Adding lactose

[Gggsss]

Hello all

First time using lactose and need some advice.

My plan is to knock up a simple pale ale around 20l and want to split the batch. 10l to be used for a mango milkshake pale ale with lactose and the other 10l without lactose.

So question is, can I add by mixing in the lactose when I stir/aerate the wort just prior to yeast pitch?

Many thanks in advance…

 

[Cheshire Cat]

I added mine to the last 10m of the boil for a milk stout.

 

[Sadfield]

Yes. You can add lactose at any stage of the process as it isn't fermentable, even at bottling/kegging, which can be easiest as you can mix to taste, in say 100ml of beer to get the dosage right, then scale up the addition for the main batch.

 

[Gggsss]

Lovely, thanks.

As I can't add it to the boil due to batch split, I will sling it in pre yeast pitch...

 

[dmtaylor]

I add mine on bottling day. I boil it in a little water along with the priming sugar. Perfect.