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Sun King Brewery is an Indianapolis-based Craft Brewery with a focus on continually crafting traditional seasonals and unique specialty beers.
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7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Sampled from the tap at the 2010 Indiana WInterfest. Poured a hazy gold with a white head. Aroma had a nice combo of rye malts and citrus hops. Flavor began with citrus notes and then finished with a combination of pine and rye malt notes.
Tried from Draft on 11 Feb 2010 at 12:45

6.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
tap at the brewery - Pours hazy copper with an off-white, lacing head. The aroma has some citrus hops. The flavor has good hops intensity with slight citrus undertones. I’m looking for a bit more malt profile to complement it though.
Tried from Draft on 09 Jan 2010 at 11:19

6.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
tap at the brewery - Pours a medium brown color with an off-white head. The aroma is dominated by the coffee. The coffee goes fairly well with the flavor. It’s not a real strong coffee flavor but it’s still pretty dominate because the caramel malt profile is mild. It’s light to medium bodied with some mild hops and a finish that leaves lingering coffee flavors.
Tried from Draft on 09 Jan 2010 at 11:12

6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
tap at the brewery - Pours lightly hazy copper with an off-white head. The aroma is mainly caramel malt. I didn’t get much in the way of aromatic hops. The flavor has plenty of bittering hops. The hops profile has the earthiness similar to the previous Sun King brews I tasted, but more intense of course. It’s medium bodied and could use more malt character.
Tried from Draft on 09 Jan 2010 at 11:07

5.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
tap at the brewery - Pours light amber-brown with an off-white head. It was a very distinct caramel malt aroma. The flavor is caramel malt and some mild, earthy hops. It’s light bodied and overall a little milder than I’d like in a Scottish ale. Decent.
Tried from Draft on 09 Jan 2010 at 11:02

5.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
tap at the brewery - Pours hazy yellow-brown with a lingering off-white head. Smells of citrusy esters and crab apple. It tastes of wheat malt, some earthy hops that linger, and a little sourness, presumably from the crab apples. It’s okay, but not really my thing. Someone else sampling beers when I was there told me I had to try the crab apple wit, it was great. So as usual, I guess YMMV.
Tried from Draft on 09 Jan 2010 at 10:54

6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
tap at the brewery - Pours slightly hazy yellow with a white, lacing head. The aroma is grainy malt and some light citrus. It’s a light bodied brew as expected with sweet, grainy malt and mild hops. Decent.
Tried from Draft on 09 Jan 2010 at 10:48

5.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Growler from the brewery. Poured a clear amber brown with a small brown head. Aroma had a nice acidic note from the coffee. Flavor was coffee through out without much else.
Tried from Growler on 21 Dec 2009 at 22:07

7.3/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Tap. Orange/pine hops and barley malt aroma. Cloudy amber color with moderate head. Bittersweet orange/pine hops and caramel malt flavor. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Draft on 21 Dec 2009 at 01:56

7.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Growler from brewpub. Black body, thick, tan head, mostly lasing. Very nice aroma of roasted malt and dark chocolate with hints of resin, vanilla, toast, sugared milk. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately sweet, moderately bitter and lightly to moderately acidic. Chocolate and roast tastes are up front, riding on top of hints of grapefruit and char. Medium to full body with a velvety texture and moderate carbonation. The alcohol has minimal influence on the aroma or flavor. Straightforward sweet stout that is easy drinking and very enjoyable.
Tried from Growler on 15 Dec 2009 at 17:01