Heretic Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Fairfield, California, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Heretic Brewing Company

Established in 2011

Contact
1052 Horizon Drive, Fairfield, CA, 94533, United States
Description
It all started with a neighbor sharing a homemade beer. Liz saw how excited Jamil was and bought him a Mr. Beer kit for Christmas. Jamil became obsessed with brewing the perfect beer and became a homebrew legend in the process by winning a first-place medal in every known beer, mead, and cider style category. Eventually, his passion to brew was too strong and Jamil and Liz decided to take the plunge and open Heretic Brewing Company.

We started by sharing a building with another brewery in 2011, but we always brewed our beer ourselves. Within the first six months we realized there wasn’t enough space for two breweries in one building, so we began the search for a new place. By 2013, we had built a new, modern brewery in the wonderful city of Fairfield, California and moved all our operations there, including our new distillery.

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5.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

19.2 oz. can from Total Wine. Pours an opaque gold color with a very large off-white head and annoyingly great retention. Very good lacing too. Lots of floaties present. Canned on 12/18/23. Thanks again, Total Wine! Citrus and booze aroma. The taste follows the nose, but both the citrus and booze flavors are more subtle than expected. Tired tangerine notes. Medium body. Medium carbonation. Not bitter. The 9.0% ABV is well hidden. Might actually be good if it was fresh.

Tried from Can on 27 Sep 2025 at 19:35


5

Tart light red fruit, notes of red currant light berry fruit, yeasty note, floral perfumed accents, very light to watery body, subdued fruity close. Not doing much for me.

Tried on 26 Mar 2025 at 07:41


6

Sweet citric fruity with prominent mandarin, citrus peel bitterness, orange zest, light to medium body, canned back in April so understandably not as fresh and vibrant, happy to re rate at a later date.

Tried from Can on 26 Mar 2025 at 06:39


7

Tap@Taphouse, Copenhagen (30/03/2017) - pours black with a tan head. Dark roasted malty aroma and taste with chocolate, coffee, caramel, burnt dark malty nuances, some vanilla, bourbon infused wooden notes, roasted finish.

Tried from Draft on 26 Mar 2025 at 06:31


7

Tap@Taphouse, Copenhagen (30/03/2017) - fuzzy golden pour with white head. Sour fruity aroma and taste with prominent mango, medium acidic, grapes, light funky and bretty, tart fruity close.

Tried from Draft on 26 Mar 2025 at 06:31


7

Tap@Taphouse, Copenhagen (30/03/2017) - pours black with a tan head. Dark roasted malty aroma and taste with chocolate, coffee, caramel, burnt dark malty nuances, some vanilla, bourbon infused wooden notes, roasted finish.

Tried from Draft on 26 Mar 2025 at 06:31


7

April 2, 2017
Tap@Taphouse, Copenhagen (30/03/2017) - red coloured pour with white head. Aroma and taste is medium sour fruity and wheaty with prominent blackberry fruity notes, yeast, tart fruity finish.

Tried from Draft on 26 Mar 2025 at 06:31


7

Tap@Taphouse, Copenhagen (30/03/2017) - pours a fuzzy orange colour with white head. Medium sweet tropical fruity hoppy and malty aroma and taste with prominent grapefruit, some pine needles, hoppy bitter finish.

Tried from Draft on 26 Mar 2025 at 06:31


6

Tap@Taphouse, Copenhagen (30/03/2017) - pours a fuzzy amber colour with white head. Aroma and taste is toasted and sweet malty, some caramel, cereal, some herbal twiggy hoppy accents in the finish.

Tried from Draft on 26 Mar 2025 at 06:31


7

April 2, 2017
Tap@Taphouse, Copenhagen (30/03/2017) - fuzzy dark brown to black coloured pour with a beige head. Aroma and taste is a roasted malty and hoppy, tropical fruits, pine needles, some caramel, cocoa, roasted hoppy finish.

Tried from Draft on 26 Mar 2025 at 06:31