Quick Question on Lactose Backsweetening

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  1. GreenKrusty101

    GreenKrusty101 Initiate (0) Dec 4, 2008 Nevada

    How would you add Lactose post-fermentation?
    1. Boil/heat lactose with water for 10 min and add
    2. Pull 1 pint of beer from batch and heat to ~ 180*F for 10 min and add back
    3. Other ideas?
     
    #1 GreenKrusty101, Jul 25, 2013
  2. mattbk

    mattbk Savant (1,111) Dec 12, 2011 New York

    1. My guess is you can make a fairly concentrated solution so you don't dilute your beer that much.
     
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  3. barfdiggs

    barfdiggs Initiate (0) Mar 22, 2011 California

    Boil lactose in a small amount of water (very water soluble) for 5 -10 min, cool down, add. I've done this with maltodextrin and lactose. Both worked fine.
     
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  4. GreenKrusty101

    GreenKrusty101 Initiate (0) Dec 4, 2008 Nevada

    Done
     
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  5. jbakajust1

    jbakajust1 Pooh-Bah (2,552) Aug 25, 2009 Oregon
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    Boil in water. If you do it in the beer and happen to get past the 180 and have a boil you will have that cooked beer flavor to deal with.
     
    #5 jbakajust1, Jul 25, 2013
  6. inchrisin

    inchrisin Pooh-Bah (2,013) Sep 25, 2008 Indiana
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    If you're going into a bottling bucket, I wonder if just adding this to the bottom would whilpool enough that you don't need to add water. I've only used it once and it went into the boil.
     
    #6 inchrisin, Jul 25, 2013
  7. GreenKrusty101

    GreenKrusty101 Initiate (0) Dec 4, 2008 Nevada

    If I knew what I was doing, it would have gone into the boil also...this is an attempt to backsweeten a Pomegranate Ale that got 007 instead of something less attenuative. Funny though, it only finished at 1.013 (before the lactose)

    I don't bottle with sugar anymore...the beer gun is too easy for a growler or two.
     
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