Santa Barbara, California
Breweries: 20
Brewery Stars Ranking
What's the best local brewery? We take a data-driven approach to ranking breweries. When you’re visiting a brewery, you want both good beer and a good atmosphere. We take publicly available beer ratings and venue ratings and consolidate them into a Brewery Stars Meta-Rating. If guests consistently like a brewery’s beer and enjoy the experience of visiting the taproom, the brewery will do well in our rankings.
| Ranking | Brewery Venue | Brewery Stars Meta-Rating | Address |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Third Window Brewing | 4.0685 | 406 E Haley St #3, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 |
| 2 | Draughtsmen Aleworks | 4.0678 | 53 Santa Felicia Dr, Goleta, CA 93117 |
| 3 | brewLAB | 4.0677 | 4191 Carpinteria Ave #8, Carpinteria, CA 93013 |
| 4 | Institution Ale Co. - Santa Barbara | 4.0555 | 516 State St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 |
| 5 | Captain Fatty's Brewery | 4.0463 | 6489 Calle Real Suite D, Goleta, CA 93117 |
| 6 | Topa Topa Brewing Co. | 4.0358 | 120 Santa Barbara St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 |
| 7 | Validation Ale | 4.0180 | 102 E Yanonali St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 |
| 8 | Draughtsmen Aleworks at Mosaic Locale | 4.0135 | 1131 State St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 |
| 9 | Night Lizard Brewing Company | 4.0118 | 607 State St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 |
| 10 | Captain Fatty's Brewery - Paseo Nuevo Beer Garden | 4.0065 | 739 State St Center Court, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 |
| 11 | M Special Brewing Company | 3.9738 | 6860 Cortona Dr Building C, Goleta, CA 93117 |
| 12 | Island Brewing Company | 3.9706 | 5049 6th St, Carpinteria, CA 93013 |
| 13 | Rincon Brewery | 3.9600 | 205 Santa Barbara St Suite 1B, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 |
| 14 | Brass Bear Funk Zone | 3.9594 | 28 Anacapa St unit e, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 |
| 15 | Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. Santa Barbara | 3.9412 | 137 Anacapa St F, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 |
| 16 | M Special Brewing Company - Downtown | 3.9360 | 634 State St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 |
| 17 | The Cruisery | 3.9339 | 501 State St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 |
| 18 | The Brewhouse | 3.9007 | 229 W Montecito St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 |
| 19 | Rincon Brewery | 3.8859 | 5065 Carpinteria Ave, Carpinteria, CA 93013 |
| 20 | Wylde Works | -9.0000 | 609 State St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 |
The publicly available beer ratings and venue ratings that fed into the Brewery Stars Meta-Rating were last updated on March 13, 2025. Any venues marked "Temporarily Closed" may have re-opened since we last checked on them. Refer to the brewery for latest updates. Venues with a Brewery Stars Meta-Rating of -9.0000 have not yet received enough public ratings for us to accurately assess them and are listed alphabetically at the bottom of the rankings.
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