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

473ml can @ monthly tasting, Chez Sophie, April 23. Cheers Mark for this. Misty gold appearance, large white head. Lovely chardonnay influence working well with the tripel sweetness.. good balance, nice drinkability. Could have a richer depth but overall very enjoyable.

Tried from Can on 18 Apr 2023 at 14:33


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

17th April 2023; Shrewsbury Beer Exchange in Chez Sophie, five guys drinking and chatting with plenty of snacks. Cheers Mark for the 473ml can of this. Clear golden body, lasting white head. Nice blend of Belgian Triple style beer and Chardonnay Wine flavours, you don't notice the alcohol either!

Tried from Can on 18 Apr 2023 at 08:19


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

Draft. Amber beer with a cream head. Tropical fruit and orange aroma with light grapefruit. Grapefruit and tropical fruit flavor. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Grapefruit and tropical fruit linger with light pine.

Tried from Draft on 14 Apr 2023 at 20:43


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

16oz can from HomeBrewStuff. Clear golden pour, one finger foamy white head. Aroma is light caramel malts and citrusy notes. Taste comes in like gangbusters, zesty, citrusy hop oil, a flash of bready malts, then hop sting and alcohol burn. Seems innocuous at first, but leaves it's mark with lingering heat.

Tried from Can on 28 Mar 2023 at 03:58


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Sample during the Super Bowl Viewing and Beer event on 02/12/2023.

Tried on 23 Mar 2023 at 20:45


7.6

It is exactly as described. But it is not a belguan pale, except in some fuzzy version of base beer. It is however quite sour and lovely drinkable. Top notch beer, light bodied but super complex and flavourful. Bierkonig ams

Tried on 10 Mar 2023 at 23:54


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

Bottled. More or less black colour with a beigeish brown head, which leaves some lace. Aroma of coffee, chocolate, roasted tones, some caramel, ripe fruits and woody notes. Flavour is sweet malts, mild toasted notes, toffee, some coffee as well as mild wood, ripe fruits and actually quite a bitter bite in the finish.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2022 at 01:27


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

Bottled. Deep brown, close to black colour with a mediumsized beigeish brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, some nutty notes as well as mild toffee and wood. Flavour is chocolate, nutty, mild ripe fruits, some sweet malts and toffee as well as mild wooden and slight ashiness in the finish. Good sipper.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2022 at 01:26


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

Bottled. Orangeish golden colour with a small white head. Aroma is fruity, some nectar, mild floral and herbal notes as well as some toffee to it. Flavour is fruity, floral, nectary and some mild honey as well as sweetish maltiness to it. Alcohol gives a slight warming touch to it.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Dec 2022 at 23:41


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

Can: pours dark brown with a beige head. Aroma is some nut of hazel, chocolate. Taste is lightly sweet, nutty. Easy enough.

Tried from Can on 05 Dec 2022 at 03:24