About California Beer
California’s beer history started in 1849 in San Francisco when the Adam Schuppert Brewery became the state’s first brewery. Beer in San Francisco can be traced to the Gold Rush. In 1875 the Boca Brewing Company brewed the state’s first lager beer. Since the early days, California has been called the birthplace of the American Craft Brewing movement. Today the state has 980 craft breweries which operate across the state.
California Beer Reviews
Top Picks:
Anchor Fog Breaker IPA
Anderson Valley Bourbon Barrel Stout
Ballast Point Fathom IPA
Ballast Point Passing Haze Hazy IPA
Calidad Mexican Lager
El Segundo Citra Pale Ale
Firestone Walker 805
Golden Road Brewing Mango Cart
Golden Road Brewing Melon Cart
Golden Road Dodgers Blonde Ale
Golden Road Pineapple Cart
Green Flash Blonde Ale
Modern Times Coffee Roasty Stout
Modern Times Dank Nelson IPA
Modern Times Hazy Mosaic IPA
Modern Times Hoppy Tropical Pale Ale
Modern Times Technomancer Hazy Galaxy DIPA
Mother Earth Cali Creamin’
North Coast Scrimshaw Pilsner
Russian River Robert Saison
Shogun by Embolden Dusk in Kyoto Hojicha Lager
Sierra Nevada Coffee Stout
Sierra Nevada Helles in the Tropics
Sierra Nevada Hop Solo
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye IPA
Sierra Nevada Tropical Torpedo IPA
Smog City Citrus Blonde Ale
Stone Black is Beautiful Imperial Stout
Velvet Glow
California Beers
Alpine Duet IPA
Alpine HFS IPA
Alpine Hoppy Birthday Pale Ale
Anchor Brewers’ Pale Ale Citra Hop Blend
Anchor Christmas Ale
Anchor Fog Breaker IPA
Anchor Liberty Ale
Anderson Valley Bourbon Barrel Stout
Angel City Pilsner
Ballast Point Citrus Cove Gose
Ballast Point Fathom IPA
Ballast Point Lager
Ballast Point Passing Haze Hazy IPA
Beachwood LBC IPA
Blind Pig IPA
Breaking Bud IPA
Cali Squeeze Blood Orange Hefeweizen
Calidad Mexican Lager
Coronado Brewing Salty Crew Blonde Ale
El Segundo Citra Pale Ale
Enegren Valkyrie
Figueroa Mountain Lizard’s Mouth IPA
Firestone Walker 805
Firestone Walker C-Hops Pale Ale
Firestone Walker Easy Jack IPA
Firestone Walker Luponic Distortion IPA No. 12
Firestone Walker Mind Haze IPA
Firestone Walker Pivo Pils
Firestone Walker Propagator Citra Single Hop Hazy IPA
Firestone Walker Union Jack IPA
Golden Road Brewing Mango Cart
Golden Road Brewing Melon Cart
Golden Road Dodgers Blonde Ale
Golden Road Hazy LA IPA
Golden Road Oktoberfest
Golden Road Pineapple Cart
Golden Road Ride On Tropical IPA
Golden Road So Cal Coconut Wheat
Golden Road The Skinny IPA
Green Flash Blonde Ale
Green Flash West Coast IPA
Happy Hops IPA
Hef Lepperd Hefeweizen
House Lager
Humboldt Brewing Nectar Pale Ale
Kershaw’s Wicked Curve Grapefruit Wheat Ale
King Harbor Tiki Hut IPA
Lagunitas Hazy Wonder IPA
Lagunitas Little Sumpn’ Ale
Libertine Pacific Ocean Blue Gose
Los Angeles Ale Works Dead Cowboy Red Lager
Los Angeles Ale Works Scrapplicious Juicy IPA
Mind Circus Hazy IPA
Modern Times Coffee Roasty Stout
Modern Times Dank Nelson IPA
Modern Times Gigazapper DIPA
Modern Times Hazy Mosaic IPA
Modern Times Hazy Nelson IPA
Modern Times Hoppy Tropical Pale Ale
Modern Times Sour Tropical Fruit Gose
Modern Times Technomancer Hazy Galaxy DIPA
Mother Earth Boo Koo IPA
Mother Earth Cali Creamin’
Mother Earth Kismet IPA
Mother Earth Sin Tax
Newcastle Brown Ale
North Coast Scrimshaw Pilsner
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Pizza Port California Honey
Pizza Port Kook DIPA
Pizza Port Ponto SIPA
Pizza Port Swami’s IPA
Pliny the Elder
Port Brewing Wipeout IPA
Project Barley Em Day’s Pale Ale
Refuge Brewery Blood Orange Wit
Russian River Robert Saison
Saint Archer Gold
Saint Archer Mosaic IPA
Santa Monica Brew Works 310 California Blonde Ale
Shogun by Embolden Dusk in Kyoto Hojicha Lager
Sierra Nevada 3 Weight Session IPA
Sierra Nevada Coffee Stout
Sierra Nevada Flipside Red IPA
Sierra Nevada Helles in the Tropics
Sierra Nevada Hop Bullet Double IPA
Sierra Nevada Hop Solo
Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye IPA
Sierra Nevada Sidecar Orange IPA
Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA
Sierra Nevada Tropical Torpedo IPA
Smog City Citrus Blonde Ale
Smog City From LA Wit Love White Ale
Stone Black is Beautiful Imperial Stout
Stone Buenaveza Salt and Lime Lager
Stone Imperial Star Fawker Hazy IPA
Stone Scorpion Bowl IPA
Stone Smoked Porter with Chipotle Peppers
Stone Unfiltered IPA
Stone Vengeful Spirit IPA
Strand Brewing 24th Street Pale Ale
The Bruery Bakery Boysenberry Pie
The Dudes’ CalifornIPA
The Dudes’ Double Trunk Double IPA
The Dudes’ Most Excellent IPA
Three Weavers Expatriate IPA
Trademark Brewing Hula Moon Tropical IPA
Two Pitchers Radler
Velvet Glow
