The Best Breweries, Brewpubs & Taprooms in California

The Golden State might just have the most breweries among states. Let's find out.

Written by CraftJack | Updated 06/07/23 | 9 min read

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• 13 Point Brewing
• 14 Cannons Brewing Company
• 1849 Brewing Company
• 21st Amendment Brewery
• 21st Amendment Brewery Cafe
• 256 North Restaurant
• 2nd Phase Brewing
• 3 Disciples Brewing
• 3 Iron Brewing Company
• 47 Hills Brewing Co
• 5150 Brewery At The Brass Tap Rocklin
• 559 Local Brewing
• 8 Bit Brewing Company
• 8one8 Brewing
• 927 Beer Company
• Abnormal Beer Company
• Absolution Brewing Co
• Adobe Creek Brewing Company
• Aftershock Brewing Company
• Aisle 5
• Alameda Island Brewing Company
• Alaro Craft Brewery
• Ale Industries
• AleSmith Brewing Co
• Align Brewing Co
• All
• Almanac Beer Company
• Alosta Brewing Co
• Alpine Beer Company
• Altamont Beer Works
• Amador Brewing Company
• Ambitious Ales
• Amplified Ale Works
• Anacapa Brewing Co
• Anaheim Brewery
• Anchor Brewing Co.
• Anderson Valley Brewing Co
• Angel City Brewery
• Angry Horse Brewing
• Arcana Brewing Company
• Armistice Brewing Company
• Around The Horn Brewing Company
• Artifex Brewing Company
• Artisanal Brewers Collective
• Asian Brothers Brewing Company
• Asylum Brewing
• At Ease Brewing
• Attitude Brewing Company
• Auburn Alehouse
• Aztec Brewing Company
• Back Street Brewery & Tasting Room
• Bagby Beer Company
• Ballast Point Brewing Co / Home Brew Mart
• Ballast Point Brewing Company
• Ballast Point Brewing Company
• Ballast Point Brewing Company – Little Italy
• Bang the Drum Brewery
• Barebottle Brewing Company
• BarmHaus Brewing Co.
• Barn Brewery
• Barrel Brothers Brewing Company
• Barrel Head Brewhouse
• Barrelhouse Brewing
• Bartlett Hall
• Battlemage Brewing Co
• Bay Bridge Brewing Co
• Bay City Brewing Co.
• Beach Chalet Brewing Co
• Beachwood BBQ & Brewing
• Beachwood Brewing
• Bear Belly Brewing Company
• Bear Republic Brewing Co – Production facility
• Bear Republic Brewing Co Pub & Restaurant – Lakeside
• Bear Republic Brewing Company
• Bear Roots Brewing Company
• Belching Beaver Brewery
• Belching Beaver Brewery Vista
• Belmont Brewing Co
• Berryessa Brewing Co
• Big Bear Lake Brewing Co
• Big Bear Mountain Brewery
• Big Sexy Brewing Company
• Big Stump Brewing Company
• Bird Street Brewing
• Bitter Brothers Brewing Co.
• BJs Restaurant & Brewery – Brea
• BJs Restaurant & Brewery – West Covina
• Black Hammer Brewing
• Black Market Brewing Co
• Black Plague Brewing
• Blaker Brewing
• Blast 825 Brewery
• Blind Lady Alehouse
• Blue Frog Brewing Company
• Blue Note Brewing Company
• Blue Note Napa
• Blue Oak Brewing Co
• BNS Brewing & Distilling Co.
• Bolt Brewery
• Bonaventure Brewing Co
• Boomtown Brewery
• Bootleggers Brewery
• Booze Brothers Brewing Co.
• Border X Brewing
• Border X Logan
• Bottle Logic Brewing
• Bravery Brewing
• Bravus Brewing Company
• Breakwater Brewing Co
• Brewbakers Brewing Co
• Brewcaipa Brewing Co.
• Brewery At Lake Tahoe
• Brewery At Simmzys Burbank
• Brewery Rex
• Brewery Twenty Five
• Brewery X
• Brewheim Brewing Company
• Brewing Reserve of California
• Brewjeria Company
• Brewyard Beer Company
• British Bulldog Brewery
• Brouwerij West
• Broxton
• Bruehol Brewing
• Bruery Terreux
• Bruery, The
• Buena Vista Brewery Company
• Buffalo Bills Brewery
• Buonarroti Ristorante
• Burgeon Beer Company
• Burnin Daylight Brewing Company
• Burning Barrel Brewing Company
• Burning Beard Brewing
• California Coast Beer Co.
• Canyon Club Brewery
• Capistrano Brewing Company
• Carmel Craft Brewing Co
• Carmelita’s Mexican Restaurant
• Catalina Island Brew House
• CAVU Brewing
• Cedar Crest Brewing and Wine Bar
• Cellarmaker Brewing Company
• Central Coast Brewing Co – Monterey St.
• Cerveceria Del Pueblo
• Channel Brewing Co.
• Chapman Crafted Beer
• Charlie Palmer Steak Napa
• Chula Vista Brewery
• Circle 9 Brewing
• Cismontane Brewing Co
• Citizen Brewers
• Claimstake Brewing Company
• Claremont Craft Ales
• Coachella Valley Brewing Co
• Cold Water Brewery and Grill
• Common Space Brewery
• Concrete Jungle Brewing Project
• Congregation Ales
• Contentment Brewing Company
• Cool Beerwerks
• Cooperage Brewing Co.
• Coronado Brewing Co
• Corralitos Brewing Co
• Cosmic Brewery
• Craft Brewing Company
• Craftsman Brewing Co
• Creative Creature Brewing Company
• Crooked Goat Brewing
• Crooked Lane Brewing Co
• Crowns & Hops Brewing Co
• Crusader Brewing Company
• Culture Brewing Co
• Culver Beer Company
• Dan Gordon’s
• DarkHeart Brewing
• Dead Oak Brewing Company
• Death Valley Brewing
• Deft Brewing
• Del Cielo Brewing Co.
• Delta Borne Brewing
• Dempsey’s Restaurant And Brewery
• Device Brewing Company
• Devil’s Canyon Brewing Company
• Diamond Mountain Brewery
• Dingus McGee’s Roadhouse
• Dionysus Brewing Co.
• Discretion Brewing
• Distant Brewing
• Divine Science Brewing
• Division 23 Brewing
• Doc’s Cellar
• Docent Brewing
• Dogleg Brewing Company
• Dos Desperados Brewery
• Downtown Joes Brewery and Restaurant
• Dragon’s Tale Brewery
• Drake’s Brewing Co
• Draughtsmen Aleworks
• Dry River Brewing
• Duck Foot Brewing Co.
• Dueling Dogs Brewing Company
• Dunbar Brewing
• Dunloe Brewing
• Dunsmuir Brewery Works
• Dust Bowl Brewing Co
• Dutch’s BrewHouse
• Dying Breed Brewing
• E.J. Phair Brewing Co
• E.J. Phair Brewing Co.
• Eagle Rock Brewery
• Earth And Fire Brewing Company
• East Brother Beer Company
• Ebullition Brew Works
• Eckert Malting and Brewing Co
• Eel River Brewing Co
• Einstok Beer Company
• El Dorado Brewing Co
• El Segundo Brewing Co
• Electric Brewing Co
• Elevation 66 Brewing Co
• Elkhorn Slough Brewing Company
• Enegren Brewing Co
• English Ales Brewery
• Epidemic Ales
• Eppig Brewing
• Escape Craft Brewery
• Etna Brewing Co.
• Eureka Brewing Company
• Eureka Peak Brewing Co
• Euryale Brewing Co
• Evans Brewing Co / Bayhawk Ales
• Faction Brewing Co
• Fall Brewing Company
• Farmers Brewing Co
• Feather Falls Brewing Co
• Feathered Serpent Brewery
• Fieldwork Brewing Co
• FiftyFifty Brewing Co.
• Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co.
• Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co.
• Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. – Santa Barbara
• Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. – Westlake Village
• Final Draft Brewing Company
• Firestone Walker Barrelworks
• Firestone Walker Brewing Co
• Five Suits Brewing
• Five Suns Brewing
• Five Window Beer Co
• Flashpoint Brewing Company
• Flat Fish Brewing Company
• Flatland Brewing Company
• Fogbelt Brewing Co
• Fort Point Beer Company
• Fort Rock Brewing
• Fountainhead Brewing Co
• Four Sons Brewing
• Fourpenny House
• Frogtown Brewery
• Full Circle Brewing Co
• GameCraft Brewing
• Garage Brewing Company
• Ghost Town Brewing
• Ghostwood Beer Company
• GoatHouse Brewing Co.
• Gold Hill Brewery
• Golden Road Brewing
• Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant – Burbank
• Gordon Biersch Brewing Co
• Grains of Virtue Brewing Company
• Grass Valley Brewing Co.
• Gravity Heights
• GravSouth Brewing Co.
• Great Change Brewing
• Greater Purpose Brewing Company
• Green Cheek Beer Company
• Green Cheek Beer Company
• Green Flash Brewing Co
• Greywolf Brewing
• Grillin & Chillin Alehouse
• Groundswell Brewing Co
• Guadalupe Brewery
• Gunwhale Ales
• Half Moon Bay Brewing Co
• Hamilton Family Brewery
• Hand
• Hangar 24 Craft Brewery
• Hapa’s Brewing Company
• Hardwood Bar and Smokery
• Hare In the Forest
• Harland Brewing Company
• Harmonic Brewing
• Headlands Brewing Company
• Helia Brewing Company
• Helix Brewing Co
• Helmsman Alehouse
• Heretic Brewing Company
• Hermitage Brewing Company
• Heroes Restaurant and Brewery
• HiDef Brewing Company
• High Water Brewing
• Highland Park Brewery
• Highpoint Brewing Company
• Highway 1 Brewing Company
• Hillenbrand Farmhaus Brewery
• Hodad’s Brewing Company
• Hoi Polloi Brewing – Taproom
• Hollister Brewing Co
• Holy Craft Brewing Co
• Homage Brewing
• Home Brewing Co.
• Hop Creek Pub
• Hop Dogma Brewing Company
• Hop Forged Brewing Company
• Hop Oast Pub & Brewery
• Hop Secret Brewing Company
• Hoppy Brewing Co
• HopSaint Brewing Company
• Horus Aged Ales
• House Of Pendragon Brewing Co
• Humble Abode – House Beer
• Humble Farmer Brewing Co., Inc.
• Humble Sea Brewing Co
• Humboldt Regeneration
• Hungry Pecker Brewing
• Huntington Beach Beer Co
• HWY 50 Brewery
• I & I Brewing
• Idol Beer Works
• Idyllwild Brewpub
• Imperiale Beer Project
• Inc 82 Brewing
• Indian Joe Brewing
• Indian Valley Brewing
• Indian Wells Brewing Co
• Indie Brewing Company
• Inland Empire Brewing Co
• Inland Wharf Brewing Company
• Innovation Brew Works
• Institution Ale Company
• Iron Springs Pub & Brewery
• Ironfire Brewing Company
• Island Brewing Co
• Jack Russell Farm Ales
• Jacked Up Brewery
• Jackrabbit Brewing Co
• Jamul Brewing Co. – Production Only
• Johnny’s Calistoga / Mud City Brews
• Joshua Tree Brewery
• JP DasBrew
• JT Schmids Restaurant & Brewery
• Julian Beer Co
• Junction Brewery & Grill
• Jupiter
• K
• Karl Strauss Brewing Co
• Karl Strauss Brewing Co – Sorrento Mesa
• Karl Strauss Brewing Co – 4S Ranch
• Karl Strauss Brewing Co – Carlsbad
• Karl Strauss Brewing Co – Costa Mesa
• Karl Strauss Brewing Co – Downtown
• Karl Strauss Brewing Co – La Jolla
• Karl Strauss Brewing Company
• Kathrin’s Biergarten
• Kaweah Brewing Co.
• Kelly Brewing Company
• Kelsey Creek Brewing
• Kensington Brewing Company
• Kern River Brewing Co
• Ketch Brewing
• Kilowatt Brewing
• King Cong Brewing Company
• King Harbor Brewing Co
• Kings & Convicts Brewing
• Kings Brewing Company
• Knee Deep Brewing Co.
• Knotty Brewing Co.
• La Provence Restaurant
• La Quinta Brewing Co
• La Verne Brewing
• LAB Brewing Co / Twisted Oak Tavern
• Ladyface Brewery & Restaurant
• Laguna Beach Beer Co
• Lagunitas Brewing Co
• Lake Arrowhead Brewing Company
• Lake Bottom Distillery and Brewery
• Lassen Ale Works At the Boardroom
• Last Call Brewing Company
• Last Name Brewing
• Latchkey Brewing Company
• Latitude 33 Brewing Co
• Laughing Monk Brewing
• Leashless Brewing
• Left Coast Brewing Co.
• Legacy Brewing Company
• Legends Craft Brewery
• Lengthwise Brewing Co
• Liberation Brewing
• Libertine Brewing Company
• Lincoln Beer Company
• Little Miss Brewing
• Local Craft Beer, Tehachapi
• Lodi Beer Company
• LogOff Brewing
• Loma Brewing Company
• Long Beach Beer Lab
• Longship Brewery
• Loomis Basin Brewing Co
• Los Angeles Ale Works
• Lost Coast Brew House
• Lost Coast Brewery and Cafe – Table Bluff Brewing, Inc.
• Lost Winds Brewing Company
• LouEddie’s Pizza and Brewery
• Lucky Luke Brewing Company
• M.Special Brewing Company
• MachineHead Brewing Co
• MacLeod Ale Brewing Company
• Mad Duck Craft Brewing Company
• Mad Fritz
• Mad River Brewing Co
• MadeWest Brewing Company
• Magnolia Dogpatch
• Main Street Brewery
• Mammoth Brewing Company
• ManRock Brewing
• Mare Island Brewing Co. – Ferry Taproom
• Marin Brewing Co
• MillerCoors Brewing Co – Irwindale
• Miner‚Äôs Alley Brewing Company
• Mission Brewery
• Modern Times Drinks
• Moksa Brewing Co
• Monk’s Cellar
• Monkish Brewing Co
• Monterey Coast Brewing
• Moonlight Brewing Co
• Moonraker Brewing Co.
• Morgan Territory Brewing
• Mother Earth Brew Co
• Mount Shasta Brewing Co
• Mountain Mike’s Pizza
• Mountain Rambler Brewery
• Movement Brewing Company
• Moylan’s Brewery & Restaurant
• Mraz Brewing Company
• Mt Lowe Brewing Company
• Mumford Brewing Company
• My Yard Live
• Napa Palisades Beer Company
• Napa Smith Brewery
• Napa Valley Brewing Co/ Calistoga Inn
• Narritive Fermentations
• Naughty Oak Brewing Company
• New Bohemia Brewing Co
• New English Brewing Co Inc
• New Glory Craft Brewery
• New Helvetia Brewing Company
• New Motion Fermented Beverages/Embolden Beer Company
• Nickel Beer Company
• Night Lizard Brewing Company
• No Clue Craft Brewery
• Noble Ale Works
• Nor Cal Brewing Co
• North Coast Brewing Co Inc.
• North Park Beer Co.
• Northern Pine Brewing
• Nova Brewing Company
• Novel Brewing Company
• Novo Brazil Brewing Company
• O’Meara Bros. Brewing Company
• Oak and Otter Brewing Co.
• Oak Hills Brewing
• Oak Park Brewing Co.
• Oakland United Beerworks
• OC Craft Gastro Brew Pub
• Ocean Beach Brewery
• Ocean View Brew Works
• Oceanside Brewing Company
• Oda Restaurant
• Off the Grid Brewing Co
• Off The Rails Brewing Company
• Oggi’s Sports Brewhouse Pizza – Apple Valley
• Oggis Pizza & Brewing Co – Carmel Mountain Ranch
• Oggis Pizza & Brewing Co – Mission Valley
• Ohana Brewing Co
• Ojai Valley Brewery
• Old Kan Beer & Co
• Old Possum Brewing Company
• Old Stump Brewery
• Original Pattern Brewing Company
• Other Brother Beer Co.
• Otherwise Brewing
• Over Town Brewing Company
• Overtime Brewing
• Pacific Beach Ale House
• Pacific Grove Brewing Company
• Pacific International Liquor
• Pacific Plate Brewing Co
• Packinghouse Brewing Co, The
• Palm Tree Brewing Company
• Palmia
• Palooza Brewery and Gastropub
• Paraiso Brewery
• Pariah Brewing Company
• Parliament Brewing Co.
• Party Beer Co.
• Paso Robles Casino / Craft Paso Bar
• Paystreak Brewing
• Pedals & Pints Brewing Company
• Pedro Point Brewing
• Pennyweight Craft Brewing
• Pentagonal Brewing Co
• Perching Bird Brewing Company
• Peter B’s Brewpub
• Phantom Ales
• Phantom Carriage Brewery
• Pine Street Brewery
• Pismo Brewing Co
• Pizza Port Bressi Ranch
• Pizza Port Carlsbad
• Pizza Port Ocean Beach
• Pizza Port San Clemente
• Pizza Port Solana Beach
• Plan 9 Alehouse
• Pleasanton Main St Brewery
• Plow Brewing Company
• Pocock Brewing Company
• Pond Farm Brewing Company
• Poor House Brewing
• Porchlight Brewing Company
• Port Brewing Co / The Lost Abbey
• Port O’Pints Brewing Co.
• Port Town Brewing Co
• Poseidon Brewing Company
• Progress Brewing
• Prohibition Brewing
• Protector Brewery
• Puesto Mission Valley
• Pure Order Brewing Co
• Pure Project
• Quantum Brewing Co
• Quintopia Brewing Co
• Red Branch Brewing Company / Rabbits Foot Meadery
• Red Bus Brewing Company
• Red Car Brewery and Restaurant
• Red Tandem Brewery
• Redco Brewery
• Redwood Curtain Brewing Co
• Refuge Brewery, Inc.
• Relentless Brewing Co
• Rescue Brewing Co
• Resident Brewing Co.
• Riip Beer Company
• Riley’s Brew Pub
• Riley’s Brewing Co
• Rincon Brewery
• Rincon Brewery – Ventura
• Rincon Reservation Road Brewery
• Rip Current Brewing
• Rip Current Brewing North Park
• Ritual Brewing Co
• River Rock Brewery
• Rock Bottom Brewery – San Jose
• Rok House Brewing Co.
• Roses’ Taproom
• Rough Draft Brewing
• Rouleur Brewing Company
• Rowdy’s Brewing Company
• Rugged Coast Brewing
• Ruhstaller Beer
• Russian River Brewing Co – Santa Rosa
• S27 Alehouse & Brewery
• Sacrament Brewing
• Sage Vegan Bistro and Brewery
• Saint Archer Brewing Company
• Salty Bear Brewing Co.
• San Diego Brewing Co
• San Fernando Brewing Co.
• San Francisco Brewing Co
• San Pedro Brewing Co
• Sandbox Brewing Company
• Santa Ana River Brewing Company
• Santa Maria Brewing Co – San Luis Obispo Brewery and Taproom
• Santa Monica Brew Works
• Sante Adairius Rustic Ales
• Savagewood Brewing Company
• Scholb Premium Ales
• Seabright Brewery
• Seaquake Brewing
• Seaward Brewing
• Second Chance Beer Company
• Secret Trail Brewing Company
• Seismic Brewing Co
• Sequoia Brewing Co – Tower District
• Seven Stills
• Shadow Puppet Brewing Company
• Shady Oak Barrel House
• Shaft Brewery
• Shanty Shack Brewing
• SHE Beverage company
• Sierra Nevada Brewing Co
• Silva Brewing
• Siskiyou Brew Works
• Skipolini’s Pizza
• Skyland Ale Works
• Slice Beer Company
• Smog City Brewing
• Smog City Brewing Wood Cellar
• Smoke Mountain Brewery
• Smoking Cannon Brewery
• Snowshoe Brewing Company
• Solano Brewing Company
• Solid Ground Brewing
• Solorio Brewing Co
• Solvang Brewing Co
• Solvang Brewing Company – Lompoc
• Sonoma Grille
• Sonoma Springs Brewing Co
• Soquel Fermentation Project
• South Gate Brewing Co
• South Lake Brewing Company
• South Of North Brewing Company
• South Park Brewing Company
• Speakeasy Ales and Lagers
• St Clair Brown Winery & Brewery
• St. Arnulf‚Äôs Brewing At Bouchee
• St. Florian’s Brewery
• Stadium Brewing Co
• Stadium Pizza – Murrieta
• Stadium Pizza Main ST
• Standard Deviant Brewing
• Stanislaus Brewing Co
• State Room Brewery
• Stateline Brewery
• Station Craft
• Steady Brewing
• Steel Bonnet Brewing Co
• Steele and Hops
• Steelhead Brewing Co – Burlingame Station
• Stereo Brewing Co
• Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens
• Stone Church Brewing
• Stone Church Brewing
• Storytellers Brewery and Meet House
• Strand Brewing Co
• Strike Brewing Co
• Strum Brewing Company
• Stumblefoot Brewing
• Sudwerk Brewing Co.
• Suncoast Nuthouse Brew
• Sundowner Brewing Co.
• Sunset Reservoir Brewing Company
• Super Owl Brewing
• Surfridge Brewing Company
• Sutter Buttes Brewing
• Tactical OPS Brewing Inc.
• Tank18
• Tannery Bend Beerworks
• Tap and Vine
• Taplands Brewery
• TapRoom Beer Company
• TAPS Fish House and Brewery – Brea
• Tarantula Hill Brewing Co
• Tarla Mediterranean Bar and Grill
• Tecopa Brewing Company
• Telco Brewery
• Telegraph Brewing Co
• Temblor Brewing Company
• Temecula Brewing Company, Inc.
• Temescal Brewing
• Ten Mile Brewing
• Tent City Beer Company
• The Booth Brewing Co.
• The Brewhouse
• The Brewing Lair
• The Carissa By SLO Brew
• The Cruisery
• The Dancing Fox
• The Den Smokehouse and Brewery
• The Dudes’ Brewing Company
• The Good Wolf Brewing Company
• The Mason Jar Brewing Company
• The Original 40 Brewing Company
• The Rare Barrel
• The Runway By Patrick
• The Slough Brewing Collective
• The Stalking Horse
• The Stout House
• Third Street Aleworks
• Third Window Brewing Co
• ThirstyBear Organic Brewery
• Thompson Brewing Co
• Thorn Street Brewery
• Thr3e Punk Ales
• Three Forks Bakery & Brewing Company
• Three Mile Brewing Co
• Three Rivers Brewing Co
• Three Stacks and A Rock Brewing Co
• Three Weavers Brewing Company
• Thunderhawk Alements
• Timeless Pints Brewing Co
• Tioga
• TIPS Roadside
• Tirebiter Brewery
• Topa Topa Brewing Co
• Topsy’s / Fog Hog Brewhouse
• Toro Creek Brewing Co
• Tower Brewing
• Towne Park Brew Co
• Toy Soldier
• Track 7 Brewing Co – Curtis Park
• Trade Brewing
• Trademark Brewing
• Transmission Brewing Company
• Transplants Brewing Company
• Triple Rock Brewery and Alehouse
• Triple Voodoo Brewing Co
• Truckee Brewing Company
• True Symmetry Brewing Company
• Trumer Brewery
• Trustworthy Brewing Co
• Tustin Brewing Co
• Two Pitchers Brewing Company
• Two Roots Brewing Co
• Ukiah Brewing Co
• Uncommon Brewers
• Uproar Brewing
• Upshift Brewing Company
• Urban Roots Brewing & Smokehouse
• Valley Brewing Co
• Ventura Coast Brewing Company
• Viewpoint Brewing Co
• Waganupa Brewing
• Waterman Brewing Company
• Wavelength Brewing Company
• WestBrew
• Westlane Brewing
• White Labs, Inc.
• Whittier Brewing Company
• Whole Foods Market Brewing Company
• Wicks Brewing Company
• Wiens Brewing Co
• Wild Barrel Brewing Company
• Wild Fields Brewhouse
• Wingwalker Brewing
• Wolf House Brewing
• Woodhouse Blending & Brewing
• Woods Beer & Wine Co.
• Woods Cervecer√≠a
• Woody’s Brewing Company
• Woody’s Moreno Valley
• Working Man Brewing Co
• Yeast of Eden
• Yeti Restaurant
• Yolo Brewing Co
• Yorkshire Square Brewing Co.
• Zack’s Brewing Company

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