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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7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Tap @ FairBar. Hazy deep golden with small white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, citrus, hops, grapefruit and a little pine. Flavour is malt, fruit, hops, citrus, grapefruit, little pine, little sweet and medium bitter.

Tried from Draft on 21 Jul 2012 at 03:58


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

From tap at Brewco. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is smooth dark roasted chocolate malty. Breadish, chocolate and dark malty. Smooth, dark roasted malty and dense dark chocolate.

Tried from Draft on 17 Jul 2012 at 17:25


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

From a 650ml bottle on 15/7/2012 (shared with Butz - thanks). Pours close to black with a smallish head. Has a strong aroma of chico baby and milk chocolate. The flavour is very sweet with lots more milk chocolate, some roasty malt, and a touch of caramel. Has a slightly thin texture. Nicely balanced, with just a enough bitterness to keep the sweetness in check. A very solid porter.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Jul 2012 at 02:05


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

Draught @ Olbar, Elmegade 2, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.Clear medium to dark orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, moderate to heavy hoppy, pine, orange - citrus, mango. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120509]

Tried on 06 Jul 2012 at 07:45


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Draft. Pale straw beer with a whitish head. Tart aroma. Acetic and tart flavor with light plastic notes. Medium bodied. Acetic/sour notes linger with tartness and light citrus.

Tried from Draft on 04 Jul 2012 at 11:29


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Markhaven Summer Fun 2012. Ruby dark brown colour with a lasting white head. Malty aroma of caramel and toffee, with fruity hops, tangerine, white wine, peach and a grassy touch. Sweetish malty flavour with fruity and grassy hops and a nice bitter balance

Tried on 03 Jul 2012 at 12:55


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

Bottle @ Odense Tasting, July 2012. Pours copper amber with a white head. Really malty nose. Flavor is berries, benzin and caramel. Medium bodied. Dry finish.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Jul 2012 at 12:51


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Tap at Craft Beer Co. It pours cloudy light orange, with a thick yellow-white head. The nose is orange squash, creaminess, grapefruit, sharpness, sherbet, dough and flour. The taste is orange squash, grapefruit, spice, leather, straw, citrus pith, bread, sherbet and resin, with a bitter finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Nice juicy citrus going on.

Tried from Draft on 02 Jul 2012 at 13:21


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4.5

30th June 2012
Keg at Craft. Hazy amber beer, tidy white head. Smooth soft palate with fine carbonation. A beer of 2 halves if ever there was one. The first half is very grainy - raw malt - off putting. The second half loses the raw malt and has pleasant sweet hops, tangerine and orange and orange marmalade. Finishes semi dry. Hard to mark this one!

Tried on 01 Jul 2012 at 09:58


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

22 ounce bottle. Pours a almost pure black color with a small off-white head after a bit. The aroma is light chocolate and roast notes. The flavor is nice: vanilla and coffee beans, lighter milk, roast, metallic hops, very smooth. A nice brew, spot on for the style. A bit earthy for sure. This would be amazing on cask.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Jun 2012 at 22:29