The Nexus Brewery is the brainchild of Ken Carson, a former banker who once served as the state’s banking commissioner, and a craft beer enthusiast who who loved visiting breweries from state to state. He chose the name Nexus because it reflects his desire to create a sense of community–and as a tribute to Star Trek The Next Generation where in “the Nexus,” circumstances are whatever you want them to be. For Duke City diners lamenting the absence of non-chain Cajun food and something better than the Colonel’s fried chicken, the circumstances are exactly as we want them at Nexus where both are offered along with what Carson terms “New Mexican soul food.”