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 | 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’s 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’s 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 Cervecería
- 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