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

Can from Total Wine in Vacaville, CA. Pours translucent gold with a large creamy/foamy white head. Aroma is very mango. Med body. It's fruity/juicy mango, but not very sweet. Moderately bitter. Lactose is discernible. The feel is more like a citrus hopping, but the flavor has no citrus at all. Quite different.

Tried from Can on 27 Mar 2024 at 00:30


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can from Total Wine in Vacaville, CA. Pours dirty hazy gold with a huge foamy white head. Aroma of citrus and mixed tropicals. Med body, but not firm texture. Must have gone with the huge head. Flavor is discernible pale malt supporting citrus, passion fruit and melon. Juicy but well towards dry. Moderately bitter.
Earlier Rating: 8/14/2017 Total Score: 3.8
Can from Corti Bros. Pours hazy light gold with a white head. Aroma is juicy and tropical. Med body. Flavor is somewhat dank, and rather juicy fruit where citrus is the leader. It’s towards dry, and it’s nicely bitter. Good stuff.

Tried from Can on 10 Mar 2024 at 01:34


6

A red copper ale with a thin lacing mocha head. In aroma, nice caramel malt with light grassy hops, light mineral notes, treacle, pleasant. In mouth, a nice caramel malt with resinous hops, light mineral notes, light treacle, pleasant. On tap at Farmer's Bar at Avenue K.

Tried from Draft on 12 Feb 2024 at 11:55


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

A hazed golden yellow ipa with a thin creamy lacing white head. In aroma, sweet fruity biscuit malt with resinous floral hops, light dank notes, pleasant and smooth. In mouth, a nice biscuit malt with resinous floral hops, grapefruit pulp, light tropical fruits, very nice and smooth. On tap at Farmer's Bar at Avenue K.

Tried from Draft on 12 Feb 2024 at 11:47


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

12oz can in Vacaville. Pours clear dark golden with a medium sized off-white head, light lacing. Fruity, grapefruit, grassy, dank. Tasty

Tried from Can on 10 Feb 2024 at 03:33


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Can in Vacaville. Pours cloudy orange with a medium sized white head, good lacing. Mango, grapefruit, grassy, citrus zest. Tasty

Tried from Can on 10 Feb 2024 at 01:12


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

Pint can at the Beer Bank, Kuala Lumpur City Centre. Poured a slightly hazy yellow golden colour with a big lasting frothy white head. The aroma is toffee caramel malt, light alcohol. The flavour is moderate sweet, with a smooth, rich, dank, big resin, burnt toffee, warm boozy alcohol bitter palate. Over medium bodied with average carbonation. Big on alcohol but well under control and it doesn’t dominate.

Tried from Can on 01 Feb 2024 at 16:07


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

440ml can from Battle of Bull, Cheras, Malaysia. Poured a hazy golden colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head. The aroma is massive tropical citrus, coconut. The flavour is moderate sour, with a fresh, crisp, coconut, tart strawberry palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.

Tried from Can on 05 Jan 2024 at 15:20


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

Pint can at Farmers Bar, Subang Parade, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. Poured a slightly hazy yellow golden colour with a big lasting frothy white head. The aroma is malt, big lime. The flavour is moderate to light sweet and bitter, with a light, crisp, juicy tart lime, super light salty palate. Pretty one dimensional really. Refreshing in a hot climate and that’s where it ends.

Tried from Can on 24 Dec 2023 at 15:25


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

Pint can at Farmers Bar, Subang Parade, Petaling Jaya. Poured a clear yellow golden colour with a short-lived, frothy white head. The aroma is grainy malt, light herbal. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a smooth, herbal, light chamomile, light woody hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.

Tried from Can on 24 Dec 2023 at 14:30