Developing Tri-X with special beer

[Pentode]

yo

u are probably right but people would still argue that the original Budowar would work better than the US version from Anheuser Busch.

Well, that's certainly true if you're planning to drink it! If you're planning on wasting perfectly good beer on developing film, any Anheuser Busch product seems about appropriate.

Personally, I feel using beer to develop film is disrespectful when there are so many sober people in the world less fortunate than we are. (drinking Belhaven as I type this)

 

[eddie]

I work with the distributor regularly, so I’ll be given a six pack to try, once available in the DC market ( should be in a week or two). I’ve never used any alternative photo chemicals before, but might try developing in this stuff ( as well as drinking some). Dogfish Head makes some fine beer...

 

[Born2Late]

I wonder if recycled beer would work?

 

[Pentode]

I wonder if recycled beer would work?

I almost just laughed beer through my nose.

 

[Born2Late]

I almost just laughed beer through my nose.

What would you name it?

 

[Pentode]

What would you name it?

Slightly used?

 

[Sirius Glass]

What would you name it?

Seasoned developer

 

[Born2Late]

Slightly used?

More like P76.

 

[Photo Engineer]

You know, you can't buy beer, you can only rent it!

 

[Born2Late]

You know, you can't buy beer, you can only rent it!

One of my favorite sayings!

 

[Lee Rust]

Have you ever seen the Genesee River in Rochester? I would not want to drink anything made with that water including beer. Heck I would not use it to flush a toilet!

The Genesee is much nicer now, what with the decline of Kodak and all. At least it never caught on fire.... https://www.pophistorydig.com/topics/cuyahoga-river-fires/

 

[Pentode]

Genesee Cream Ale used to be one of my favorite cheap beers. I sincerely hope it wasn’t actually made with water from the Genesee!

 

[Photo Engineer]

I believe that some of the beers and Kodak itself used water from Hemlock Lake.

PE

 

[Alan Johnson]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10628372
Ascorbate and any polyphenols in beer may produce radicals that effect the reduction of exposed silver bromide.

 

[Doc W]

I drink my beer! Although, I am not a big fan of beer. I prefer Guiness!

PE

Guinness gives you more control over shadows, but personally, I only use craft lager because it can really tame the highlights, depending on dilution.

 

[Born2Late]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10628372
Ascorbate and any polyphenols in beer may produce radicals that effect the reduction of exposed silver bromide.

Radicals! No wonder beer makes me act crazy sometimes.

 

[eddie]

I was just given a few cans. Any idea on a development time ( probably FP-4+)?

 

[eddie]

 

[Rudeofus]

@BAC1967 posted links to his twitter discussion group, in which various films are discussed, including IIRC also Ilford FP4+.

 

[eddie]

Thanks. Don't know how I missed his post earlier in this thread. I had a chance to check out his beer developed flickr page. Bryan's results are outstanding.

 

[BAC1967]

@BAC1967 posted links to his twitter discussion group, in which various films are discussed, including IIRC also Ilford FP4+.

There is a discussion on my Flickr group from someone else about FP-4: https://www.flickr.com/groups/3705975@N20/discuss/72157701466680234/

I haven't developed FP-4+ with my recipe but other Ilford films do pretty well like HP-5+, Pan-F+ 50 and Delta 100. I have no idea what the development time would be with this SuperEIGHT stuff, probably different than what I'm doing. If they made this stuff to be drinkable and develop film I suspect it's not as strong of a developer as my recipe. I wouldn't even think of drinking my recipe.

 

[Michael Firstlight]

Wort76?

No, seriously, I've been developing my film with beer for years. My only disappointment is that it never seems to make it onto my film.


Mike

 

[RalphLambrecht]

"Developed" with the cooperation of Kodak. I guess it makes more sense than crypto-currency.

https://petapixel.com/2019/03/20/this-beer-was-developed-to-process-kodak-super-8-film/

I've never developed film without beer. but,I've never actually put the film into the beer.

 

[removed account4]

What would you name it?

There is a guy on Flickr doing that.
https://www.flickr.com/groups/1353646@N20/discuss/72157624422921348/

 

[Rudeofus]

If they made this stuff to be drinkable and develop film I suspect it's not as strong of a developer as my recipe. I wouldn't even think of drinking my recipe.

I have done experiments with B&W print development in some version of Beerenol (regular lager beer, ascorbic acid, washing soda, Salicylic Acid and Triethanolamine). This thing is mostly inactive until you add loads and loads of washing soda. Nobody should even think about touching this liquid, much less drinking it.

We should be extremely careful with the term "drinkable", lest some imbecile actually tries it out and suffers terrible consequences.