--- title: Brewery Plays WuTang Clan While Beer Ages description: Dock Street brewery in Philadelphia is playing WuTang on Spotify while its beer ages canonical: https://time.com/3904193/wu-tang-beer-brewery/ author: Olivia B. 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Head brewer Vince DeRosiers said he launched the experiment to see “if the bass would cause enough vibration to move the yeast around and create some different flavors during fermentation.” The brewery wants to make another beer this way, but with Run the Jewels blasting, he tweeted: (h/t [DNAInfo](http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150527/stapleton/philly-brewery-making-beer-aged-with-wu-tang-clan-songs)) ### See Art Kane’s Most Memorable Music Portraits  The Who, 1968. courtesy Art Kane Archive  Jefferson Airplane, 1968. courtesy Art Kane Archive  Bob Dylan, 1966. courtesy Art Kane Archive  Country Joe and The Fish, 1968. courtesy Art Kane Archive  Janis Joplin, 1968. courtesy Art Kane Archive  The Rolling Stones, 1966. courtesy Art Kane Archive  Jim Morrison, 1968. courtesy Art Kane Archive  Louis Armstrong, 1958. courtesy Art Kane Archive  Harlem, 1958. courtesy Art Kane Archive  Photographer Art Kane at Keith Moon's drum set, 1968. courtesy Art Kane Archive ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3904193/wu-tang-beer-brewery/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3904193/wu-tang-beer-brewery/"},"headline":"This Brewery Is Using the Music of Wu-Tang Clan to Age a Beer","datePublished":"2015-06-01T21:57:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:47:29.584Z","description":"Enter the brew","url":"https://time.com/3904193/wu-tang-beer-brewery/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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