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# This Brewery Is Using the Music of Wu-Tang Clan to Age a Beer


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Jun 1, 2015 9:57 PM CUT

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At Philadelphia’s Dock Street brewery, a smartphone playing Wu-Tang Clan from Spotify is fastened to a barrel of beer that is aging, [_Philadelphia_ magazine reports](http://www.phillymag.com/ticket/2015/05/22/dock-street-aging-wu-tang-spotify/ "undefined"). The brew will be called “Dock Street Beer Ain’t Nuthin’ to Funk With” and is expected to be ready by year’s end.

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 "undefined"))

### See Art Kane’s Most Memorable Music Portraits

![The Who, 1968](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt537112b6ff2d5620/69877cdca988cac2046ac335/150130-art-kane-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp)

The Who, 1968. courtesy Art Kane Archive

![Jefferson Airplane, 1968](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt455cff3a81a96738/69877cdcf887dc7acbe89da0/150130-art-kane-02.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp)

Jefferson Airplane, 1968. courtesy Art Kane Archive

![Bob Dylan, 1966](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1132e86083e009ee/69877cdc428a9e6e36cc6e3f/150130-art-kane-03.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp)

Bob Dylan, 1966. courtesy Art Kane Archive

![Country Joe and The Fish, 1968](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83da5c2432635d3b/69877cdd8e0601658c45a0c9/150130-art-kane-04.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp)

Country Joe and The Fish, 1968. courtesy Art Kane Archive

![Janis Joplin, 1968](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt419beef9b6f53177/69877cddf887dc258de89da5/150130-art-kane-05.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp)

Janis Joplin, 1968. courtesy Art Kane Archive

![The Rolling Stones, 1966](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69fd66c0d8f2ccfe/69877cddcd1bba57ec6f4f86/150130-art-kane-06.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp)

The Rolling Stones, 1966. courtesy Art Kane Archive


![Jim Morrison, 1968](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd16826b1ae778a41/69877cde35ba6f8847c06d43/150130-art-kane-07.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp)

Jim Morrison, 1968. courtesy Art Kane Archive

![Louis Armstrong, 1958](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta2480270ebd1291f/69877cde3c16397603451820/150130-art-kane-08.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp)

Louis Armstrong, 1958. courtesy Art Kane Archive

![Harlem, 1958](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted7d1ab3ae606d23/69877cde5f570f7249b15037/150130-art-kane-09.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp)

Harlem, 1958. courtesy Art Kane Archive


![Photographer Art Kane at Keith Moon's drum set, 1968.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb997f02f705f0325/69877cdf06f2c1338a333b7f/150130-art-kane-10.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp)

Photographer Art Kane at Keith Moon's drum set, 1968. courtesy Art Kane Archive

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