Yeast That Ferments Lactose

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Ever since I heard Tormund offer Davos fermented goats milk, I’ve been intrigued by a yeast that could make an alcoholic beverage from lactose. I’m putting this in the distilling forum because it appears that it is difficult to make a strong milk beer and to get things in “the range” distilling may be necessary. I found this yeast on the interwebs - kluyveromyces marxianus. Any experience with this would be interesting to me though I like to rest on the work of someone else’s industry.
 
Kefir?

From my understanding Kluyveromyces generally isn't alcohol-tolerant, so that probably won't help. Some Brett strains do ferment Lactose, I'm not sure whether any are commercially available.
Not sure what yeast(s) make kefir.

Cheese and yogurt are also "fermented" milk.
 

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