Sun King's Gen Con beer, now in cans, revealed

Sun King Brewery has announced the name, and new this year, the can design for the official beer of Gen Con, which runs July 30 to Aug. 2 at the Indiana Convention Center.

This will be the fourth year the brewery has partnered with the world's largest gaming convention, and the fourth beer brewed specifically for the event. But this time they are putting it cans and on store shelves.

The beer's name -- Drink On and Prosper -- was selected after an online contest. It's fitting a name, perhaps a salute to Leonard Nimoy, who died in February. Nimoy played Spock in "Star Trek" and made famous the Vulcan phrase, "live long and prosper."

The blonde ale is brewed with flavors of brown sugar and dark fruit. It will be available at more than 20 Downtown retailers, bars and restaurants beginning on July 29.

Previous beers included Froth of Khan (2014), Flagon Slayer (2013) and Ale of Destiny (2012).

Sun King will host a 21-and-older tapping and kick-off party July 29 on Georgia Street at 6 p.m. The Sun King beer garden will be open various times during the four days of festivities.

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