Archive record · Brewery
Rocket Republic Brewing Company
Madison / Huntsville, Alabama, Alabama, USA
- Founded
- 2013
- Closed
- Year unknown
- Archive ID
- TB-4A6763BZ
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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Summary
Madison County. Founder: Eric Crigger; Tatum Crigger; John Troy; Lynn Troy. Status as recorded: CLOSED. Formed in March 2013; first commercial beers brewed in August 2013 with public launch in September. Later operated Madison and downtown Huntsville locations. Official brewery platform now marks the brewery no longer in business; Axios listed it among recent Huntsville closures by July 1, 2025. Exact final operating date remains held.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Where it is
34.67283, -86.77401
Supplied by the research pass; method not recorded
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Beers
Mach One IPA
HISTORICAL / AWARD BEERAmerican IPA
75 IBU. 2018 Alabama Craft Beer State Championship best-in-category gold; formerly voted best beer in Madison County in 2015.
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HISTORICAL / AWARD BEERAmerican Brown Ale
18 IBU. 2018 Alabama Craft Beer State Championship best-in-category gold.
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HISTORICALCream Ale
One of Rocket Republic's early/popular brands preserved in ownership and beer-history directories.
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HISTORICALScottish Ale
One of Rocket Republic's popular historical brands.
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On the record
Awards
- 2018
Gold — Best in category
Alabama Craft Beer State Championship
- 2018
Gold — Best in category
Alabama Craft Beer State Championship
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record compiled in Tally's Alabama master, Pass 17 — Blount and outer north-east reconciliation (research workbook), which cited https://untappd.com/RocketRepublic for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's Alabama master, Pass 17 — Blount and outer north-east reconciliation (research workbook) · Compiled with ChatGPT web search under the Tally's workbook protocol · 2026-08
CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19Claim last checked 2026-08-19
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Straight answers
Common questions about Rocket Republic Brewing Company
- Is Rocket Republic Brewing Company still open?
- No. Rocket Republic Brewing Company has closed. The archive has not established the year it stopped. Madison County. Founder: Eric Crigger; Tatum Crigger; John Troy; Lynn Troy. Status as recorded: CLOSED. Formed in March 2013; first commercial beers brewed in August 2013 with public launch in September. Later operated Madison and downtown Huntsville locations. Official brewery platform now marks the brewery no longer in business; Axios listed it among recent Huntsville closures by July 1, 2025. Exact final operating date remains held.
- When was Rocket Republic Brewing Company founded?
- Rocket Republic Brewing Company was founded in 2013 in Madison / Huntsville, Alabama, USA.
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