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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8/10
Backlog
Tried on 04 Sep 2018 at 14:26

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
A dark brown stout with a thin brown head. In aroma, sweet chocolate malt with light grassy hops, light mineral notes, OK. In mouth, a nice sweet chocolate malt with light grassy hops, light fruity esters, nice and smooth. On tap at Village Bottle Shop.
Tried from Draft on 02 Sep 2018 at 05:15

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
28th August 2018
Can. Light haze on this gold beer, good bubbly white head. Palate is airy and mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Light clean sweetish malts. Mellow hops, little fresh orange and smooth pine. Modest mango. Light semi dry finish. It's easy going but lacks any hop punch.
Tried from Can on 28 Aug 2018 at 22:10

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Tap at Cap Hop. Pours hazy gold with a white head. Tangerine aroma - didn’t get anything else. Almost full bodied. Flavor is very tangerine - even a bit of zestiness. It’s dry and earthy. Not sure about hop and malt. This is tangerine - not juicy, but very much that flavor. Not getting any spice or other fruit - so the Belgian aspect is clouded over by the tangerine for me. Deadly quaffable for a 9% ale. I really like the flavor.
Tried from Draft on 19 Aug 2018 at 18:28

6/10
Tried on 17 Aug 2018 at 16:28

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle @ Mancave tasting shared with Caesar. Hazy orange golden color, huge foamy white head. Aroma is malts, somewhat hoppy and some fruity notes but the beer is past its prime. To be fair: store owner warned me that it was a bit old. It's still ok and quite drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2018 at 16:19

7/10
Tried from Draft at Brody's American Taphouse on 11 Aug 2018 at 21:14

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
22 oz. bottle. Pretty decent flavor; mild hazelnuts, moderate chocolate, body seems a tad thin. I feel the carbonation is to high (slightly throws off the mouthfeel). Overall, pretty good drinking.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Aug 2018 at 11:32

7/10
Tried from Bottle on 09 Aug 2018 at 19:54

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
7 3 7 3 14Draft at Dock No. 13, Bangkok. Fairly hazy amber with an off white head. Aroma of caramel malt, grassy hops, green weeds and citrus. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 09 Aug 2018 at 12:17