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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6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty aroma. Fruity malty spicy yeasty chardonnay flavor. Has a fruity malty woody yeasty finish.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Aug 2012 at 02:31


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle, 22oz. A more or less clear one, copper-colored and topped by a dense, off-white head of moderate size. Quite hoppy nose, some fruity sourness blending in, and a faint touch of sweetish malts. Pine cones too. Rather bitter on the palate, full-bodied and with a pleasant carbonation. Lemon peel, pine cones and a malty sweetness in the flavor, as well as some fruity sourness. Lasting finish with lots of bitterness, a good dash of fruityness, some peaches, and sweetness. A quite pleasant one, although a bit over the top. 120817

Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2012 at 09:17


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle, 22oz. A lightly hazy, golden-orange beer topped by a finger-thick, dense, off-white head. Really, really piney aroma, with some peaches in the back. Fruity, quite sugary too. The flavor is really bitter and piney, with resins, some peppery hints and a touch of something peppery. Full-bodied, quite sweet, although totally overpowered by the hoppy bitterness. Lasting finish with the bitterness dominating. Although a bit too much on the bitter side, it’s a really fine beer. 120817

Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2012 at 09:16


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle @ pre-TFODRBSG, Ulfborg. Hazy dark red amber with a lasting off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and moderate hoppy - fruity and citrus. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. 170812

Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2012 at 08:28


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Nice head with excellent duration. Color is brown. Aroma and taste are rich hops, caramel, malt, flowers, grass and has a bitter finish. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2012 at 08:26


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are rich hops, caramel, earthy, flowers and malt. Nice and long bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2012 at 08:09


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

375ml C&C bottle from wavers1, thanks
Appearance: Pours cloudy golden with a small white head and light lacing
Aroma: Sweet, woody, spices, fruity and citrus
Taste: Fruity, citrus, vanilla, some hot alcohols, finishes like a dry wine
The Chardonnay shines in this beer. If you like wine and beer, this is for you. A very nice beer.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Aug 2012 at 21:33


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle - Sweet molasses from the malts with some flowery hops in the background. Small head and cloudy brown hue. Citrus hops throughout with a bitterness to match. Some malt notes lurking in the back, but not too pronounced. Will definitely try again.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Aug 2012 at 19:48


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Tried on 11 Aug 2012 at 22:19


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

Bottle. Pours cloudy yellow. Nose/taste of banana, light funk, light bread, lemon and straw. Finishes slightly funky banana and wheat malt. Lighter body.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Aug 2012 at 21:35