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	2777	100
2	Russian River Pliny the Younger	Russian River Brewing Company	750	100
3	Founders Barrel Aged CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout)	Founders Brewing Company (Mahou San Miguel)	1482	100
4	Superstition Straw Berry White	Superstition Meadery	95	100
5	The Alchemist Heady Topper	The Alchemist	1615	100
6	Russian River Supplication	Russian River Brewing Company	1523	100
7	Lost Abbey The Angels Share - Bourbon Barrel	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	1010	100
8	Epic Big Bad Baptista	Epic Brewing Company (UT/CO)	251	100
9	Anchorage Endless Ending	Anchorage Brewing Company	43	100
10	St. Bernardus Abt 12	St. Bernardus Brouwerij	4501	100
11	Toppling Goliath King Sue	Toppling Goliath Brewing Co.	447	100
12	Fremont B-Bomb - Coffee Cinnamon	Fremont Brewing Company	205	100
13	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Double Barrel	AleSmith Brewing Company	58	100
14	Prairie Bourbon Paradise	Prairie Artisan Ales	113	100
15	Fremont B-Bomb - Coconut	Fremont Brewing Company	99	100
16	Russian River Temptation	Russian River Brewing Company	1184	100
17	Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast	Mikkeller	2579	100
18	Firestone Walker Sucaba	Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel Moortgat)	987	100
19	Midnight Sun 2007 Deadly Sins: Sloth	Midnight Sun Brewing Company	152	100
20	Kern River Citra Double IPA	Kern River Brewing	221	100
21	Lost Abbey Deliverance	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	812	100
22	Mikkeller Beer Geek Vanilla Shake	Mikkeller	825	100
23	Firestone Walker Parabajava	Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel Moortgat)	178	100
24	Bottle Logic Red Eye November	Bottle Logic Brewing	70	100
25	Russian River Pliny For President	Russian River Brewing Company	35	100

TOP BEER FROM CALIFORNIA, USA

		Brewer	Count	Score
1	Modern Times Monster Tones	Modern Times Beer	48	100
2	Russian River Pliny the Elder	Russian River Brewing Company	2777	100
3	Russian River Pliny the Younger	Russian River Brewing Company	750	100
4	AleSmith Speedway Stout	AleSmith Brewing Company	3105	100
5	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged	AleSmith Brewing Company	910	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	451	100
9	Firestone Walker Parabola	Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel Moortgat)	1233	100
10	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	589	100
11	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Rye Barrel Aged: Vietnamese	AleSmith Brewing Company	90	100
12	Bottle Logic Fundamental Observation	Bottle Logic Brewing	235	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	451	100
16	Lost Abbey The Angels Share - Bourbon Barrel	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	1010	100
17	Russian River Consecration	Russian River Brewing Company	1322	100
18	Stone Imperial Russian Stout	Stone Brewing	3156	100
19	Stone Imperial Russian Stout - Bourbon Barrel	Stone Brewing	498	100
20	Russian River Supplication	Russian River Brewing Company	1523	100
21	Russian River Beatification (Batch 002 +)	Russian River Brewing Company	703	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	449	100
25	Lost Abbey Duck Duck Gooze	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	532	100