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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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is fruity and dank weedy hops with mango, tropical fruits, citrus, orange, and herbal notes. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter, body is medium. Weedy with lots of mango in particular.

Tried from Can on 07 Feb 2025 at 11:58


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Can 0,355ltr: Clear Dark red colored brew with an dry bitter taste. Hints of tart citrus with layering sweet caramel.

Tried from Can on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:17


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

Pint can at Benny’s place. Poured a hazy medium amber colour with a thin white head. The aroma is toffee caramel, boozy alcohol. The flavour is strong sweet, with a smooth, super rich, oily, toffee, warm boozy alcohol bitter palate and a long bitter finish. Over medium bodied with average carbonation. I’m on the fence. Not too dissimilar to the super boozy malt liquors we get in the Indian shops in Malaysia, but a little more refined.

Tried from Can on 13 Dec 2024 at 17:37


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

US Pint can at Benny’s place. Poured a slightly hazy yellow golden colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head and some clingy lace. The aroma is grainy, tropical citrus. The flavour is moderate bitter and sweet, with a smooth, rich, light herbal, juicy tropical citrus, mango, pineapple, hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium bodied with average to soft carbonation.

Tried from Can on 29 Nov 2024 at 16:16


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

US pint can at Benny’s place. Poured a light hazy yellow golden colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head and some clingy lace. The aroma is tropical citrus. The flavour is moderate sweet, light bitter, with a smooth, somewhat rich, tropical, passionfruit, mango, pineapple citrus, light floral, hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium bodied with average to soft carbonation.

Tried from Can on 29 Nov 2024 at 13:29


5.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Can. Pours hazy golden, small white head, decent lacing. Aroma is grapefruit, stale hops, unicorn tears. Flavor is light sweet, light bitter. Burny. Merlin body. Hey, you tried. 4,5,5,4,11

Tried from Can on 14 Sep 2024 at 20:57


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

Pours black with a lingering tan head. It smells of caramel, chocolate, and roast malt. The flavor is sweet but not too sweet with caramel, chocolate, roast malt, and coffee. Very tasty. This is well done.

Tried on 31 Jul 2024 at 04:17


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

19.2 oz. can from Total Wine. Pours a cloudy gold color with a white head and very good retention. Lots of spotty lacing. Some floaties present. Light, indistinct juice aroma. Tastes of tropical fruits and some booze warmth in the finish. A little too much alcohol to let the juicy notes fully shine through. Actually pretty smooth for 9.0% ABV. I agree: This is more of a fruit beer than a blonde ale. Any bready notes are lost in the mix. Sneaky strong, but better than expected. Medium body. Medium carbonation. Low bitterness.

Tried from Can on 12 Jul 2024 at 22:56


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

0,2l on tap @ Brewpub Truth. Pours hazy brown with a medium head. Aroma is sweet roasted malts with honey. Flavor is sweet roasted malts with honey, dark fruits, alcohol, hops. Very good.

Tried from Draft on 08 May 2024 at 11:00


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

Can

Tried from Can on 02 May 2024 at 21:16