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All "10-4 Good Buddy" beer is being brewed and canned in Indianapolis. About 8,400 four-packs will be available for purchase.
Each package will include one 16-ounce can of:
Maximum Overdrive, a collaboration with 3 Floyds Brewing. This Baltic porter follows a teamwork tradition that began in 2011 with 3 Kings American Pale Ale, a beer Sun King and 3 Floyds made together to raise awareness of the companies' lobbying efforts to raise the number of barrels an Indiana brewery is allowed to produce while operating a tasting room or brewpub. "We’ve changed multiple laws with 3 Floyds," Robinson said. Munster-based 3 Floyds, founded in 1996, produces more than 60,000 barrels of beer per year.
Hoppiness Jones, a collaboration with Cincinnati-based Rhinegeist. This IPA was aged in tequila and pinot noir barrels, and infused with hibiscus. Rhinegeist's head brewer, Jim Matt, was one of Sun King's first 20 employees before he moved to Cincinnati. "Dave and I met the founders of Rhinegeist, who said, 'We’re starting a brewery in Cincinnati,' " Robinson said. "We asked, 'Who’s your brewer?' 'I don’t know.' 'You need to meet our friend, Jim.' " Rhinegeist, founded in 2013, produced 100,000 barrels of beer in 2018.
Highway Queen, a collaboration with Tampa-based Cigar City Brewing. This sour golden ale featuring Zinfandel grapes, sour cherries, and raspberries was aged on oak. Joe Burns, Sun King's vice president of sales, is an Indiana University alum who previously worked as Cigar City's national sales manager. Cigar City, founded in 2007, produces 140,000 barrels of beer per year.
Collabergé, a collaboration with Austin Beerworks. This imperial brut IPA is described by Colt as being "extremely dry (with) not a lot of residual sweetness." The Collabergé name is a riff on a cologne favored by Elvis Presley: Brut by Fabergé. Robinson described the managers of Sun King and Austin Beerworks as being kindred spirits. "They started a few years after us," Robinson said, "but they grew pretty rapidly and have the same focus on quality and they self-distribute. We self-distributed for a long period of time." Texas-based Austin Beerworks, founded in 2011, produces more than 20,000 barrels of beer per year.
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