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	Trappistes Rochefort 10	Abbaye Notre-Dame de Saint-Rémy - Brasserie Rochefort	5129	100
2	Goose Island Bourbon County Stout	Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev)	2949	100
3	Russian River Pliny the Elder	Russian River Brewing Company	2782	100
4	Russian River Pliny the Younger	Russian River Brewing Company	756	100
5	Superstition Straw Berry White	Superstition Meadery	95	100
6	The Alchemist Heady Topper	The Alchemist	1620	100
7	Russian River Supplication	Russian River Brewing Company	1524	100
8	Russian River Consecration	Russian River Brewing Company	1322	100
9	Prairie Bomb!	Prairie Artisan Ales	1308	100
10	Prairie Pirate Bomb!	Prairie Artisan Ales	544	100
11	Russian River Beatification (Batch 002 +)	Russian River Brewing Company	705	100
12	Lost Abbey Duck Duck Gooze	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	532	100
13	Toppling Goliath King Sue	Toppling Goliath Brewing Co.	476	100
14	Prairie Bourbon Paradise	Prairie Artisan Ales	129	100
15	Fremont B-Bomb - Coconut	Fremont Brewing Company	104	100
16	Rodenbach Alexander	Brouwerij Rodenbach (Swinkels Family Brewers)	1051	100
17	Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout	Great Divide Brewing Company	2799	100
18	Perennial Abraxas	Perennial Artisan Ales	593	100
19	Firestone Walker 23 (XXIII Twenty-Three Anniversary Ale)	Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel Moortgat)	81	100
20	Founders KBS Espresso	Founders Brewing Company (Mahou San Miguel)	226	100
21	Russian River Pliny For President	Russian River Brewing Company	37	100
22	Prairie Bourbon Barrel Aged Weekend	Prairie Artisan Ales	34	100
23	Russian River Pliny the Elder Double Dry-Hopped	Russian River Brewing Company	23	100
24	The Alchemist Focal Banger	The Alchemist	650	100
25	FiftyFifty Imperial Eclipse Stout - Elijah Craig 12 Year Barrel	FiftyFifty Brewing Company	412	100

TOP BEER FROM CALIFORNIA, USA

		Brewer	Count	Score
1	Modern Times Monster Tones	Modern Times Beer	49	100
2	Russian River Pliny the Elder	Russian River Brewing Company	2782	100
3	Russian River Pliny the Younger	Russian River Brewing Company	756	100
4	Lost Abbey Yellow Bus	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	112	100
5	AleSmith Speedway Stout	AleSmith Brewing Company	3114	100
6	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged	AleSmith Brewing Company	914	100
7	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	203	100
8	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Brewer's Blend: Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	45	100
9	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Hawaiian	AleSmith Brewing Company	451	100
10	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	590	100
11	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Rye Barrel Aged: Vietnamese	AleSmith Brewing Company	91	100
12	Hangar 24 Barrel Roll: Pugachev Royale	Hangar 24 Craft Brewing	59	100
13	Lost Abbey Cable Car	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	451	100
14	Lost Abbey The Angels Share - Bourbon Barrel	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	1011	100
15	Bottle Logic Fundamental Observation	Bottle Logic Brewing	238	100
16	Bottle Logic Number Crunch	Bottle Logic Brewing	44	100
17	Russian River Consecration	Russian River Brewing Company	1322	100
18	Russian River Supplication	Russian River Brewing Company	1524	100
19	Stone Imperial Russian Stout	Stone Brewing	3157	100
20	Stone Imperial Russian Stout - Bourbon Barrel	Stone Brewing	503	100
21	Russian River Beatification (Batch 002 +)	Russian River Brewing Company	705	100
22	Taps Remy's Pappy	Taps Brewery & Barrel Room	74	100
23	North Coast Old Rasputin (Bourbon Barrel)	North Coast Brewing Company	1188	100
24	Bottle Logic Fundamental Forces	Bottle Logic Brewing	52	100
25	Bottle Logic Ground State	Bottle Logic Brewing	106	100