A brew pub serves beer made right on the premises.
At least eight brew pubs are scheduled to open this year in Manhattan alone.
In the next few years, five more brew pubs opened.
This brew pub, due to open next month, will have Caribbean-influenced food.
"I was fascinated by the idea of owning a brew pub," he said.
The city now has six brew pubs, with several more on the way.
It's not at all unusual for brew pubs to see themselves as educational institutions.
The growth, he said, is due partly to the new brew pubs around the country.
Another brew pub is expected to open by next spring in Peekskill.
For now, even the largest brew pubs in the state make less than half of that.