Music While Brewing

[Junker Jörg]

When I first started brewing in 2020, my buddy and I would listen to punk rock/emo (Blink 182, Greenday, All American Rejects, Allister, Brand New, etc). It became tradition. Now that we both moved away, I brew on my own, I’ve upgraded to all grain and better brewing practice, I still keep the tradition. Along with drinking out of a certain glass that I always used then.

 

[Franktalk]

Pandora on my Bose Soundtouch: Beatles, Steely Dan, Todd Rundgren, Chicago, Four Seasons, Motown, Yacht Rock, Dean Martin, Buble and Sinatra, Maroon 5, an eclectic selection for sure.

 

[rallenhall]

Pandora/Prime channels are most often 80's rock, Tom Petty, Bare Naked Ladies, etc. with an occasional Zac Brown Band thrown in for variety.

 

[BrewZer]

Primarily classic rock, but I ALWAYS begin the string of songs with this gem...

 

[soccerdad]

I listen to Old Time Stringband music alot, probably cause I play fiddle & banjo. It's always on when I'm Brewing out in the garage. If I have time during the mash or a Long boil, I'll play a few tunes too.

My kids and I have had a mobile coffee and espresso operation for about 10 years. We are in the process of winding it down. But we have done a number of music festivals over the years. One of the best that we have done for about that decade is called Delfest - named for The Del McCoury Band. We have listened to, seen and heard many many great Old Timey bands there. We've served many of them. I think one of the best live bands around right now in any genre is Railroad Earth. I love me some fiddles and banjos.

 

[InspectorJon]

I think one of the best live bands around right now in any genre is Railroad Earth. I love me some fiddles and banjos.

I would add The Infamous String Dusters and Greensky to a list of similar string bands but a little more on the bluegrass side.

 

[kevin58]

I play my bootleg concert recordings. Bowie, Zeppelin, Lou Reed/The Velvets and others.

 

[agentbud]

Mostly 80's stuff - rock/metal/ballad. It's all good. I'll throw in some newer stuff as well. Really digging some Volbeat.

ps - for those that don't know, if you have amazon prime, they made a change a few months back where their entire music catalog is now included. You only have to pay extra if you want to be able to play songs individually or in a certain order. If you are like me and just create a library of select music, put it on random play and let it rip - all that is free with prime.

 

[JAReeves]

We aren't fans of digital music downloads, but have about 115GB of very diverse CD's loaded into Music/iTunes (It's about 36 cubic feet of CD's). It's a blast to shuffle the entire song list and see what we get.

 

[Dog House Brew]

I have a nearly loaded 1TB SSD drive plugged directly into my router. On brew day I access that music in shuffle mode via my iPhone (EverMusic app), and a bluetooth speaker out on my back patio where I brew. Mostly an eclectic mix of rock, blues, jazz, bluegrass, and folk.

Which speaker? I’m buying one this week

 

[Yesfan]

I play my bootleg concert recordings. Bowie, Zeppelin, Lou Reed/The Velvets and others.

Same here. I have a few boots of some Rush and Yes.

Back in the day, I used to frequent the Phishhook message boards for boots to trade via CDs by mail. I miss those days.

 

[InspectorJon]

Which speaker? I’m buying one this week

I have an older vava voom Bluetooth speaker I am very happy with.

 

[BongoYodeler]

Nothing special, close neighbors.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DMMG7Q...1_4&amp=&crid=3I2IJS1OMH8YM&amp=&sprefix=doss

 

[Dog House Brew]

Neighbors suck! This thread got me searching. I found a JBL Charge 5 for $97 to the door! To my neighbor blaring disco music from their pool across the way, meet the Allman Brothers! I have listened to their Journey too. Can’t wait to unload some classic rock on them during my mash! Love all the artists that I didn’t know. This has expanded the playlist.

 

[Civilian]

USeally classic rock like Pink Floyd during mash then rip off some Metallica for the Boil! It's gotta do something to help.

 

[Thelonius]

So it's time for another Seatazzz stupid question of the day (yes I know I haven't done this in a while, I don't care). Everyone has their routine for brewday, if you've been doing it for a while; or even if you're just starting out in this wonderful hobby. Music has been a huge part of my life from birth; both my parents had/have beautiful singing voices, and imbued that in both my sister and me. My sister went for voice, while I went the instrumental route. But I can still remember all the songs we sang around the organ/piano growing up. My dad could not read a note of music but played many songs by ear, and even now with Alzheimers can pick up his guitar and play The Auctioneer (and yodel).

TL;DR. What this post is about, is asking what music do you listen to while brewing? What puts you in the mood?

For me, it can vary. Right now I'm into Big Band styles; Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey. Satchmo, Ella, Sinatra. It relaxes me, the harmonies and rhythms inspire me. I can also go for old Irish sea shanties, something I can fiddle along with during long mash times. Occasionally guitar instrumentals a'la Trace Bundy. Then sometimes I go full 80's hair band rock.

Anyone?

KEXP - Incredible Seattle radio station and community. Hands down the best station in the US. https://kexp.org

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Strange Brew by Cream.

 

[grampamark]

Brewed today at the city house and had the radio on KMMY all day. Great classic rock station and a throwback to the radio stations I remember from high school (55 years ago; think Wolfman Jack in American Graffitti). Real, live DJs playing songs and producing goofy commercials for local businesses. Great stuff.

 

[Jim Williamson]

My playlist depends on what I'm brewing.

German lagers => Oompah bands (Volkstümliche Musik)
California IPA => Eagles
Porter & Stout => Tom Waits
British Bitter => Beatles
Irish Reds & Dry Stout => The Chieftains (maybe some Altan)

 

[BrewMan13]

I listen to music (on my headphones) for the entirety of my brewday. Always metal of some sort, usually fairly extreme. But for when I'm in a "silly" drinking mood, I created a playlist with almost 4 hours of various metal songs that reference beer or drinking in some fashion lol (heavy on folk metal, but generally a mix of metal sub genres).

 

[PashMaddle]

Back when I did extract brewing, I would generally start a brew day with "special brew" by Bad Manners. I havent had an all grain brew day yet (next weekend , hopefully) but I see no reason not to do the same thing....and then I suppose Ill shuffle spotify....