Homebrewing Music

Frank Zappa - Hot Rats album

or

Any Live Phish album.

 

You got good taste, the only thing missing is some Blind Guardian and Kamelot. Probably should add Demons & Wizards too, and let's not forget the perfect band for brewing... Alestorm.


In fact any sort of power metal is a good choice.

 

When palletizing kegs for shipping: THE PLASMATICS RULE!

 

Wendy O. was from my hometown.

I listen to whatever comes on the shuffle. usually It's a trip, it's got a funky beat, and I can really bug out to it.


Or Radio Paradise.

 

About a year ago I bought a nice old turntable and tuner and have started collecting some of my favorite jazz albums on vinyl. Ever since, I have been listening to these albums whenever I brew.

Last batch: Sellis White/John Coltrane, A love Supreme

 

+1 on something different every time. I generally listen to classic rock or country. I like to pair up with the Redwings and listen to the hockey game when possible. Last session was full tour of my Sinatra collection, my favorite being Live at the Sands.

":rockin:How did all these people get in my room?"

 

anything as long as it's not that british lady with the eyebrows singing "le miserables" from "britain's got talent"

haven't we seen/heard enough?

 

I usually don't listen to music...but I'll try next time. Assume DMB since I have about 30GB worth on my hard drive.

 

I'm in the solitary confinement camp too. Going for the Zen brewing experience.
I brew alone....yeah, with nobody else....

-OCD

 

Mark Knopfler
Leo Kotke
Simon and Garfunkel
Various pre 90's country

 

Glenn plays it so damn fast you would be looking for the next CD/album before the water reached boiling!

As other have said, I prefer live shows when brewing...they add to the creative vibe of the day.

Probably a show by:
The Dead
Phish (usually listen to a show with bathtub gin for some reason)
Ratdog
The Roots

 

If I was going to listen to Phish while brewing, I would chose the longest version of Reba I could possibly find, and go with that. That songs just seems to go right along with brew day.

"Reba dipped the ladle, for a taste of her creation, and she learned that what she made would be the finest in the nation..."

 

Country...........

 

Has anyone ever heard of Pandora.com. Its an online radio, all you have to do once you sign up is type in an artists name and it plays that artist's music as well as related musicians. Its sweet! I have a Dead station and it plays all dead, phish, Bob & Ratdog, Phil, ect. I'll put that on and listin all brew-day-long! In 6hrs it never repeated a song.

 

Tonight it was Joss Stone "Mind Body & Soul" followed by Lynyrd Skynyrd "Second Helping" and closed with J. Mascis "Martin & Me".

 

What i listen to when i brew changes all the time but my top 5 are always the same

Pixies
Pink Floyd
Joy Division/New Order
Oingo Boingo
Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark - OMD

 

I celebrate their entire catalog! But while brewing? I don't know....New Order I guess, but I don't think I could combine Joy Division with a joyful activity like brewing.

 

last brew day, I streamed the Yes 35th Anniversary Concert Video from netflix and played it through the sound system.

Roundabout, performed as a Chicago Blues Shuffle made the sparge quite entertaining.


Other times -- it's itunes going random.
Everything from Mylie Cyrus to Coheed and Cambria to Straight Line Stitch.

My ipod/Itunes is evil and must be destroyed.

 

All I've got to say is God bless Pandora, my wife's i-pod touch, and an i-pod dock...

 

Wagner's Parsifal - It lasts almost as long as my brew day.

 

I turned on some of the "D" section on itunes...dire straits and dinosaur jr.

 

interesting thread, i guess i wasn't too surprised to see so many dead and phish fans... i don't listen to dead much anymore, but listened to them exclusively at one point... a ton of flogging molly fans too... i guess it goes with beer.

i usually listen to 100.3 THE BUS, that station is all over the map, a lot in the 80s which is nostalgic for me.

if i put on music myself, it is usually:

old school country: hank sr., old george jones, lefty, ray price, etc.

old school bluegrass: bill monroe, stanleys, mac martin, don reno, etc.

country: keith whitley

but i love all music (even country and rap).

 

Being that I only have two brew days behind me, I can only comment on what I've done so far, and what I'll likely be doing...

Social Distortion
Ramones
The Clash

 

Great Big Sea channel on Pandora was pretty good brewing yesterday.

 

Without a doubt... its the radio on WGLT - Blues Radio

 

Machine Head
Opeth
Johnny Cash
Jeff Buckley
Cypress Hill
BB King

ya know, depending on my brew

 

Since I usually brew in the morning, I start out with some live Wilco or My Morning Jacket, move on to some Pearl Jam, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Gomez or Bob Dylan, finish up with some Black Angels or Ween, then sit down with a celebratory homebrew with anything I feel like listening to.

 

This thread makes me feel old. Never heard of many of those bands...
I guess to most of you I AM old.

Put me down for some smooth contemporary jazz
or some 70's rock.

born in the 50's.....

 

+1 on the smooth jazz - and anything on the Pink (Floyd) end of the color spectrum...
(born just after the 50's...)

 

I brew to one song, and one song only, lady humps by the black eyed peas...just kidding.

+1 on the vinyl you can find so many awesome albums that never made it to cd. I usually rock Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton (hooked on money and cigarettes), Foghat, ZZ Top, Grand Funk Live, and Ozark Mountain Daredevils!

 

Jazz. Channel 435 on time warner SA.

 

I guess you don't get the "joy" of listening to Joy Division then.

 

Lawrence Welk

 

I'm quite sure I'd claw out my own eyes from their sockets if forced to do that. Actually, a more productive use of that time would be driving pencils into my ears using only my fists.

It's funny, I'm a hard-rock person for the most part, but I have a tendency to listen to classical or blues when I do anything brewing-related.

 

ACDC
Aerosmith
Coldplay
Foo Fighters
Guns N' Roses
Iron Maiden
Metallica
Modest Mouse
Muse
Nirvana
Red Hot Chilli peppers
System of a Down
Weezer

 

Radio is always tuned to 98.7 The Peak and the laptop is set to any channel that has a sport with a ball.

 

The Peak ??? HAHA I find KDKB much more rockin oh well GO DBACKS!

 

Tomorrow's brew day bill:

Tom Waits - Nighthawks at the Diner
Old 97's - Hitchhike to Rhome
Reverend Horton Heat - The Full Custom Gospel Sounds

 

Another Song About Whiskey - Stars and Garters
Whisper You Love Me - Slick Andrews
My Outlaw Heroes - Red Eye Junction
Beer it Up - Slick Andrews

 

My last brew day consisted of:

Old Crow Medicine Show
Yonder Mountain String Band
Felice Brothers
Missy Raines and the New Hip
Sam Bush Band

Nothing better than when friends stop by with instruments and we have some back porch beer jammin.