Lactose or Maltodextrin?

[ladybrewer]

What is the difference between lactose and maltodextrin? Which is better to use for a creamy beer? Can I use both? Is it better to add them during the boil as well as at bottling, or just at bottling?

 

[Blackgaurd_Brewing]

http://brewwiki.com/index.php/Body

Lactose if you want it sweeter.

Maltodextrine if you only want body.

 

[ladybrewer]

Can I use both? Is it better to add them during the boil as well as at bottling, or just at bottling?

 

[Pappers_]

I add lactose to a cream stout, it makes it sweeter (its a less-fermentable sugar) and adds body, which is probably what you mean by creamier. I add the lactose to the boil with ten minutes or so to go, but either method is acceptable.

What are you going to make, LB?

 

[ladybrewer]

I'm inventing my own Butterbeer recipe.

 

[Pappers_]

Hogwarts and Harry Potter? Sounds interesting, although I can't say I'm a fan of butterscotch.