Rocket Republic Brewing Company

Rocket Republic Brewing Company, Inc. is a craft brewery located in Madison, Alabama incorporated in Alabama in March 2013. The brewery received their state ABC license in July 2013[1] and successfully launched their beers on September 6, 2013. The launch day was held at The Nook, a beer bar in Huntsville, Alabama and launch beers were Vapor Trail Cream Ale and Astronut Brown Ale. Rocket Republic is owned by Eric Crigger (brewer), Tatum Crigger, John Troy and Lynn Troy.

Crigger started brewing on a Mr. Beer kit, quickly progressed to all-grain brewing and then took a part time position at the, now defunct, Olde Towne Brewing Company in Huntsville, Alabama. At Olde Towne, Crigger learned the business aspect to brewing as well as how to brew on Olde Towne's 20 bbl brewhouse. In 2008, Crigger attended a class at Chicago's Siebel Institute of Technology on how to start your own brewery.

Brewing

As of November 2014, brewing is currently handled by contract, however Rocket Republic is currently building out a 10,000 square foot warehouse space[2] in a half-million dollar project to convert the space into a functioning brewery. As part of this project, the brewery launched a successful Indigogo campaign whereby contributors could become "citizens" and earn extra perks to be part of the build-out process.[3]

Collaboration

In August 2014, Mr. Beer contacted Eric Crigger to gauge interest in collaborating with them on a beer. Having started on Mr. Beer kit, Rocket Republic quickly started working the Mr. Beer brewmaster to create a clone recipe of one of their most popular beers: AstroNut Brown. [4][5] On October 22, 2014 a Mr. Beer version of Rocket Republic AstroNut Brown Ale shipped from Mr. Beer.[6]

Equipment

Rocket Republic owns a 15 bbl direct fire brewhouse from San Diego based Premier Stainless. In additional the brewhouse, Rocket Republic owns four Premier 30 bbl fermentation vessels, a hot liquor tank, and a 30 bbl brite tank. Prior to purchasing the Premier equipment, Rocket Republic purchased two 30 bbl fermentation vessels in 2013 which are located at their contract brewer. Rocket Republic owns all of their cooperage and occasionally utilizes pubkegs.

Location

289 Production Avenue in Madison, Alabama.

Beers

Notes

  1. ↑ Berry, Lucy (July 31, 2013). "Rocket Republic Brewing Co. gets state license". The Huntsville Times.
  2. ↑ Berry, Lucy (June 24, 2013). "'Overwhelming' growth prompts Rocket Republic Brewing Co. to launch craft beer brewhouse, tap room in Madison". The Huntsville Times.
  3. ↑ Berry, Lucy (October 20, 2014). "Operation: Launch Rocket Republic Brewing Co.". The Huntsville Times.
  4. ↑ "Rocket Republic poised for launch with Mr Beer collaboration and community support". CBS News, KPHO Phoenix, Arizona. October 22, 2014.
  5. ↑ Wake, Matt (September 23, 2014). "Madison's Rocket Republic collaborating with Mr. Beer, world's largest producer of homebrew systems". The Huntsville Times.
  6. ↑ "ASTRONUT™ BROWN ALE FROM ROCKET REPUBLIC BREWERY - COLLABORATION RECIPE". Mr. Beer Website. October 22, 2014.
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