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Santa Cruz, California Brewery Rankings

Posted on June 9, 2023September 26, 2023 By Brewery Stars

Santa Cruz, California

Breweries: 15

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 Sante Adairius Rustic Ales 4.3478 103 Kennedy Dr, Capitola, CA 95010
2 Sante Adairius • Santa Cruz Portal 4.3228 1315 Water St, Santa Cruz, CA 95062
3 Humble Sea Brewing Co. 4.1971 820 Swift St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
4 Humble Sea Beer Garden on the Wharf 4.1888 45 Municipal Wharf, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
5 Humble Sea Tavern 4.1426 6256 CA-9, Felton, CA 95018
6 Shanty Shack Brewing 4.0476 138 Fern St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
7 Woodhouse Blending & Brewing 4.0290 119 Madrone St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
8 Steel Bonnet Brewing Company 4.0228 20 Victor Square Ext B, Scotts Valley, CA 95066
9 Balefire Brewing Company 3.9992 21517 E Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95062
10 Laughing Monk Brewing and Gastropub 3.9970 262 Mt Hermon Rd Unit 103, Scotts Valley, CA 95066
11 Discretion Brewing 3.9699 2703 41st Ave Ste. A, Soquel, CA 95073
12 Gilman Brewing Santa Cruz Taproom Brewpub Gastropub Restaurant 3.9504 817 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95062
13 Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing 3.8656 402 Ingalls St #27, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
14 Seabright Social 3.7260 519 Seabright Ave UNIT 107, Santa Cruz, CA 95062
15 Private Press Brewing -9.0000 332 Ingalls St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Ranking Brewery Venue Brewery Stars Meta-Rating Address

The publicly available beer ratings and venue ratings that fed into the Brewery Stars Meta-Rating were last updated on May 15, 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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