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

On tap @ Beer Temple. Clear amber color. White head, some lace. Aroma’s: strong resin with a malty sweet backbone, hints of sweet fruit.. Flavor: bitter with some sweetness for balance. Medium bodied. Long lasting, resinous bitter finish. Tasty!.

Tried from Draft on 23 Jun 2012 at 00:11


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

On draught at Gourmet Haus. Chardonnay shows thru on the nose. Wheat as well. Hazy honey color with tight bubbled head and slight ringing and lacing. Green fruit follow through with bread dough chewiness from the yeast. Soft mellowing from the barrel of apple and a dry finish. Alcohol hidden but showing slight warmth.

Tried on 22 Jun 2012 at 18:24


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Draft at Beer Temple. Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma of freah malt, caramel and light grassy hops. Flavour is massive pine, grass, fresh malt and caramel, but unfortunately spoiled as it’s strangely sickly. Bitterness is high with medium sweetness. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Disappointing, it’s close to being really good, but something is really not quite right.

Tried from Draft on 17 Jun 2012 at 14:15


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

On tap at Beer Temple. Clear golden orange colour, white head. Aroma of loads of pine and spruce, cat piss, lime. Flavour is spruce, toasted malts, dung, weed, light malty, light caramel, dung and grapefruit hoppy bitter finish. Medium bodied. Didn’t really like it that much.

Tried from Draft on 15 Jun 2012 at 13:18


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft. Amber beer with an off-white head. Malt and light spice aroma. Spice and light yeast flavor with light fruitiness, oak, and malt. Medium bodied. Vanilla and oak lingers with light white wine, light spice, and light malt.

Tried from Draft on 15 Jun 2012 at 10:52


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

Fra fat på Ølbaren i Elmegade: en nydelig balansert apa (8%) med dominans av grapefrukt. Smaskegod! Fra flaske på Mi2 Cardinal aug-16: uklar korngul med flott skum som varer. Også denne gangen lassevis av frisk grapefrukt, velkomponert, fruktig og smud - de 100 IBU merkes ikke. Lekker fra ende til annen. Uendret score.

Tried on 13 Jun 2012 at 06:06


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Very dark amber/red wit big beige head. Aroma is malt, fruit, citrus, hops, elderflower, floral and caramel. Flavour is malt, fruit, caramel, hops, citrus, pine, medium sweet, little floral and bitter.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Jun 2012 at 22:27


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

Bottle, 10C. Dark red with a large beige head. Aroma of oranges and chocolate, toast, white pepper, soap, herbs, aging lawn clippings. Medium bodied, slightly creamy. Taste has toffee and nuts, oranges, peaches, pepper, galangal. Long, spiced and herbal finish with moderate bitterness. Interesting.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Jun 2012 at 05:23


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle @ home. Dark reddish brown appearance with a light brown head. Fairly spicy, piney, earthy hoppy, toasty malty aroma. Toasty, caramel malty, biscuity, piney, herbal hoppy flavor with a pretty smooth finish.

Tried from Bottle on 28 May 2012 at 18:24


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

CBC on tap-pours mahogany with a brown head and trailing lace. Aroma is dark malt-roasty/chocolate. Taste is dark malt-roasty/chocolate, 2nd earthy hops. Full body.

Tried from Draft on 22 May 2012 at 12:51