Any experience using lactose for a sweet stout?

kwdriver

I'm brewing a sweet stout and planning on using .65 lbs lactose which will be about 5.9%. I've read that it's recommended to use from 5-12%. What are folks in this forum using for percentages? Thanks. Mashing out right now.

701pilot · Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2016 5:01 pm Post subject:

kwdriver.

I make a chocolate milk stout with 1 lb of lactose (8%), and 8 oz cacao nibs. Turns out great. Better after a year of ageing.

silverspoons · Joined: 21 Dec 2010 Posts: 555 Location: Webster NY

did a milk stout last fall..
8oz in a 5.5 gal batch..

nice at about 12 weeks

silverspoons

silverspoons · Joined: 21 Dec 2010 Posts: 555 Location: Webster NY

did a milk stout last fall..
8oz in a 5.5 gal batch..

nice at about 12 weeks

silverspoons

itsnotrequired · Joined: 15 Sep 2015 Posts: 177 Location: central wi

i kegged my first milk stout this last sunday, conditioning in the keg right now. i added the lactose with ten minutes left in the boil, 8.7% of the bill. sample at kegging tasted pretty good, hoping it gets better with some aging.

and i'm sure all this info helps you now, i assume you are still washing out. Razz

kwdriver · Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2016 3:51 pm Post subject:

Thanks everyone. I ended up pitching about 12oz into the stout during the last 10 minutes of the boil. Hit all my numbers and the fermentation is going strong. Plan on kegging and conditioning on beer gas since my current stout is almost empty.