Sun King distributing to Binnys

Sunk King: Git It At Beinneys!™

 

Sun King's best work is on tap at the brewery. I high recommend paying them a visit. And Flat 12 is only a mile or so away.

 

Noooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Color me something that everyone may hate, but something about the fact that you can't get Sun King outside of the greater Indianapolis area makes the beer taste better.

Don't get me wrong.. Good for them, but that kinda loses a little luster to me... Bummer

 

turns out Sun King is not coming to Chicago. Looks like Illinois has an unfriendly climate for smallish businesses & brewers, and has convoluted brewing/distribution laws? Who knew, oh wait.......ya

http://beerpulse.com/2013/01/sun-king-brewing-not-expanding-distribution-to-chicago-after-all/

 

see...in my opinion, Sun King isn't really even worth the trip. You can buy their 3 regular beers in stores and their specialty stuff you can only get like a 1oz taste of them in the tasting room, and their "best work" which I interpret to be their medal winning beers are only availalbe to competition judges so that they can win awards. If I were out of town I'd grab a 4 pack of Osiris from a store, skip Sun King, and spend more time at Flat 12 where I can get tastes of many more beers than Sun King and I can enjoy a few pints, good food, and meet awesome people....

 

Really, I can't disagree with any of that. Flat 12 has better stuff available. Sun King's 3 regulars are very "meh", and that is all you are guaranteed if you visit.

 

You do know that they have been distributing to the southern part of Indiana for almost 2 years?

 

I am going to take that as a joke, because if not that is the attitude that I am constantly fighting and it gets old in a hurry. If we would get some support there is a very large untapped market down in this corner that it chomping at the bit to get recognized.

 

All I can do is read your profile brother and it says you are from Indy, AKA the enemy for beer enthusiasts in this area of the state. You must know that your joke is the reality for most of us down here.

 

Yes, because we're making good beer to send elsewhere in the state and promote craft beer in Indiana we are the enemy.

 

Oh I don't even live in Indy bro, I am not near cool enough for that.

But please explain how Indy is the enemy?

 

wait....beer enthusiasts have enemies according to region? seems to be the opposite of what I thought beer advocacy is about.....it's possible that I'm clueless though....

 

For the record Sheridan is far, far more hellish than Kentuckiana. We don't even have a stoplight.

 

See now we can't take a joke the other way. Down here after we get done with kissing our sisters all we have to look forward to is a 2 bottle limit on BCBS and no variants while our rich folk up there in Indy gets to swim in it. After plowin r fields we gots no Black note to ease our sufferin feet. Southern Tier won't pay us no mind down here, and if we are good folk we can get us some regular offerin of Sun King.

 

Ahhhh, humor! I knew once you neck-bearded rubes got some Internet access it was only a matter of time before the funny started flowing! Well done sir. Well done indeed!

 

i feel like an idiot for not getting joke.....gonna go take a bath in my cases of bourbon county to ease the pain....

 

That fact that you use the phrase Kentuckiana lets me know that you are familiar and sympathetic to conditions here.

I'll take a shot at the enemy line, and can be corrected by the OP if I'm off. From my standpoint, its more about what the distributors/producers have been holding out on the southern part of the state. Perfect example, Goose Island lately has been the poster boy of this, as no Cherry Rye, or Coffee BCS made it south of Bloomington with this past release. BCS itself was a shell of what was supposed to have been sent down. I'm not sure about calling Indy the enemy, as most of the issues are with the distributors or the producers simply forgetting that the state does go further south than Columbus.

 

True story : Indy was trying to sell Evansville to Kentucky for their remaining Rares and KHs they have on shelves. But then they asked Indy to kick in a few Black Notes singles as extras and Indy was all like well fuck that then.

 

Antz as I said Enemy was a bad attempt at a joke but you are correct. And because I know you and your shop you are better off than most down here. For awhile I would drive the 100 miles to your shop every other month just to get even that selection. Over here in this corner the distribution was even worse.