Notable changes for Woodland’s brewery
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Woodland’s Blue Note Brewing changed hands this month. Hooby’s Brewing of Winters is the new owner.
Blue Note founder Dave Towne told The Daily Democrat that he and his wife plan to retire to Asheville, N.C. He’s sticking around for two months to help advise Courtney Stocking, who will manage the Woodland brewery.
The Stocking family of Winters owns Hooby’s, which is at 9 E. Main St., Suite J, in downtown Winters. They also operate a seasonal taproom called Hooby’s Farm at 24830 County Road 95 in rural Davis, which is gearing up to reopen late this month.
Over the weekend, I left messages with the owners of Blue Note and Hooby’s but did not hear back.
Blue Note opened in 2015 at 750 Dead Cat Alley, Woodland, in a warehouse that once housed the circulation department of The Daily Democrat. It added Blue Flame Kitchen pizza to its patio in 2023.
Yolo County has 10 breweries: Sudwerk, Three Mile, Super Owl and Dunloe in Davis; Blue Note in Woodland; Berryessa and Hooby’s in Winters; Bike Dog and Jackrabbit in West Sacramento; and Nitty’s Cider (and beer) is in Clarksburg. Nitty’s is working on adding a taproom to rural Woodland, filling the former Satiety Winery tasting room. (I’m hoping for an update on that soon.)