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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7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
malty body with massive hops trying to balance thing out in vain. Some alcohol appears but much less than expected. Big boozy apricot and citrusy finish. Wow. Not sure what to make but for 12.5% it’s good. My lips are numb
Tried on 19 Nov 2018 at 13:13

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
Can pour into nonic pint glass from Total Wine & More, Danvers. Appearance is cloudy yellow (fine dark floaties) with greenish tinge, nice sparkle, finger-width white foamy head with poor retention and no lacing. Aroma is strong citrus over tropical fruit with candied sugar and bready malt backbone. Taste is citrus, mild herb, late biscuit. Palate is light bodied with thin texture, lively-to-fizzy carbonation with mild sting to the lips and tongue, crisp, dry finish of citrus and cracker. Overall, not as juicy as you would think and quite a thin palate.
Tried from Can on 18 Nov 2018 at 03:54

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Tap at Hair of the Dog, Phloen Chit, Bangkok. Poured a hazy golden colour with a lasting thin white head. The aroma is yeast, big citrus fruits, light hop. The flavour is moderate sour with a yeasty, tart fruity, light dry hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 16 Nov 2018 at 07:09

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5

Can 12fl.oz. @ MBWF 2018 [ Malmö- Öl & Whiskyfestival 2018 ], Malmömässan, Mässgatan 6, 215 32 Malmö, Sweden.

[ As Heretic Make America Juicy Again ].
Murky matt medium yellow orange colour with a averagee, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, grapefruit, fruity hops, fruit juice, minerals. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, fruit juice, pale malt, sweet malt, minerals, citrus, fruity hops. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20180309]
7-3-8-3-15
--- Beer aliased from original tick of Make America Juicy Again on 13 Nov 2018 at 13:33 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8. Original review text: Can 12fl.oz. @ MBWF 2018 [ Malmö- Öl & Whiskyfestival 2018 ], Malmömässan, Mässgatan 6, 215 32 Malmö, Sweden. [ As Heretic Make America Juicy Again ].Murky matt medium yellow orange colour with a averagee, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, grapefruit, fruity hops, fruit juice, minerals. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, fruit juice, pale malt, sweet malt, minerals, citrus, fruity hops. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20180309] 7-3-8-3-15
Tried from Can on 13 Nov 2018 at 13:33

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can from Corti Bros. Pours translucent gold with a foamy white head. Aroma is dank with a touch of mango. Med body or a bit better. Flavor is dank - dank what? Not dank mango, tho mango is clearly a big deal here. I'll go with citrus for the hop, tho the mango suggests orange citrus somehow. Tasty stuff. Pleasing. Just hard to parse beyond mango.
Tried from Can on 13 Nov 2018 at 01:46

8.5/10
Mmm,damn good, especially with nachos.
Tried on 11 Nov 2018 at 17:14

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Draught @ MBWF 2018 [ Malmö- Öl & Whiskyfestival 2018 ], Malmömässan, Mässgatan 6, 215 32 Malmö, Sweden. [ As Heretic Strawberry Tartuffe ].Clear medium yellow orange colour with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, strawberry, green strawberry. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, seet strawberry, green strawberries, tart, pale malt. Quit refreshing. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20180309] 8-3-8-3-16
Tried on 10 Nov 2018 at 06:24

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Draught @ MBWF 2018 [ Malmö- Öl & Whiskyfestival 2018 ], Malmömässan, Mässgatan 6, 215 32 Malmö, Sweden. [ As Heretic Goo ].Clear dark black brown colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, dark chocolate, cocoa, dusty, coconut, alcohol - bourbon. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, chocolate, dark chocolate, cocoa, dusty, coconut, bourbon. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20180309] 8-3-8-4-16
Tried on 10 Nov 2018 at 06:19

7/10
From backlog. 0,3 litre Can from Vinmonopolet Hamar. Cloudy Golden with white head. Malts, hops, grapefruit, and some bitterness.
Tried from Can on 03 Nov 2018 at 22:12

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Tap at The Davis Beer Shoppe. Pours orange tinged gold with a slight white head. Aroma is lightly blackberry. Near medium body. Flavor is oh so mildly tart. And lightly berry. Extremely refreshing.
Tried from Draft on 26 Oct 2018 at 18:49