This Craft Brew Develops Film, and You Thought Your Beer Was Pretentious
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In another move by the "analog beer for the digital age" brewery, Dogfish Head is set to debut a craft beer that can develop Kodak Super 8 film.
The beer, SuperEIGHT, is crafted with 8 fresh ingredients, including prickly pear, mango, boysenberry, raspberry, kiwi and Hawaiian sea salt. It rings in at 5.3% alcohol, is a gose (which means it has high-acidity) and is set to release this time next week. Oh yeah; it also can be used to develop film.
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The Dogfish Head/Kodak pairing was almost an accident. The SuperEIGHT gose was already in the works when the owner of Dogfish Head, Sam Calagione, helped record a podcast with Kodak.
While shooting the podcast, he figured out that some beers are especially good for developing film. The SuperEIGHT just so happened to be that type of beer.
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Besides releasing the exact step-by-step for developing Kodak 8 film with the SuperEIGHT, Dogfish Head is also sending their owner on a boat trip up the East coast over the summer.
He will document his adventure on Super 8 film, develop the photos with the SuperEIGHT beer, and release it as a short film.
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