Dave Anderson talks with patrons last year about his beer at Dave’s Brew Farm, a sustainable-energy brewing operation in Wilson in northwestern Wisconsin. Anderson, the brew farm’s owner, is putting the operation up for sale. Credit: Gary Porter

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Psst. Know anyone who wants to buy a brew farm? Hops are included.

After five years, Dave Anderson and his wife, Pam Dixon, are ready to sell Dave's BrewFarm, a working brewery, mini-farm and entertainment destination in rural Wilson.

"The new adventure has yet to be written," said Dave Anderson, the Dave in Dave's BrewFarm. "Going out on top is a good thing!"

Dixon, a lecturer in the college of business and economics at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, would like a position teaching business and business ethics that could lead to tenure, Anderson said.

Dave's BrewFarm has drawn widespread attention among beer lovers, particularly in Madison and Milwaukee. Twice a month during good weather, Anderson and Dixon turn the brewery into a tasting room open to the public. Beer lovers from Minneapolis, Eau Claire and Hudson would drive to enjoy Dave's unique brews such as SOB OMG!, a sour orange basil beer, and a picnic lunch against the rolling hills of the farm's 35 acres.

Anderson plans to stay in the brewing business making beers for a different company and label as well as consulting and writing. He's considering contract brewing where he can work with the recipes.

Anderson's ad in ProBrewer.com describes the BrewFarm as an authentic farmhouse brewery. "The facility consists of 38-foot by 48-foot brewery space and tasting room, and a 12-foot by 38-foot walk-in cooler space with trench drains throughout. Upper floor can be used as a residence, office space, or additional seating capacity for tasting room, including an expansive wrap around deck with extraordinary views."

Anderson said the 20-kilowatt wind generator he installed offset 80% to 90% of the electricity the couple used on the farm.

The $500,000 price tag includes a seven-barrel brewing system and four primary fermenters and three conditioning/brite tanks.

"Ideally, we're trying to find a caretaker," Anderson said. It's set up for a brewery, but "there are many other businesses that could be run here."

Anderson announced the sale Sunday on social media. He's already heard from a man in Tennessee interested in the brewery and "three other inquiries that seem relatively serious."

Anderson, a certified beer judge, has a degree in psychology and learned to brew beer at the Siebel Institute of Technology in Chicago. The couple moved from Minneapolis to Wilson, a town of 184 residents.