Music And Brewing

[*hop*cone*]

I was recently very impressed by my Summer Pilsner. It has all the qualities that one would ecpect from a Chezch Pilsner. But with one difference, I cant explain this in any way know to brewing.

Now you might say I am on drugs..... indeed....well Ok maybe I did inhale. I digress, this latest beer of mine has a nearly sorrowfull quallity to it, it lingers on the pallet for a long time and develops into an experience to behold. Truly one of my best beers to date.

Now I said earlier I couldn't explain this in brewing terms, so I believe it has something to do with the Music I was listening to on brew day. You see I am a Saxophone Player in my spare time as well, So as a Sax Player often does I put on one of my John Coltrane CD's and submited to the roller coaster ride there after. I experienced hatred, anguish, longing, lonliness, emptiness, the absolute Joy!!! But the brewday was the smoothest on record in fact.

Now 8 weeks later I am sitting down to this mysteriusly crafted beer and wondering if any one out there has ever felt spiritually moved by a beer. Is it the next level in brewing?

 

[tangent]

no, it sounds like it's the drugs

 

[Doogiechap]

Yep it must be great....'Hops' you have in your Pils...
:wacko:
Mind you, I do get a warm feeling inside when I down a pint of something that I made from scratch and tastes half decent.

 

[*hop*cone*]

Yep it must be great....'Hops' you have in your Pils...
:wacko:
Mind you, I do get a warm feeling inside when I down a pint of something that I made from scratch and tastes half decent.

Well I have made a beer with the good cousin twice removed. It gave me a warm feeling too, due to the TLC (tender loving care ) in it. But that is another story

 

[neonmeate]

hop#*cone*#&, i too am a musician (classical singer) and a brewer, and although i think spirituality is a heap of shit in general, i taste beers as music too. i don't want to weird people out but i taste beer in sound. eg melanoidin malt is like a french horn. yeast bite is like a metallic screeching. cascade hops are nasal voices. the sort of bitterness you get from roast barley is like a bassoon. tettnang hops are like flutes. these sounds also correspond to colours. it all comes up in a graph inside my head.

somebody call the psychiatrist!

 

[DJR]

Guys

I'm looking at the recipe for HC's pils - maybe you forgot to put in the dope in the ingredients there because it wasn't in the list?

NM - I've just called the psychiatrist, expect a knock on your door from a couple of men wearing white suits!

It's an interesting topic, don't know if i would explain it the same way but when i taste a very well made beer that satisifies my palate it's sort of like a mini-epiphany, at least for the first couple of sips of a new batch.

 

[Stuster]

NM, it's called synesthesia as you probably know. Linketty. FWIW, I experience this thread as a glass of hefeweizen. :lol:

 

[Dr Gonzo]

I see it the other way round.
Not the music inspiring the beer,
but the beer inspiring the music.
I think my guitaring sounds best when im legless.

There's also a great sense of self satisfaction when you go ass up
and destroy everything in your path and end up bleeding all over the floor
without putting a scratch on your instrument.

 

[Barry]

Lately I have been listening to Muddy Waters, some ways I hope he doesn't influence my beers

 

[tangent]

totally agree Dr.G
two things you never drop when you're pissed: your beer and your guitar
My strumming elbow doesn't work without a few pints of lubrication. Although too many :chug: and I start singing

Here's my new addition to the family

Best birthday present ever!
(if you count the ones you give yourself)

 

[Dr Gonzo]

Tangent,
why dont you bring your daughter around on the weekend and i'll plug her in the marshall,
I will lubricate your elbow for you too.

 

[tangent]

Barry, that's funny

tempting as that sounds Dr.G I'm planning a brewday on Saturday. I still have to decide what I want to drink Some K&Kers would like to see a stepup to AG - the stupid way. You may want to attend and measure temps etc.
I still haven't done anything to fix my sparge problems, just looked at everyone elses setups and think WTF???

You can take Black Moma for a run on the amp simulator if you like.
Bring some of that wheat beer with you.

 

[jeddog]

neonmeate

so that means you should be able to make a great beer with the sound ya like? h34r:




wish i could make a beer that matches the colour of my PRS


tangent
nice prezzy :beer:

 

[Duff]

Oohhhh jeddog, you have just made me drool :super: I'd love a PRS and a standard Les Paul, one day

Tangent, is that a standard humbucker in yours? I'm thinking of a stacked one for my Strat, or maybe some Lace Sensors

Cheers.

 

[tangent]

droool over PRS (damn it , there's another one I want now!)

Duff - standard for a couple of months

 

[Jazman]

My axe a washburn a 20-v

 

[*hop*cone*]

My 1928 Conn New Wonder Series II Alto



Still screamin' like the day it was built.

 

[redbeard]

I like to listen to loud music while brewing, thou an actual instrument is bit beyond me.

 

[andrewg]

I like to listen to loud music while brewing, thou an actual instrument is bit beyond me.

The only instrument I can play is the radio - it keeps me company on a brew day - cricket in summer & footy in winter!

 

[Dr Gonzo]

The love of my life.



Ive refitted her with push pull pots for single coil & reverse phase tones ala jimmy page
& new dimarzio pickups. Super distortion in the bridge & humbucker from hell in the neck.
The guy in the shop laughed at me and said it was a poor combination. He was wrong.