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	2772	100
2	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	199	100
3	Goose Island Bourbon County Stout	Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev)	2928	100
4	AleSmith Speedway Stout	AleSmith Brewing Company	3091	100
5	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged	AleSmith Brewing Company	892	100
6	Superstition Straw Berry White	Superstition Meadery	93	100
7	Founders KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout)	Founders Brewing Company (Mahou San Miguel)	2995	100
8	Trappistes Rochefort 10	Abbaye Notre-Dame de Saint-Rémy - Brasserie Rochefort	5060	100
9	Russian River Pliny the Younger	Russian River Brewing	743	100
10	Founders Barrel Aged CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout)	Founders Brewing Company (Mahou San Miguel)	1429	100
11	Superstition Black Berry White	Superstition Meadery	84	100
12	Bell's Hopslam	Bell's Brewery	2694	100
13	Founders Breakfast Stout	Founders Brewing Company (Mahou San Miguel)	3585	100
14	Alchemist Heady Topper	The Alchemist	1607	100
15	Russian River Consecration	Russian River Brewing	1315	100
16	Russian River Supplication	Russian River Brewing	1519	100
17	Prairie Pirate Bomb!	Prairie Artisan Ales	536	100
18	3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze (Cuvée Armand & Gaston)	Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen	552	100
19	Firestone Walker Parabola	Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel-Moortgat)	1225	100
20	Oskar Blues Ten FIDY - Bourbon Barrel Aged	Oskar Blues Brewery (CANarchy Craft Brewery Collective)	531	100
21	Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch Weasel	Mikkeller	1845	100
22	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Hawaiian	AleSmith Brewing Company	446	100
23	Deschutes The Abyss	Deschutes Brewery	1705	100
24	Superstition Aphrodisia Pyment - Cabernet	Superstition Meadery	27	100
25	Stone Imperial Russian Stout	Stone Brewing	3150	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	2772	100
3	Russian River Pliny the Younger	Russian River Brewing	743	100
4	AleSmith Speedway Stout	AleSmith Brewing Company	3091	100
5	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged	AleSmith Brewing Company	892	100
6	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	199	100
7	Firestone Walker Parabola	Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel-Moortgat)	1225	100
8	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Rye Barrel Aged: Vietnamese	AleSmith Brewing Company	87	100
9	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Brewer's Blend: Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	45	100
10	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Hawaiian	AleSmith Brewing Company	446	100
11	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	584	100
12	Bottle Logic Fundamental Observation	Bottle Logic Brewing	230	100
13	Bottle Logic Number Crunch	Bottle Logic Brewing	42	100
14	Lost Abbey Cable Car	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	450	100
15	Lost Abbey The Angels Share - Bourbon Barrel	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	1008	100
16	Russian River Consecration	Russian River Brewing	1315	100
17	Russian River Supplication	Russian River Brewing	1519	100
18	Stone Imperial Russian Stout	Stone Brewing	3150	100
19	Stone Imperial Russian Stout - Bourbon Barrel	Stone Brewing	496	100
20	Hangar 24 Barrel Roll: Pugachev Royale	Hangar 24 Craft Brewing	57	100
21	Abnormal / 3 Sons M3	Abnormal Beer Company	51	100
22	Russian River Beatification (Batch 002 +)	Russian River Brewing	700	100
23	Taps Remy's Pappy	Taps Brewery & Barrel Room	74	100
24	North Coast Old Rasputin (Bourbon Barrel)	North Coast Brewing Company	1181	100
25	Lost Abbey Box Set: Track #10 (Bat out of Hell)	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	447	100