Lactose in an ESB extract/specialty grain recipe?

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I was thinking of what would happen if you were to add some milk sugar to an ESB. Does anyone have any experience or input into this possibility? Just an idea. :drunk: Cheers.
 
I guess the questions is this, why would you want to make an ESB a little sweeter. Would you add lactose to a pale ale? If your answer is no, then don't do it with an ESB. The thought of adding lactose to an ESB to me just seems disgusting. I would keep the lactose to your porter's and stout's.
 
I guess the thought, while a bit alcohol induced last night, was that if you can have a milk stout, why couldn't you make a milk ESB? I guess in reality it would need to have a decent malt character beyond what an extract can deliver, but it was just a thought. Might be interesting to play with someday.
 
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