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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Tried from Draft on 26 Mar 2025 at 06:28


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RB score 3.68

Tried from Bottle on 11 Mar 2025 at 02:07


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Pours hazy light gold. Smells mostly of citrus hops. The flavor is a straightforward, citrusy lightly resinous hazy with mild bitterness. I found it okay but underwhelming.

Tried from Can from Belmont Beverage - Lima Rd on 28 Feb 2025 at 22:46


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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

US Pint can at Kura’s Krafts, Kuala Lumpur. Poured an unclear light reddish purple colour with a short-lived fizzy white head and lots of clingy bubbles. The aroma is big blueberries. The flavour is moderate sour, light sweet, with a fresh, crisp, tart juicy blueberry, light herbal, light vanilla palate. Medium to light bodied with lively carbonation. Perfect after a long walk to the bar!

Tried from Can at Kura's Krafts on 20 Feb 2025 at 13:06


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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

US Pint can from Farmers Bar, Avenue K, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a slightly hazy yellow golden colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head and some broken lace. The aroma is grainy, light hops. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a somewhat light, mineral, light hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with average carbonation.

Tried from Can at Farmers Bar @ Avenue K on 19 Feb 2025 at 14:56


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

Bottle at home. Aroma of nuts, chocolate, roasted dark malt, some coffee. Flavour is moderate sweet with a moderate roasty bitter finish. Body is medium, a bit lighter than I expected. Nice easy drink, delivers on the nuts & chocolate promise.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Feb 2025 at 05:01


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

Bottle at De Koffer, Groningen. Aroma is rich fruits, tropical notes, grapefruit, peach, hoppy, sweetish malt, some pine resin. Flavour is moderate sweet and medium bitter. Body is medium. Pretty decent, nicely juicy IIPA.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2025 at 15:41


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

Can at home. Aroma is toasted bready malts, caramel, fruity hops, grapefruit, pine resin. Flavour is light to moderate sweet and moderate to medium bitter. Body is medium. Both robust and refreshing, I like the malt/hop balance. Very good.

Tried from Can on 11 Feb 2025 at 15:39


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

From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Aroma is grainy with noble hops, hint of fruits, light bready, bit grassy, and a touch of minerals. Flavour is above moderate biter with a dry finish. Body is light to medium. Simple but crisp drinkable ale.

Tried from Draft on 08 Feb 2025 at 10:35


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is mango juice with dank-ish oniony hops, grass, citrus, orange, and peach. Light pale malt. Flavour is moderate sweet with a mild bitterness. Medium body. Lots of mango and peach, oniony hops. Lacks a little depth, decent.

Tried from Can on 07 Feb 2025 at 11:58