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	Goose Island Bourbon County Stout	Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev)	2946	100
2	Russian River Pliny the Elder	Russian River Brewing Company	2777	100
3	Superstition Straw Berry White	Superstition Meadery	95	100
4	The Alchemist Heady Topper	The Alchemist	1618	100
5	Prairie Bomb!	Prairie Artisan Ales	1304	100
6	Prairie Pirate Bomb!	Prairie Artisan Ales	543	100
7	Epic Big Bad Baptista	Epic Brewing Company (UT/CO)	256	100
8	Anchorage Endless Ending	Anchorage Brewing Company	46	100
9	Toppling Goliath King Sue	Toppling Goliath Brewing Co.	460	100
10	Fremont B-Bomb - Coconut	Fremont Brewing Company	104	100
11	Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout	Great Divide Brewing Company	2794	100
12	Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast	Mikkeller	2581	100
13	Lost Abbey Deliverance	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	812	100
14	Mikkeller Beer Geek Vanilla Shake	Mikkeller	826	100
15	Founders KBS Espresso	Founders Brewing Company (Mahou San Miguel)	211	100
16	Russian River Pliny For President	Russian River Brewing Company	37	100
17	The Alchemist Focal Banger	The Alchemist	648	100
18	FiftyFifty Imperial Eclipse Stout - Elijah Craig 12 Year Barrel	FiftyFifty Brewing Company	412	100
19	Omnipollo / Buxton Yellow Belly Peanut Butter Biscuit Stout	Omnipollo	634	100
20	Bottle Logic Jam The Radar	Bottle Logic Brewing	84	100
21	Ballast Point Victory At Sea - High West Barrel	Ballast Point Brewing Company (Kings & Convicts)	264	100
22	Mikkeller San Diego Platinum or Ice or Gold	Mikkeller San Diego	41	100
23	Goose Island Bourbon County Stout - Café de Olla	Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev)	63	100
24	Firestone Walker 23 (XXIII Twenty-Three Anniversary Ale)	Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel Moortgat)	72	100
25	Hangar 24 Barrel Roll No. 03: Pugachev's Cobra - Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout	Hangar 24 Craft Brewing	280	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	Lost Abbey Yellow Bus	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	110	100
5	AleSmith Speedway Stout	AleSmith Brewing Company	3105	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	200	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	589	100
11	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Rye Barrel Aged: Vietnamese	AleSmith Brewing Company	91	100
12	Firestone Walker Parabola	Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel Moortgat)	1235	100
13	Hangar 24 Barrel Roll: Pugachev Royale	Hangar 24 Craft Brewing	59	100
14	Lost Abbey Cable Car	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	451	100
15	Lost Abbey The Angels Share - Bourbon Barrel	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	1010	100
16	Bottle Logic Fundamental Observation	Bottle Logic Brewing	236	100
17	Bottle Logic Number Crunch	Bottle Logic Brewing	43	100
18	Russian River Consecration	Russian River Brewing Company	1321	100
19	Stone Imperial Russian Stout	Stone Brewing	3156	100
20	Stone Imperial Russian Stout - Bourbon Barrel	Stone Brewing	500	100
21	Russian River Supplication	Russian River Brewing Company	1523	100
22	Russian River Beatification (Batch 002 +)	Russian River Brewing Company	704	100
23	Taps Remy's Pappy	Taps Brewery & Barrel Room	74	100
24	North Coast Old Rasputin (Bourbon Barrel)	North Coast Brewing Company	1185	100
25	Bottle Logic Fundamental Forces	Bottle Logic Brewing	51	100