Check the label

So what beer was it?

 

So, the beer you drank previously did not include lactose? The brewery decided to make a recipe change?

Cheers!

 

Perhaps a MilkShake IPA?

 

I did this with a stout I wanted to try just from hearing about it by a local brewery who makes relatively good beer. Picked up a 4pk instead of a single. Only to read the ingredients when I got home. "Brewed with star anise" basically a medicinal herd/spice that has similar taste of black licorice. Not a fan of black licorice nor any other kind actually. Did manage to drink the 4pk tho

 

https://vinepair.com/articles/milkshake-ipa-guide/ Curious on the beer though, I have never seen anyone release a different version of the same beer that totally changed the style up. As @dcotom requested, could you list the beer/brewery

 

The strange thing about the use of lactose by brewers is that the TTB's Ruling 2015-1 which updated the regulations for the labeling of "non-traditional" ingredients is that they decided it did NOT have to be stated on the label, unlike most of the other flavorings and processes listed, as noted in TTB's Ruling 2015-1 Attachment 1.

Especially odd since so many folks are lactose-intolerant (although their regulations for labeling re: allergens is pretty loose, too).

 

Alvarado Street did the same thing to one of their beers, Halftime Treat. It WAS an IPA brewed with Valencia oranges; now it's brewed with tangerines, lactose, and vanilla beans. It went from amazing to a hard pass.

 

I still don't get why people can be so cagey about naming specific beers/breweries on this forum.

 

This.

Unless they know you by "Trout Beer Bum" at the brewery or they know you for your fondness of Steve Martin's brilliant performance in The Jerk, I don't get why you wouldn't name some names. At least it'd be brought to their attention and they can address the issue (assuming you wouldn't want to simply tell them face-to-face and save them from the inevitable public scrutiny and the inevitable, oh-so-trendy public apology)

 

You may want to stay clear of Other Half ! They must have purchased a lifetime supply of the "tose".

https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/other-half-2019.600911/

 

I don't mind pointing a finger:

This beer is a Milk IPA, an awful, awful, awful lactose-added IPA. I love Blackwater Draw, respect those folks for their good work, and I will continue to buy and drink their beer, but not their Milk IPA. In fact, the only reason I didn't give this beer straight 1s on the review is because BWD deserves better than that from me for all the good beer they've served me the last few years.

I don't know who started it and why, but the Milk IPA must stop.

 

Saw that the other day and did a hard pass.

 

Yes indeed I feel the same about a beer by Rochester Mills called Milkshake IPA. Horrible concoction of vanilla mango and lactose
Yet gave it a fair rating because I respect the brewery although many do not.

 

Good call. I, unfortunately and to the OP's point, did not read the label.

Learned my lesson: Always read the label, even if the beer's from a brewery you trust.