[muzak]

Nothing gets me pumped up on brew day like Queens of the Stone Age.

[Iliff Ave]

Nothing gets me pumped up on brew day like Queens of the Stone Age.

Good one

[HoosierBrew]

Nothing gets me pumped up on brew day like Queens of the Stone Age.

Yeah, great band. I'm all over the map with brew day music - among others I go from classic punk to bands like Replacements and Husker Du, to 90s grunge, then bands like QOTSA , and finally to the Dead, being a longtime Deadhead. There's variety for ya. 

[zwiller]

As a rocker and former gigging musician, I find listening to tunes I enjoy distracting from the process and work against me.  Same goes for drinking while brewing.  I just throw on some jazz on the radio for ambient noise.  My brew session is not fun at all: there's lots of minute details hitting temps/measuring small quantities/dangerous chemicals/glassware/etc.  This will even get worse once I start fooling with LO2. 

[Visor]

As a rocker and former gigging musician, I find listening to tunes I enjoy distracting from the process and work against me.  Same goes for drinking while brewing.  I just throw on some jazz on the radio for ambient noise.  My brew session is not fun at all: there's lots of minute details hitting temps/measuring small quantities/dangerous chemicals/glassware/etc.  This will even get worse once I start fooling with LO2.

   I can't help asking this question - if it aint fun, why do it?

[pkrone]

I keep the music a little mellow with something like Groove Armada streaming on Pandora.     And no drinking until the beer is running through the chiller.    I make better beer that way.   

[HoosierBrew]

And no drinking until the beer is running through the chiller.    I make better beer that way.   

Yeah, for sure. My beer quality jumped noticeably when I saved the drinking until after brewing.  I'd rather celebrate a batch that came out great than make a batch mediocre because I got sloppy on the details (ie, too many pints while brewing).

[chumley]

I've got a vast collection copied onto iTunes that I have on an iPod that I connect to a Bluetooth speaker in my brewing room in the basement.  I just hit the random mix button and let it run, then stop it when I am done brewing.  So I am listening to a lot of different stuff, mostly old. Motown, reggae, funk, classic country, alt country, 50s/60s/70s pop, 50s/60s/70s/80s/90s rock...the alt country is about the only new stuff. No hair bands, today's hot young country, or modern pop.

As for drinking while brewing.....this year I gave up drinking for Lent.  Last month I brewed 40 gallons of beer, and all four batches are looking pretty good.  Although I usually drink while I brew, the big thing is not drinking has really motivated me to brew.  In 10 days when Lent ends I am really looking forward to trying some new homebrews that I haven't even tasted yet. 

[zwiller]

As a rocker and former gigging musician, I find listening to tunes I enjoy distracting from the process and work against me.  Same goes for drinking while brewing.  I just throw on some jazz on the radio for ambient noise.  My brew session is not fun at all: there's lots of minute details hitting temps/measuring small quantities/dangerous chemicals/glassware/etc.  This will even get worse once I start fooling with LO2.

   I can't help asking this question - if it aint fun, why do it?

I enjoy all the other brewing aspects plus I am making better beer than I can buy most times.  The actual brewing is like a workout where the payoff comes later.  I also enjoy helping others learn to make better beer.   

[ynotbrusum]

I suppose for the really dedicated homebrewer, it could be simply "deeply satisfying", without being "fun".  I think it is fun, but I can see the deep satisfaction side of it, too.  I don't like the cleaning, so I have gone to one vessel no sparge, but I am looking always to improve my process - adding , then subtracting, and trying to hit my "fun efficiency".  Low O2 has been an interesting set of process changes... but I don't see that as fun, per se.  I do like the results, so for now, it is in my process and system for lagers.

[Joe Sr.]

Gotta have Celtic punk on. Dropkick Murphy, Flogging Molly, The Real McKenzies, The Tossers, etc...

How do you leave the Pogues off that list?  That's where it started.  But your list is good, too.  I've got a buddy who plays bass for the Tossers. 

If the kids are around when I'm brewing, I end up listening to something like Katy Perry or Taylor Swift.  Or Disney music.  If I get to pick, it's probably the Tom Waits channel on Pandora.

[weazletoe]

Gotta have Celtic punk on. Dropkick Murphy, Flogging Molly, The Real McKenzies, The Tossers, etc...

How do you leave the Pogues off that list?  That's where it started.

They're on it for sure. I just wasn't going to sit here and list all my favs.

[Joe Sr.]

Gotta have Celtic punk on. Dropkick Murphy, Flogging Molly, The Real McKenzies, The Tossers, etc...

How do you leave the Pogues off that list?  That's where it started.

They're on it for sure. I just wasn't going to sit here and list all my favs.

Gotcha.  Just giving you some grief.

[69franx]

I usually run a Pandora channel that started with Rancid, so I get all kinds of new and old school Punk. Over time I have added some different things to the channel including J. Roddy Walston and the Business (new album coming soon) so I usually wind up with a mix of punk, folksy bluesy rock, including the likes of Black Keys, White Stripes, QOTSA, some older Pixies, Dead Milkmen, Jane's Addiction and all of my other favorites. As said before, its kinda just there in the back ground when I'm busy measuring, adding, mashing in, etc; but I listen intently while watching wort boil and chill. Laptop outside with tunes and Beersmith II for me every brewday.

[PORTERHAUS]

Whatever I am feeling at the time...im all over the place with taste in music. But usually its a couple hard rock stations on Pandora. I dont pay much attention to the music, just have a little something going in the background. There is so much back and forth, in and out, checking this, doing that.