Endless Ending	Anchorage Brewing Company	39	100
22	Russian River Temptation	Russian River Brewing Company	1183	100
23	Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast	Mikkeller	2561	100
24	Midnight Sun Berserker	Midnight Sun Brewing Company	551	100
25	Firestone Walker Sucaba	Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel-Moortgat)	975	100

TOP BEER FROM CALIFORNIA, USA

		Brewer	Count	Score
1	Modern Times Monster Tones	Modern Times Beer	47	100
2	Russian River Pliny the Elder	Russian River Brewing Company	2775	100
3	Russian River Pliny the Younger	Russian River Brewing Company	750	100
4	AleSmith Speedway Stout	AleSmith Brewing Company	3103	100
5	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged	AleSmith Brewing Company	902	100
6	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	199	100
7	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Brewer's Blend: Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	45	100
8	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Hawaiian	AleSmith Brewing Company	446	100
9	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	585	100
10	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Rye Barrel Aged: Vietnamese	AleSmith Brewing Company	88	100
11	Firestone Walker Parabola	Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel-Moortgat)	1230	100
12	Bottle Logic Fundamental Observation	Bottle Logic Brewing	233	100
13	Bottle Logic Number Crunch	Bottle Logic Brewing	42	100
14	Hangar 24 Barrel Roll: Pugachev Royale	Hangar 24 Craft Brewing	59	100
15	Lost Abbey Cable Car	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	450	100
16	Lost Abbey The Angels Share - Bourbon Barrel	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	1009	100
17	Russian River Consecration	Russian River Brewing Company	1317	100
18	Russian River Supplication	Russian River Brewing Company	1522	100
19	Stone Imperial Russian Stout	Stone Brewing	3154	100
20	Stone Imperial Russian Stout - Bourbon Barrel	Stone Brewing	497	100
21	Russian River Beatification (Batch 002 +)	Russian River Brewing Company	701	100
22	Taps Remy's Pappy	Taps Brewery & Barrel Room	74	100
23	North Coast Old Rasputin (Bourbon Barrel)	North Coast Brewing Company	1182	100
24	Lost Abbey Box Set: Track #10 (Bat out of Hell)	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	448	100
25	Lost Abbey Duck Duck Gooze	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	530	100