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Breweries in California

Every brewery recorded in California by Open Brewery DB, 891 in all across 293 cities and towns.

Breweries in California

Open Brewery DB records 891 breweries in California, spread across 293 cities and towns. By type they include 449 microbreweryies, 250 brewpubs, 63 brewery in plannings and 49 brewery (closed)s.

The full list appears in the table below, with the city and type of each. Every brewery is an independent business, so confirm current opening hours, tours and taproom availability directly before visiting.

The cities with the most breweries recorded here are San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Oakland and Anaheim.

Cities and towns covered

Breweries in this directory are found in Agoura Hills, Alameda, Aliso Viejo, American Canyon, Anaheim, Apple Valley, Arcadia, Arnold, Arroyo Grande, Atascadero, Auburn, Avalon, Azusa, Bakersfield, Bell, Belmont, Benicia, Berkeley, Big Bear Lake, Bishop, Blairsden, Blue Lake, Boonville, Brea and Buellton, and 268 more towns and cities.

Each city page, where one exists, narrows the list down to a single town with the address of each brewery, which is the quickest way to plan a visit or a crawl.

Why a brewery scene matters to a homebrewer

A strong local brewery scene is a resource for anyone brewing at home. Taprooms let you taste well-made examples of the styles you are trying to recreate, which is the single best reference point for judging your own results.

Beyond that, many breweries sell fresh spent grain, will talk process with a curious homebrewer, and anchor the local club and competition scene. A region with this many breweries usually has an active homebrew community alongside it.

About this directory

This directory is compiled from Open Brewery DB, an open, community-maintained dataset of breweries worldwide. Coverage depends on the records submitted there, so a very new or very small brewery may not yet appear, and an occasional closed one may linger.

The listing is a starting point rather than a definitive register. Where a brewery lists a website in the data, that is the best place to check its current beers and hours.

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Sources: Open Brewery DB