Strawberry blonde with lactose. Thoughts?

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Going to brew a 6 gal blonde ale with strawberries (they are in season locally) added at the end of primary fermentation. We are using roughly 1.5lbs per gallon frozen, smashed, and pasteurized.
I have brewed the recipe before with good results, but I would like to see some of the tartness rounded out a little. We thought about adding .25LB lactose at the end of the boil. We are not looking to make it overly sweet just a very subtle sweet/smoothness. Any thoughts or experience on doing this?

Mash 152*
89% pilsner
9% Crystal 20
2% lactose

1.060 og
1.013 fg

Thanks!
 
no experience with fruit, but with lactose, the taste is not as sweet as the SG would suggest. you may want to aim for a higher FG when making up ground with lactose.
 
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