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	878	100
2	Superstition Straw Berry White	Superstition Meadery	80	100
3	Founders Barrel Aged CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout)	Founders Brewing Company	1294	100
4	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	196	100
5	Superstition Berry White	Superstition Meadery	90	100
6	Bell's Expedition Stout	Bell's Brewery	3130	100
7	Founders KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout)	Founders Brewing Company	2910	100
8	Russian River Pliny the Elder	Russian River Brewing	2733	100
9	Russian River Pliny the Younger	Russian River Brewing	737	100
10	Superstition Blue Berry White	Superstition Meadery	101	100
11	Goose Island Bourbon County Stout	Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev)	2873	100
12	AleSmith Speedway Stout	AleSmith Brewing Company	3038	100
13	Lost Abbey Cable Car	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	444	100
14	Fremont Rusty Nail	Fremont Brewing Company	101	100
15	Epic Big Bad Baptista	Epic Brewing Company (UT/CO)	209	100
16	Prairie / Evil Twin Bible Belt - Barrel Aged	Prairie Artisan Ales	344	100
17	Bell's Hopslam	Bell's Brewery	2678	100
18	Deschutes The Abyss	Deschutes Brewery	1689	100
19	Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch Weasel	Mikkeller	1841	100
20	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	574	100
21	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Rye Barrel Aged: Vietnamese	AleSmith Brewing Company	81	100
22	Mikkeller Beer Geek Vanilla Shake (Bourbon Edition)	Mikkeller	285	100
23	Lost Abbey The Angels Share - Bourbon Barrel	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	1007	100
24	Bottle Logic Fundamental Observation	Bottle Logic Brewing	195	100
25	Superstition Black Berry White	Superstition Meadery	71	100

TOP BEER FROM CALIFORNIA, USA

		Brewer	Count	Score
1	Russian River Pliny the Elder	Russian River Brewing	2733	100
2	Russian River Pliny the Younger	Russian River Brewing	737	100
3	Bottle Logic / 3 Sons Fundamental Summation	Bottle Logic Brewing	49	100
4	AleSmith Speedway Stout	AleSmith Brewing Company	3038	100
5	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged	AleSmith Brewing Company	878	100
6	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	196	100
7	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Brewer's Blend: Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	45	100
8	Firestone Walker 20 (XX Twentieth Anniversary Ale)	Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel-Moortgat)	109	100
9	Firestone Walker Parabola	Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel-Moortgat)	1191	100
10	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Hawaiian	AleSmith Brewing Company	430	100
11	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	574	100
12	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Rye Barrel Aged: Vietnamese	AleSmith Brewing Company	81	100
13	Bottle Logic Fundamental Observation	Bottle Logic Brewing	195	100
14	Lost Abbey Cable Car	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	444	100
15	Lost Abbey The Angels Share - Bourbon Barrel	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	1007	100
16	Russian River Supplication	Russian River Brewing	1509	100
17	Modern Times Monster Tones	Modern Times Beer	39	100
18	Stone Imperial Russian Stout	Stone Brewing	3142	100
19	Stone Imperial Russian Stout - Bourbon Barrel	Stone Brewing	485	100
20	Hangar 24 Barrel Roll: Pugachev Royale	Hangar 24 Craft Brewing	56	100
21	Abnormal / 3 Sons M3	Abnormal Beer Company	50	100
22	Russian River Beatification (Batch 002 +)	Russian River Brewing	695	100
23	Russian River Consecration	Russian River Brewing	1312	100
24	Taps Remy's Pappy	Taps Fish House and Brewery	74	100
25	North Coast Old Rasputin (Bourbon Barrel)	North Coast Brewing Company	1163	100