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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.

Zicke Zacke Hoi Hoi Hoi!!!
New Coffee Steins available now at @palehorsecoffee 
Enjoy your fav Pale Horse coffee or Studly beer in it! 

#steinmug #coffee #beerstagram #beerlover #neighborlove #supportlocal #chesapeakeva
What did you think we were going to say? 🤣

Let's all wine'd down Wednesday after an eventful Tuesday 🍷

Trivia Night tonight and every Wednesday starting at 6:30pm!

 #dadjoke #studly #hamptonroadsva #hamptonroads #chesapeakevirginia #TriviaTime #FamilyFun #winewednesday #wineoclock #winetime #trivia #trivianight #triviawednesday #triviawednesdsy #triviawednedsay
GO VOTE TODAY!

We don’t care who you vote for…Just do it!!!!
It’s Election Day tomorrow. We know you could use a beverage to get prepared 😂. Plus, the kids can stay up later tonight! 
Join us for Music Bingo (6-8p), a pint and a pizza as we relax the night before all the craziness! 

#election2024 #election #vote #schoolisout #musicbingo #chesapeakeva #techerworkday #musicbingonight
Because your kid knows a 14 inch blizzard of Parmesan is “just enough” for their pizza 😂

🍕Let’s get cheesy this weekend! 🍕

#cheesepizza #pizza #pizzalover #hothoney #pepperoni #ronicups #pizzagram #instapizza #pizzagram #homemadepizza #pizzatime #tasty #yum #foodstagram #foodporn #pizzatime
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Thanks to everyone that came out for Slices and Spooks!
What do you call a brewery closed on Halloween?
A ‘Boo’-ery 😂😂😂

🎃Closed for Halloween!🎃 We’ll see you all Friday! 

#halloween #halloweenlife #trickortreat #booery #chesapeakeva #chesapeakevamoms
Trivia Night tonight at 6:30pm! Then, go home! Don’t watch the World Series here! There’s obviously some bad juju going on. Yankee fans, we will see you next week! 

#worldseries #yankees #yankeesbaseball #yankeesnation #yankeesfan #yankeeswin #dontcome #trivianight #trivia #triviatime
STUDLY SIGHTING at Game 3 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium! Shoutout @smokeatr13 for repping a Studly hat in the Bronx! Go Yanks and Go Studs!
A frightfully fun Monday at Studly!

🎃Slices & Spooks - All Night
👻Music Boongo - 6-8pm
⚾ World Series Game 3 - 8pm

 #Halloween #halloween #halloweenfun #halloween2024 #halloweenparty #halloweencostume #halloweencostume #musicbingo #musicbingo🎶 #MusicBingoNight #worldseries2024 #WorldSeries #worldseries #yankees #yankeesfan #yankeesnation #yankeestadium
We're spooking things up Monday night for a special Music Bingo, I mean, BOOngo!
Come dressed in your best costume as we jam out to your fav 🎃Halloween🎃 and movie tunes. 

👻REMINDER🍕 Slices and Spooks continues through October 30th! Kids wear their costumes to Studly and get a free kids cheese or pepperoni pizza! (Restrictions may apply.)
757 Yanks showed up strong last night! Looking forward to Game 2 together tonight at 8pm! Let’s get one in LA before heading back to the Bronx! 

⚾️First pitch at 8:08pm
⏰Staying open til the games end
🔈Game audio on
🍺Dollar Off Dingers! If Yanks hit a HR, get a $1 off your next beer! 

#worldseries #yankees #watchparty #dodgers #postseason #chesapeakeva #yanks #nyyankees

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