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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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

22 fl oz bottle. Pours clear and golden amber with a small white head. Aroma is fruity and toasted malty and roasted. Bitter, toasted malty and caramelish. Caramelish and crisp hoppy. Smooth fruity finish.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Apr 2012 at 04:27


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

Bottle 65 cl. Pours a clear deep golden with a white head. Intensely hoppy aroma, herbal bordering wild. Solid body, fruity and distinctly herbal - really appears as if spices or herbs are added, but it’s probably just the hops. Plenty of piney edges as well. Dry and hoppy finish without being overly bitter. 280412

Tried from Bottle on 29 Apr 2012 at 01:59


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

Bottle 65 cl. Clear dark amber with a creamy, beige head. Fairly hoppy aroma, some overripe fruit. Medium-bodied, discreetly roasty, a little herbal hoppiness. Distinctly bitter finish. 280412

Tried from Bottle on 29 Apr 2012 at 01:33


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

Bottled. A dark red beer with a huge orangey head. The aroma has notes of citrusy hops, caramel, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of hops, citrusy hops, malt, and dust, leading to a very bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Apr 2012 at 05:08


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Tap @ Mikkeller Bar. Hazy light orange with a white head. Sweet, malty, caramel and rather hoppy - citrus and pine. Flavor is quite sweet and very bitter. Dry and very bitter finish. 270412

Tried from Draft on 27 Apr 2012 at 06:11


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draft. A hazy dark amber beer with a lazing yellowish head. The aroma has notes of citrusy hops, straw, and yeast. The flavor is sweet with notes of hops, caramel sauce, lemons, and alfa acid, leading to a very bitter finish.

Tried from Draft on 24 Apr 2012 at 08:07


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle shared by Steve. Pours gold with white head. Nose/taste of tropical fruit, pineapple, pine and caramel malt. Finishes dry pine - a bit too dry. Medium body.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Apr 2012 at 20:20


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

On tap at Gourmet Haus. Amazing chocolate nose. Pours opaque with big brown head clinging down sides. Great chocolate and coffee follows with a surprising medium mouthfeel. Falls off quickly but still tasty.

Tried from Draft on 08 Mar 2012 at 18:08


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

Poured up on tap at the Pleasanton Hopyard with deep amber body and thin copper edges as well as a tan head of foam that leaves behind some spotty lacing. The aroma offers up smooth roasty malts mixed with a bit of chocolate malts, nutty maltiness and a touch of pine hops. The taste creates notes of malts, sweet nuttiness, a bit of pine hop bitterness and just a pinch of sweet dark fruity esters toward midway and into the finish. Yummy stuff.

Tried from Draft on 03 Mar 2012 at 20:44


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Poured up on tap at the Pleasanton Hopyard with clear copper body and gold edges as well as a nice looking white foam head that leaves behind some lacing. The aroma is spicy and sugary sweet malts and then quickly picks up thick citrus notes like tangelo and grapefruit and some clementine. The taste delivers a nice resiny hoppiness with grapefruit, tangelos and a touch of lime. To midway a bit of mango and spicy hops join in with resiny bitter pine hoppiness. Darn easy drinking and enjoyable IIPA.

Tried from Draft on 03 Mar 2012 at 20:41