Want to buy a brewery?

After five years of brewing beer and pouring pints, Dave’s BrewFarm owner David Anderson is looking for someone to take over his rural Wilson, Wis., operation.

The time is right to pass the business on to someone else, Anderson said Tuesday, adding that he’s got other, less labor-intensive entrepreneurial ideas, and his wife and co-owner, University of Wisconsin-River Falls adjunct professor Pam Dixon, is looking for a tenured teaching position.

“We’ve created something special here,” Anderson said. “And if you’re going to go out, you want to go out on a high note.”

Anderson is asking for $500,000 for the 35-acre farmstead, which features a barn, living quarters/office space, tap room, wind generator and seven-barrel brewing operation. Interested parties should email him at davesbrewfarm@gmail.com, but he says he won’t sell to just anyone.

“We’re truly looking for a next-generation caretaker of the brew farm,” he said. “We’re being pretty particular about who will take the reins.”

Anderson said that while it would be ideal that the operation continues as a brewery, that doesn’t necessarily have to be its future. “There’s a huge number of possibilities,” he said. “It wouldn’t take much to get it up to FDA standards for cheese making or something along those lines.”

Anderson dreamed up the brewery in 1995, and the business has been passion for him, he said, adding that there’s some sadness in leaving it behind.

But for now, it’s business as usual for the brewery, about 50 miles east of the Twin Cities. Anderson said the brewery will keep producing beer for the time being, and its tap room hours this Saturday and Sunday — 3 to 7 p.m. both days — will not be its last.

“We’re just amazed at the connections people make at the BrewFarm,” he said. “They walk in strangers and walk out friends. There’s a vibrant community of beer lovers out here.”

Andy Rathbun can be reached at 651-228-2121. Follow him at twitter.com/andyrathbun.