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Sun King Brewing

  • In Planning
  • Fishers, Indiana
  • 2 Year Medal Streak

WebsiteOpen in the Breweries Dashboard

Medals in View
7
Gold, Silver, Bronze
First Medal in View
2022
Categories Medaled
6
5 in special categories
Estimated Barrels per Year
2.1K

No production figure is published, so this uses the typical volume for its brewery type (in Planning): 1,500 barrels. Each location after the first adds 600 barrels, and this brewery has 1 more. Estimated total: 2,100 barrels. Inputs: Barrels: 2,100 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: In Planning; Locations: 2; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

Estimate (E)
Estimated ARR
$1.9M

2,100 barrels times $900 per barrel, the benchmark price for its brewery type (in Planning), gives $1,890,000 a year. The range shown is 0.7 to 1.35 times that. Inputs: Barrels: 2,100 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: In Planning; Locations: 2; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

EBITDA $151K at 8% (E)
Medals by YearSun King Brewing, 2018 to 2026
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Medals by Year
Name201820192020202120222023202420252026
Gold000001001
Silver000011000
Bronze000000021

Ten Year Trend

Each year says whether the brewery medaled. When it did not, the status says why there is nothing to count, including years before the brewery opened.

Medals and status of Sun King Brewing in the last ten years.
YearStatusMedalsGold / Silver / Bronze
2026Medaled2
2025Medaled2
2024No Medal0
2023Medaled2
2022Medaled1
2021No Medal0
2020Results Not LoadedNot FoundNot Found
2019Partial Year0
2018Partial Year0
Medals by Style Family
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Medals by Style Family
Style FamilyMedals
Smoke and Wood3
Fruit, Spice, and Specialty2
Lager1
Pale Ale1
Medals by Category
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Medals by Category
CategoryMedals
Experimental Wood-Aged Beer2
Chili Beer1
Chocolate Beer1
Golden or Blonde Ale1
Mexican Light Lager1
Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer1
Medals by Location CreditedAs Printed in the Winners List
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Medals by Location Credited
Location CreditedMedals
Indianapolis4
Fishers3

Hops in These Medal Beers

Each variety links to its page, with the farms that grow it.

Hops in the medal beers of Sun King Brewing.
Bravo1

Hop Farms Reached Through These Hops

A farm the brewery named is a direct statement in a beer profile. A farm that grows one of these hops is published as growing it, and it does not mean the beer used hops from that farm.

Brewery Named This Farm

No beer profile of this brewery names a farm.

Grown by

No farm is published as growing a hop this brewery uses.

Medal History

Field is the number of entries in the category that year. Entries per medal divides the field by the medals awarded.

Every Great American Beer Festival medal of Sun King Brewing in view.. Select a column header to sort.
Beer Profile
2026GoldSoul Shakedown Party13.7%30Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer6120.3FishersFull Profile
2026BronzePachanga4.5%24Mexican Light Lager3913.0FishersFull Profile
2025BronzeKeller BlazeNot FoundNot FoundChili Beer6923.0IndianapolisNot Found
2025BronzeOuija Heavy (Chocolate Edition)Not FoundNot FoundChocolate Beer3411.3FishersNot Found
2023GoldSoul Shakedown Party9%30Experimental Wood-Aged Beer3210.7IndianapolisNot Found
2023SilverSunlight Cream Ale5.3%20Golden or Blonde Ale13846.0IndianapolisNot Found
2022SilverSoul Shakedown Party9%30Experimental Wood-Aged Beer4113.7IndianapolisNot Found

2026 Medal Beers

Gold in Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer

Soul Shakedown Party

Sun King Brewing, Fishers, IN

Category
Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer
Entries
61
ABV
13.7%
IBU
30
Style
Rum Barrel Aged Scotch Ale
Malts
Not Found
Yeast
Not Found
Adjuncts
Not Found

Hops

Not Found

Not Found

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Bronze in Mexican Light Lager

Pachanga

Sun King Brewing, Fishers, IN

Category
Mexican Light Lager
Entries
39
ABV
4.5%
IBU
24
Style
Mexican-Style Lager
Malts
Not Found
Yeast
Not Found
Adjuncts
Not Found

Hops

Tasting Notes

Mexican style lager with a crisp malt flavor and thirst-quenching character.

Source: beerandbrewing.com

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Profile

Type
In Planning
Headquarters
Fishers, Indiana
Founded
Not Found
Employees
Not Found
Kitchen
Not Found
Website
www.sunkingbrewing.comSource: website resolved
Links
Not Found
Locations
  • Sun King Brewing Co: Fishers, Indiana, 46037 Map
  • Sun King Brewing Co: 135 N College Ave, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202-3801 Map
Known for
Smoke and Wood, Fruit, Spice, and Specialty, Pale Ale

Current Beers

Not Found

Ownership and Investors

Not Found

Breweries without ownership research are not counted as independent.

Distribution

Not Found

Estimated Scale

Barrels per Year
2,100

No production figure is published, so this uses the typical volume for its brewery type (in Planning): 1,500 barrels. Each location after the first adds 600 barrels, and this brewery has 1 more. Estimated total: 2,100 barrels. Inputs: Barrels: 2,100 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: In Planning; Locations: 2; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

(Estimated from Brewery Type (E), Low Confidence)
Equivalent
65,100 gallons, or 28,933 cases of 24 twelve ounce cans. About 208,320 sixteen ounce cans packaged (assuming 40% packaged) and 312,480 pints on draft.
Revenue (ARR)
$1.9M

2,100 barrels times $900 per barrel, the benchmark price for its brewery type (in Planning), gives $1,890,000 a year. The range shown is 0.7 to 1.35 times that. Inputs: Barrels: 2,100 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: In Planning; Locations: 2; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

(range $1.3M to $2.6M, E)
Gross Margin
50%

Annual revenue ($1,890,000) times a 50% gross margin, typical for its brewery type (in Planning), gives $945,000 of gross profit. Inputs: Barrels: 2,100 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: In Planning; Locations: 2; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

(gross profit $945K, E)
EBITDA
$151K at 8%

Annual revenue ($1,890,000) times a 8% EBITDA margin, typical for its brewery type (in Planning), gives $151,200. The range uses 5% to 11%, typical for self distributed breweries. Inputs: Barrels: 2,100 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: In Planning; Locations: 2; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

(range 5% to 11%, $95K to $208K, E)
Revenue per Barrel
$900

Annual revenue ($1,890,000) divided by 2,100 barrels. Inputs: Barrels: 2,100 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: In Planning; Locations: 2; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

(cost of goods assumed at $500 per barrel, E)
Revenue per Location
$945K

Annual revenue ($1,890,000) divided by the number of locations (2). Inputs: Barrels: 2,100 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: In Planning; Locations: 2; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

across 2 locations, E

How These Estimates Are Made

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