Sun King Puts Proposed $8.8M Fishers Brewery On Hold

A proposed Sun King Brewing Co. expansion in Fishers has been put on hold.

Legislation pending in the Indiana General Assembly involving barrel limits for the state’s small breweries has caused Sun King owners to pause plans for building the $8.8 million brewery and tasting room.

The 40,000-square-foot location in Fishers will be just off Interstate 69, on the southeast corner of Kincaid Drive and Park Central Drive. Plans announced in August call for office and retail space, and an expansive tasting room for customers to try beer samples and buy pints on-site along with cans, growlers and kegs for carryout.

Two bills working through the Legislature would increase from 30,000 to 90,000 the maximum number of barrels of beer a small brewery can manufacture in a year for sale within Indiana. Current law requires any beer produced beyond 30,000 barrels to be distributed out of state. One barrel is equal to two 15.5-gallon kegs.… CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL STORY AT IBJ.COM