Adding lactose

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Gggsss

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Hello all

First time using lactose and need some advice.

My plan is to knock up a simple pale ale around 20l and want to split the batch. 10l to be used for a mango milkshake pale ale with lactose and the other 10l without lactose.

So question is, can I add by mixing in the lactose when I stir/aerate the wort just prior to yeast pitch?

Many thanks in advance…
 
Yes. You can add lactose at any stage of the process as it isn't fermentable, even at bottling/kegging, which can be easiest as you can mix to taste, in say 100ml of beer to get the dosage right, then scale up the addition for the main batch.
 
Lovely, thanks.

As I can't add it to the boil due to batch split, I will sling it in pre yeast pitch...
 
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