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“If we won the lottery, I’m going to open up a brewery,” Blake Edmunds would often tell his wife, Kristin, after one of his longer days in the office. Blake thought about that phrase often and wondered does it take winning the lottery to open a brewery?
In January of 2020, Blake decided to find out how to turn his homebrew hobby into a career and began reading up on what it would take to pursue his dream. Next thing you know, Blake is in Montrose, Colorado during the summer of 2021 learning from a mentor and industry legend, Tom Hennessey, and his crew on how to successfully open his own 7-barrel brewpub serving craft pizzas and salads. Soon after that, Blake hung up his fifteen-year career in collegiate athletics and minor league baseball, packed up the family in Columbia, SC and moved back to his hometown of Chesapeake, VA to pursue opening Chesapeake’s next brewery.
Studly Brewing got its name from the self-given name that Blake’s childhood friends gave each other, The Studly Club – a rag tag group of guys that attended Hickory High School and played Little League together. All of which are still very close friends till this day and many of whom still live in Chesapeake. Studly Brewing pays homage to those friendships and the bond sports gave them growing up. Along with Blake’s experience working in sports, Studly Brewing will be a tasteful nod to America’s pastime, baseball, and will have many similarities of a minor league team: a family-friendly, light-hearted fun time.
THE WAIT IS OVER! Studly Cocktails debut TONIGHT!
Join us for Trivia starting at 6:30 to try the new flavors!
Introducing another Studly Signature Cocktail debuting Nov. 20! Now batting… The Old Jack Made with Virginia-made Catoctin Creek Roundstone Rye infused with Cracker Jacks. A classic drink with a ballpark twist.
Not one, but TWO NEW BEERS on tap starting today!!! Now batting…
Stud Lite Lager (4.8%) - It’s baaaaaaaack!!! Our fav, classic, crisp, easy drinking lager is back on tap!
Pouring For Neighbors Belgian Tripel (10%) - many breweries from Hampton Roads gathered together at @makersbrewery to brew a special beer to bring attention to the devastation that happened in Western Carolina. Proceeds from Studly and other participating Hampton Roads breweries will be donated to hurricane relief. This Tripel, while dark, is sneaky easy and full of flavor. A perfect colder weather sipper.
Come celebrate your pickle love with us and enjoy the best pickle bacon ranch pizza in town, ‘The Rundown!’ Feeling calzoney? Grab our ‘Caught in a Pickle’ pickle bacon ranch calzone!
Here’s a sneak peak of one of our BRAND NEW Studly Signature Cocktails dropping 11/20 along with more delicious liquor options!
The Picklecini Martini is a pickle martini with a kick! This unique martini sounds crazy but will have you 👀👀🤤 when you try it!
June 4, 2021 was a really tough day. That afternoon, I walked into my boss’ office at the University of South Carolina and told him I’m going to retire from college athletics. It’s still tough for me to write as I start to reminisce on all the blood, sweat, laughs,
A fun pizza kitchen/ Brewery in Southern Chesapeake. Customer Service was fantastic. A great variety of pizzas. The beer selection is well rounded with something for everyone. Only complaint is the out door area was a little small, but this is not the breweries fault. Dogs welcome on the patio. Overall a great place. Will be returning...
Baseball themed Brewery in a strip mall right off 168 in Chesapeake.
The Saturday I was there, the place was packed with kids- must have been after sports games or there's something in the water (or beer maybe?) as the kid to adult ratio was 5 or 6 to 1.
Definitely a child-friendly brewery and for those young at heart as they hand out baseball cards to patrons. The baseball cards may have been meant as coasters, but it was pretty cool.
All I had was beer, which was good. My 4 rating is strictly scoring their beer. Their IPA Pulling Tarp was on the bland side as was their Blonde, a Brew of Their Own and their Postseason Marzen. My favorite was the In the Hole NEIPA.
Studly is definitely worth a visit if you're passing through Chesapeake like I was. The bartenders were friendly, and if you have kids, they will love it!