Strong winds, OU football and country music stars are a few of the things people relate to Oklahoma, but local businesses might be one of the most common things seen on streets in the Sooner state.

But this week, Okies can celebrate one of the newest local businesses in the state — Mustang Brewing Co. of Mustang.

The brewery began last year as an idea in the minds of current president Tim Schoelen and a friend.

The brewing company launched its first beer, Mustang Golden Ale, in July to local bars and restaurants.

By September, the Golden Ale was available in bottles.

This month, Mustang Brewing Company marked another important milestone: their second beer.

The new brew, Mustang Amber Lager, was launched at James E. Mcnellie’s Public House in Oklahoma City last week.

“We did pretty good. We sold 215 pints in about an hour, so not too bad, especially on a cloudy, wet [night].” Schoelen said.

The brewing company is not finished creating new products though.

There are plans to release another beer in early spring of 2010 and to brew the Golden Ale in cans.

“We’re probably going to put up on our website a fan vote for two different beers,” Schoelen said. “We’ll either do an American Pale Ale, what I call my Okie Pale Ale, or we’ll do a wheat, probably closer to March.”

The ultimate goal of Mustang is to eventually move all of their brewing operations to Oklahoma.

Although the company creates all of its own recipes for its beers, they currently outsource the brewing process to breweries in Wisconsin and Missouri.

“Phase one of our brewery plan was to take our recipes and farm them out to larger breweries that can help manufacture our product, and bring it back in,” Schoelen said. “The idea for the first two beers was to get a couple of products out, generate some revenue, and we can end up bringing them back and building a brewery here locally, and that’s phase two, which starts in January.”

By leaving the decision of what its third beer will be up to its loyal drinkers, Mustang Brewing Company is giving the consumer the opportunity to voice his or her opinion.

Schoelen said drinkers of Mustang’s brews will be helping to solidify the company as something that appeals to everyone, but is uniquely Oklahoman.