The Virginia Beer Company

Chris & Robby, our brewery’s co-founders, first met at the College of William & Mary. Their time together at university in Williamsburg – along with a shared passions for philanthropy, adventure, and (of course) craft beer – led to a decade-long journey to start a business together in a community they cherished and a field they loved.

While their careers carried them to other cities, the pair stayed in touch after graduation. Return trips to volunteer for their alma mater were plentiful, and Robby was the best man in Chris’s wedding to his wife (and fellow Tribe alum), Erin. After many long discussions over many homebrews, the idea to open a brewery together progressed one step closer to reality in 2012 when Chris & Erin made the move back to Williamsburg. Robby joined shortly after and the race to open The Virginia Beer Company was on.