The Brooklyn Brewer

Back in 1996, Mayor Rudy Giuliani told the press, "I want you all to look at this man. He used to be a reporter, but now he is making an honest living."

That man was Steve Hindy.

A former AP Middle East correspondent, Hindy learned to brew beer while in he was in Saudi Arabia. Tired of being the wife of a war correspondent, Hindy's wife made the decision to move her family back to the states. Hindy was soon back in the states, living in an apartment in Park Slope, working as a Newsday editor, and brewing beer regularly. He soon met Tom Potter, a banker, who would come up with business plan, and the next you know, both were quiting their jobs to pursue brew business. And the Brooklyn Brewery was born in 1986.

The opening of the brewery marked a return of the brew business back in Brooklyn, a borough that once was a home to 100 breweries. The brewery has become a staple of Brooklyn, and some would argue New York City.