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 Company	2817	100
2	AleSmith Speedway Stout	AleSmith Brewing Company	3147	100
3	Russian River Pliny the Younger	Russian River Brewing Company	769	100
4	Perennial Abraxas - Barrel-Aged	Perennial Artisan Ales	294	100
5	Founders Breakfast Stout	Founders Brewing Company (Mahou San Miguel)	3653	100
6	Russian River Supplication	Russian River Brewing Company	1531	100
7	Russian River Consecration	Russian River Brewing Company	1332	100
8	3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze Cuvée Armand & Gaston	Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen	633	100
9	Anchorage Endless Ending	Anchorage Brewing Company	63	100
10	Russian River Beatification (Batch 002+)	Russian River Brewing Company	718	100
11	Lost Abbey Cable Car Kriek	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	56	100
12	3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze Platinum Blend	Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen	74	100
13	Kern River Citra Double IPA	Kern River Brewing	228	100
14	Bottle Logic Space Trace	Bottle Logic Brewing	59	100
15	Bottle Logic / Great Notion Paisley Cave Complex	Bottle Logic Brewing	43	100
16	Fremont Brew 7000	Fremont Brewing Company	38	100
17	Lost Abbey Cuvee de Tomme	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	1176	100
18	Lost Abbey Framboise de Amorosa	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	717	100
19	Trillium Headroom	Trillium Brewing Company	70	100
20	Bottle Logic Jam the Radar	Bottle Logic Brewing	104	100
21	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Barrel-Aged Coconut Vanilla	AleSmith Brewing Company	54	100
22	Bell's Two Hearted Ale	Bell's Brewery (Lion Co. - Kirin Holdings)	3547	100
23	Bottle Logic Leche Borracho	Bottle Logic Brewing	63	100
24	Great Notion Double Stack	Great Notion Brewing	156	100
25	Cigar City Outskirts	Cigar City Brewing (Monster Beverage Corp)	80	100

TOP BEER FROM CALIFORNIA, USA

		Brewer	Count	Score
1	Modern Times Monster Tones	Modern Times Beer	55	100
2	Russian River Pliny the Elder	Russian River Brewing Company	2817	100
3	Russian River Pliny the Younger	Russian River Brewing Company	769	100
4	Bottle Logic Fundamental Observation	Bottle Logic Brewing	263	100
5	AleSmith Speedway Stout	AleSmith Brewing Company	3147	100
6	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Barrel-Aged Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	241	100
7	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged	AleSmith Brewing Company	953	100
8	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Barrel-Aged Vietnamese Coffee Rye Whiskey	AleSmith Brewing Company	93	100
9	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Hawaiian	AleSmith Brewing Company	488	100
10	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	597	100
11	Firestone Walker Parabola	Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel Moortgat)	1270	100
12	Bottle Logic Fundamental Forces	Bottle Logic Brewing	58	100
13	Lost Abbey Cable Car	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	453	100
14	Hangar 24 Barrel Roll: Pugachev Royale	Hangar 24 Craft Brewing	63	100
15	Lost Abbey The Angels Share - Bourbon Barrel	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	1012	100
16	Russian River Consecration	Russian River Brewing Company	1332	100
17	Russian River Supplication	Russian River Brewing Company	1531	100
18	Stone Imperial Russian Stout	Stone Brewing (Sapporo)	3178	100
19	Stone Imperial Russian Stout - Bourbon Barrel	Stone Brewing (Sapporo)	508	100
20	North Coast Old Stock Cellar Reserve - Brandy Barrel	North Coast Brewing Company	391	100
21	North Coast Old Rasputin (Bourbon Barrel)	North Coast Brewing Company	1206	100
22	North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout	North Coast Brewing Company	4156	100
23	Modern Times Modem Tones - Bourbon Barrel with Vanilla	Modern Times Beer	59	100
24	Russian River Beatification (Batch 002+)	Russian River Brewing Company	718	100
25	Taps Remy's Pappy	Taps Brewery & Barrel Room	74	100