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Dock Street Is Playing Non-Stop Wu Tang While It Ages a Beer

Vince Desrosiers is creating a beer that can bring da ruckus.

Desrosiers, the head brewer at Dock Street in West Philadelphia, is currently aging his new golden saison. Playing next to the barrel for the six months it’ll sit there? Wu Tang Clan, streaming from Spotify.

"I listen to music every day in the brewery and I've wanted to do a series of beers based on the music I like," Desrosiers says. "It's hardly an original thought but my musical taste is all over the place and Wu Tang seemed like a great place to start."

Dock Street's forthcoming golden saison beer, with spicy pineapple and orange-tart flavor, will therefore be christened Dock Street Beer Ain't Nuthin’ to Funk With.

When Desrosiers was at Iron Hill North Wales, he brewed a beer for Phillies fan blog Zoo With Roy — So Cuttered Hoppy Wheat — as well as a beer called Tom Selleck's Mustache that Selleck himself eventually found out about.

Though the constant Wu Tang music is a bit of a gimmick, Desrosiers points out Cambridge Brewing Company's Will Meyers stimulated the fermentation process using tuning forks for a beer he called Om. "It started as a joke," Desrosiers says, "and then we wondered if the bass would cause enough vibration to move the yeast around and create some different flavors during fermentation."

He said next, he's aging a beer while playing "Run the Jewels." Dock Street Beer Ain't Nuthin’ to Funk With should be ready sometime later this year. "Who knows," Desrosiers says, "maybe we can get the ODB hologram to perform for the release party."

[via phillymag.com]

A Beer Called Ghostface Killah (World's Spicest Beer)

Twisted Pine Re-releases Ghost Face Killah - "World's Spiciest Beer"

Twisted Pine Brewing Company had a simple objective in mind when developing Ghost Face Killah: to make the spiciest beer in the world. Owner Bob Baile explains how the idea for the beer was born in response to constant requests from fans of the brewery's standard chili beer, Billy's Chilies, for something ‘hotter'. "Customers kept asking for more heat and we were determined to oblige them." The reaction has been overwhelming.

At its base, Ghost Face Killah is an American-style wheat ale, but it is undeniably different than any other wheat beer out there. Once fermentation is complete, six different strains of chili peppers are introduced: Anaheim, Fresno, jalapeño, serrano, habanero and bhut jolokia, the ‘ghost' pepper. The result is liquid fire that makes endorphins rush and foreheads sweat. The intense heat presents itself immediately and persists for more than a minute after the sip. Due to the extreme nature of the beer, Ghost Face Killah is sold individually in twelve ounce bottles, as Twisted Pine feels that amount is the perfect dose.

Since bottling the beer for the first time in May 2011, demand for the capsaicin-loaded beverage has continued to surge. That batch was only available in Colorado, much to the dismay of Twisted Pine's out-of-state distributors. "We never really planned to mass-produce Ghost Face Killah," General Manager Jody Valenta points out, "but once we made it, everyone wanted some and the orders just came pouring in." This time, the brewers made enough for everybody and Ghost Face Killah is slated to appear in early January across Colorado, as well as in Texas, New Mexico, Florida, Nebraska, Missouri and Louisiana.

In addition to drinking it, cooks at Twisted Pine's Ale House have been finding creative ways to incorporate the piquant ale into the dishes they serve. On the premises at the brewery, Ghost Face Killah's distinctive flavor can be found in salsas, soups, and chili. Other restaurants in the Boulder area have taken note and there is now a growing interest in the culinary community for the fiery beer. Valenta, whose unofficial title at the brewery is Agent of Chaos, encourages chili lovers to "try and drink the beer first, and if it's too overpowering for you, use it in the kitchen."
Based in Boulder, Colorado Twisted Pine Brewing Company has been handcrafting beer since 1995. They are the brewers of such favorites as "Hoppy Boy IPA," "Raspberry Wheat Ale" and "Billy's Chilies." The Ale House is a very popular local hangout and boasts 17 taps, 5 rotating. Twisted Pine is active with local charitable organizations and a strong believer in sustainable business practices.

Nothing to do with Wu-Tang's own Ghostface Killah it seems but hey, who would have guessed a beer would been named after a rapper? can we get some RZA doughnuts or Raekwon's Burger with a Cappadonna's Fries to go please? what do you think of this beer and its name comparision?

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