STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Craft beer remains the focus at Beverage Island in West New Brighton. But Manny Ramirez and his proprietor partner, Parveen "P.K." Aggarwal, are ready to take the next step in business --expanding their showroom to include a bar area for tastings.

On tap in this new bar area will be the styles local brewers such as Flagship Brewing Co., Staten Island Beer Co., and Killsboro.

Beverage Island opened their warehouse on Staten Island in June 2014. Manny came from sales in the corporate beer world -- Union Beer, SAB Miller and Anchor Brewing Co. -- and P.K.'s roots hail from a family distributorship in Brooklyn.

On Oct. 23 last year, the pair turned a building on the property into a utilitarian shop open to the public.

Now, P.K. and Manny are at the point where they want to hire professional bartenders, men and women who can explain tasting notes to patrons buying beer by the growler, a glass jug used to transport tap-dispensed brews.

"You want that person to be able to explain the beer," said Manny.

There also will be cosmetic changes to the place.

"This week we should have the new awning," said Manny. "We're going to fix our parking lot. A lot of folks are taken by the size. We want people to browse."

Televisions will be installed around the sprawling space to display the inventory's pricing on a continuous loop.

Right now, beer is sorted by styles. That will be changing to help manage the inventory.

"We're going to feature three breweries a month," said Manny, who hopes to highlight some of the special brews on the shelves.

"We're like the new kids on the block. Our business models are different than the other guys and as far as the selections we're going to carry," Manny explained. Those selections include inexpensive malt liquors and non-alcoholic brews like Efes from Istanbul, Turkey. There are rare brews priced up to $80, those intended to be stored and aged.

"We carry a full line of kegs," said P.K. "We can special order any hard-to-find or specialty craft within a week's notice."

Beverage Island plans for a grand reopening on July 4. The business is located at 1784 Richmond Terr., West Brighton; 718-442-3200.