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	74	100
3	Founders Barrel Aged CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout)	Founders Brewing Company	1167	100
4	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged: Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	193	100
5	Superstition Berry White	Superstition Meadery	82	100
6	Bell's Expedition Stout	Bell's Brewery	3108	100
7	Bottle Logic / 3 Sons Fundamental Summation	Bottle Logic Brewing	37	100
8	Russian River Pliny the Elder	Russian River Brewing	2712	100
9	Russian River Pliny the Younger	Russian River Brewing	730	100
10	Superstition Blue Berry White	Superstition Meadery	90	100
11	Goose Island Bourbon County Stout	Goose Island Beer Company (AB-InBev)	2824	100
12	AleSmith Speedway Stout	AleSmith Brewing Company	3004	100
13	Fremont Rusty Nail	Fremont Brewing Company	79	100
14	Stone Imperial Russian Stout - Bourbon Barrel	Stone Brewing	476	100
15	Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch Weasel	Mikkeller	1826	100
16	Firestone Walker 20 (XX Twentieth Anniversary Ale)	Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel-Moortgat)	105	100
17	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	545	100
18	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Rye Barrel Aged: Vietnamese	AleSmith Brewing Company	67	100
19	Hangar 24 Barrel Roll: Pugachev Royale	Hangar 24 Craft Brewing	53	100
20	Bottle Logic Fundamental Observation	Bottle Logic Brewing	152	100
21	Superstition Black Berry White	Superstition Meadery	59	100
22	Epic Big Bad Baptist - Triple Barrel	Epic Brewing Company (UT/CO)	107	100
23	Fremont B-Bomb - Coconut	Fremont Brewing Company	40	100
24	Russian River Supplication	Russian River Brewing	1494	100
25	3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze (Cuvée Armand & Gaston)	Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen	428	100

TOP BEER FROM CALIFORNIA, USA

		Brewer	Count	Score
1	Russian River Pliny the Elder	Russian River Brewing	2712	100
2	Russian River Pliny the Younger	Russian River Brewing	730	100
3	Bottle Logic / 3 Sons Fundamental Summation	Bottle Logic Brewing	37	100
4	AleSmith Speedway Stout	AleSmith Brewing Company	3004	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	193	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)	105	100
9	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Vietnamese Coffee	AleSmith Brewing Company	545	100
10	AleSmith Speedway Stout - Rye Barrel Aged: Vietnamese	AleSmith Brewing Company	67	100
11	Firestone Walker Parabola	Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel-Moortgat)	1160	100
12	Bottle Logic Fundamental Observation	Bottle Logic Brewing	152	100
13	Lost Abbey Cable Car	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	440	100
14	Modern Times Monster Tones	Modern Times Beer	36	100
15	Russian River Supplication	Russian River Brewing	1494	100
16	Stone Imperial Russian Stout	Stone Brewing	3137	100
17	Stone Imperial Russian Stout - Bourbon Barrel	Stone Brewing	476	100
18	Hangar 24 Barrel Roll: Pugachev Royale	Hangar 24 Craft Brewing	53	100
19	Abnormal / 3 Sons M3	Abnormal Beer Company	49	100
20	Russian River Beatification (Batch 002 +)	Russian River Brewing	689	100
21	Russian River Consecration	Russian River Brewing	1302	100
22	Taps Remy's Pappy	Taps Fish House and Brewery	73	100
23	North Coast Old Rasputin (Bourbon Barrel)	North Coast Brewing Company	1148	100
24	Lost Abbey Box Set: Track #10 (Bat out of Hell)	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	419	100
25	Lost Abbey Duck Duck Gooze	Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey	517	100