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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6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Pours black with a large tan head.Nose shows caramel, coffee, roasted malt, sultanas, and honeycomb.Sweet flavours, a lot more caramel, roasted malt, chocolate, and am overwhelming big lactose sweetness making it taste like Fantales confectionery rather than beer.High carbonation doesn't really suit the flavours.
Tried on 19 Jan 2021 at 11:10

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5
Decent malt but a touch on the sweet side. Golden pour with ok head. Mostly crisp with a light cloying tang. Can.
Tried from Can on 16 Jan 2021 at 03:20

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Pours hazy gold with a large fading head.Nose show pine, grapefruit, nectarine, and clean malt.Flavours include pineapple, tropical fruit confectionery, piny hops, grapfruit, clean malt without too much sweetness and a bit of booze/slight petrol note.Body feels quite watery.
Tried on 13 Jan 2021 at 10:44

8/10
Tried from Can at Peas & Honey on 06 Jan 2021 at 15:31

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Orange peel and some pine. Plenty of malt. Just not a lot of flavour here. Bitter orangy end. Can.
Tried from Can on 31 Dec 2020 at 19:15

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can. Opaque orange with a small white head. Aroma of oranges, onion chives, pineapple, grass. Sweet and juicy with lots of pineapple and very little of the threatened astringency. Low bitterness is almost enough. For old fashioned me who still thinks of 6.5% ABV as a strong beer, this comes across as a pleasant quaffer that doesn't justify its strength.
Tried from Can on 30 Dec 2020 at 12:42

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
16oz can pours a nearly opaque black, brown edges, ring of off white head. Nose is solid, toasted grains, some rootbeer, molasses, brewers licorice, caramel. Flavor starts sweet with caramel and Charleston Chew, there is a roasty coffee note helping with a little rounding bitterness, burnt toast with nutella. Little bite from the roast and from the alcohol on the end.
Tried from Can on 27 Dec 2020 at 00:59

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
330ml can at the Beer Bank, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a slightly hazy golden colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head. The aroma is malt and piney hops. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a malt, citrus fruit, light grassy, floral hop bitter palate and a long bitter finish. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Not too shabby!
Tried from Can at Beer Bank : Kuala Lumpur City Centre on 19 Dec 2020 at 15:43

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
From a 12 oz can. Pours a hazy greenish gold with a white head. Aromas of grass and tropical fruit. Flavors are bitter citrus.
Tried from Can on 25 Nov 2020 at 21:11

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
This brew is a cloudy yellow color with a medium frothy white head that diminishes gradually to a film. Partial rings of lace. Herbal hops, tropical fruit and biscuit malt in the nose. Medium body with flavors of citrusy hops, mango and bready malt. The finish is mildly bitter and creamy with a citrusy hop aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
Tried on 18 Nov 2020 at 22:20