Does lactose effect carbonation?

[Lodovico]

I made my first Sweet Stout and added 1lb. of lactose the last 25 minutes of the boil. I bottled 10 days ago and tried one tonight.

Very little if any carbonation. I realize that a Sweet Stout shouldn't have over the top carbonation but I carbed it to style and after 10 days, it has nothing.

Does the lactose have anything to do with this? If this doesn't get more carbonation in another week or two, is there anything I can do?

 

[dunnright00]

No, Lactose will not affect your carbonation.

You need to wait.

10 days is not enough time to determine if it's carbonated enough.

 

[Lodovico]

No, Lactose will not affect your carbonation.

You need to wait.

10 days is not enough time to determine if it's carbonated enough.

I'm experienced enough to know that 10 days isn't enough time to determine if it's carbonated enough.

I'm saying that after 10 days at 70 degrees, this beer has almost zero carbonation and out of every beer I've ever made, this hasn't been the case.

I should have some carbonation by now, no?

 

[dunnright00]

Maybe, maybe not. 10 days is not even 2 weeks yet.

I try (but rarely succeed) to not even try a beer until at least 2 weeks, knowing full well it won't be ready.

Especially higher gravity beers like a stout.

 

[JesseRC]

The only way Lactose can affect carbonation is if you used lactose as you priming sugar. While that's funny to me, maybe you did that?

 

[WenValley]

With wintertime temperatures, my beer room is much cooler. The brews that I have bottled are not carbing near as quickly now as they did in July or August. Perhaps that's impacting your beers too....