Quick lactose question!!!

[Millsteg]

I am brewing a northern brewer chocolate milk stout and it calls for the lme and lactose to be added at the beginning of the boil. Welllll I forgot the lactose and added it at 30 min. I know this is a newbie question but will this affect the beer?

 

[Yooper]

No, it won't affect the beer at all! Lactose is an unfermentable sugar, and you can add it as late as bottling so don't worry about it a bit. It simply provides a bit of body and sweetness to the beer, and can be added at anytime.

 

[Reelale]

No, you're good. The recipe I have calls for lactose the last 10 minutes of the boil. It's for mouthfeel and body, so it really doesn't matter when you add it, IMO.

 

[Millsteg]

Thanks for the fast reply guys!

 

[Reelale]

Thanks for the fast reply guys!

You're welcome. BTW, Yooper is a.....girl.
Shhhhh.

 

[Yooper]

You're welcome. BTW, Yooper is a.....girl.
Shhhhh.

You make it sound like being a girl is a bad thing! It's not. Except for the fact that I can't lift my weight in beer, I'm just like "one of the guys". Oh, and the ****s. I guess that's different, too.

 

[Reelale]

You make it sound like being a girl is a bad thing! It's not. Except for the fact that I can't lift my weight in beer, I'm just like "one of the guys". Oh, and the ****s. I guess that's different, too.

Nah, didn't mean it like that. Hell, I don't think I could lift your weight in beer. Wait, that's not what I meant either.

I'm digging a deep hole aren't I?

 

[Revlus]

No, it won't affect the beer at all! Lactose is an unfermentable sugar, and you can add it as late as bottling so don't worry about it a bit. It simply provides a bit of body and sweetness to the beer, and can be added at anytime.

I was wondering about that... since it's unfermentable, and I'm lactose intolerant... guess I can't make those brews... That kinda blows.

 

[Millsteg]

You're welcome. BTW, Yooper is a.....girl.
Shhhhh.

Aaaaaah ****! Well thanks for the quick response boys and girls