Since Opening in 2009, Sun King Brewery has won more Great American Beer Festival® and World Beer Cup® medals combined than any other Indiana brewery. In fact, Sun King ranks in the top five of all combined GABF and WBC medal recipients worldwide in that time span. In addition, Sun King was named the Grand Champion Brewery at the 2019 and 2022 U.S. Open Beer Championships, and was the winner of the most medals at the 2020 Great American Beer Festival®.
Gold Medal Winners
BARREL BERRY SMASH Barrel Aged Fruit Beer, 2023 U.S. Beer Open • DIDDY MUCKLE Barrel Aged Quad/Belgian Dark, 2023 U.S. Beer Open • sunlight Golden or Blonde Ale, 2022 U.S. Beer Open • small batch triptonic Belgian Tripel, 2022 U.S. Beer Open • BARREL-AGED CHURROLICIOUS Barrel-Aged Dark Beer, 2022 U.S. Beer Open • cherry busey Belgian-Style Fruit Beer, 2022 U.S. Beer Open • golden girls Barrel-Aged Fruit Sour, 2022 U.S. Beer Open • BARREL-AGED CHURROLICIOUS Wood and Barrel-Aged Beer, 2022 WBC® • Afternoon Delight Wood and Barrel-Aged Beer, 2020 GABF® • Midnight Choir Fruited Wood & Barrel-Aged Sour Beer, 2019 GABF® • Small Batch Eis Nine German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock, 2019 GABF® • Getting By on Central Time Collaboration Competition, 2019 GABF® • Pachanga International Style Pilsner, 2019 U.S. Beer Open • Cherry Busey Belgian-Style Fruit Beer • 2019 U.S. Beer Open • Midnight Choir Wild Beer, 2019 U.S. Beer Open • Sunlight Golden or Blonde Ale, 2015 GABF® • Lonesome Dove Wood and Barrel-aged Strong Beer, 2014 GABF® • Afternoon Delight Wood and Barrel-aged Strong Beer, 2013 GABF® • Johan the Barleywine Barley-wine Style Ale, 2012 GABF® • The Velvet Fog Belgian-style Dark Strong Ale, 2012 WBC® • Java Mac Coffee Beer, 2011 GABF® • Ring of Dingle Classic Irish-style Dry Stout, 2011 GABF® • Buffalo Slumber Belgian-style Strong Specialty Ale, 2011 GABF® • Wee Muckle Scotch Ale, 2011 GABF®
Silver Medal Winners
sunlight Golden or Blonde Ale, 2023 U.S. Beer Open • PACHANGA International Style Lager/Pilsner, 2023 U.S. Beer Open • CHERRY BERRY CUVEE Belgian Style Fruit Beer, 2023 U.S. Beer Open • SOUL SHAKEDOWN PARTY Experimental Wood-Aged Beer, 2022, GABF® • SMALL BATCH HORCHATA SHADOW PROOF Nut Beer, 2022 U.S. Beer Open • POLYNESIAN PASSION Spirits Barrel-Aged Beer (Non-Whiskey), 2022 U.S. Beer Open • sunlight Golden or Blonde Ale, 2022 WBC® • SOUL SHAKEDOWN PARTY Experimental Wood-Aged Beer, 2022 WBC® • Gran Muckle Wood & Barrel-Aged Beer, 2019 GABF® • Shadow Proof Russian/British Imperial Stout, 2019 U.S. Beer Open • Bourbon Barrel Shadow Proof Barrel-Aged Stout, 2019 U.S. Beer Open • Touched by an Angel Brandy Barrel-Aged Beer, 2019 U.S. Beer Open • Magpie Muckle Wood and Barrel-aged Beer, 2017 GABF® • Cherry Busey Belgian-style Fruit Beer, 2016 GABF® • Sympathy for the Devil Wood and Barrel-aged Strong Beer, 2015 GABF® • Sympathy for the Devil Wood and Barrel-aged Strong Beer, 2014 GABF® • Diddy Muckle (aka Pappy Van Muckle) Strong/Imperial Dark Beer, 2012 GABF® • Ring of Dingle Classic Irish-style Dry Stout, 2012 WBC® • Wee Pogue Wood and Barrel-aged Beer, 2011 GABF® • Bourbon Barrel Johan Wood and Barrel-aged Strong Beer, 2011 GABF® • Popcorn Pilsner American-style or International-style Pilsener, 2011 GABF® • The Golden Slumber Belgian-style Abbey Ale, 2010 GABF® • Sunlight Golden or Blonde Ale, 2010 WBC®
Bronze Medal Winners
BRETT FUSION Barrel Aged Brett/Wild Beer, 2023 U.S. Beer Open • LONESOME DOVE Barrel Aged Pale Beer, 2023 U.S. Beer Open • ORANGE VANILLA SUNLIGHT American-Style Fruit Beer, 2022 U.S. Beer Open • soul shakedown party Spirits Barrel-Aged Beer (Non-Whiskey), 2022 U.S. Beer Open • SMALL BATCH MIDNIGHT CHOIR Barrel-Aged Fruit Sour, 2022 U.S. Beer Open • Pachanga Light Lager, 2020 GABF® • Sunlight Golden or Blonde Ale, 2020 GABF® • Cherry Busey Fruited Wood and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer, 2020 GABF® • Cherry Busey Belgian-style Fruit Beer, 2017 GABF® • Cherry Busey Belgian-style Fruit Beer 2015 GABF® • Johan the Barleywine Barley Wine-style Ale, 2014 WBC® • Dominator Doppelbock German-style Doppelbock or Eisbock, 2012 WBC® • Johan the Barleywine Barley Wine-style Ale, 2011 GABF® • Dominator Doppelbock German-style Doppelbock or Eisbock, 2010 GABF® • Dominator Doppelbock German-style Doppelbock or Eisbock, 2010 WBC®