Yeast for malty milk stout

[Llamaman]

I’ve put my AG adventure on temporary hold in order to use up my LME supplies.

I’ve got some Munich LME (50:50 Munich and pale apparently) to use. My initial thoughts were to make a malty bitter/ESB but I realised I don’t have the right yeast - my Fullers in the fridge is quite old and I don’t have time to step it up before brew day (probably Friday). And I understand dried yeasts aren’t great for British bitter styles.
So I started thinking about using it in a stout - 12L in FV: 1.8kg Munich LME, 180g-ish each of roast barley and crystal and some lactose. I might add some coffee at bottling to some of the bottles as well.
Yeast likely to be MJ M42 unless someone can suggest a better dried yeast (no time to make up a starter from liquid methinks?). Perhaps Gervin/Notty as the beer will already be sweet from the grist and lactose? Or work with the sweetness and go for Windsor?

As ever, I appreciate your thoughts.

 

[marshbrewer]

M42 will be fine in a stout; nice neutral yeast that will let the malty stoutness shine through. Nitty would also be fine, but my *personal* preference would be M42.

 

[Llamaman]

Excellent! I already have M42 and it only cost me 50p.
#winning

 

[marshbrewer]

Apologies if you already knew this (I did but forget every time and plop my pants) but New World Strong can take 24 hours to show signs of activity, but then sets off like a train.

 

[MyQul]

I like notty (or any other clean ale yeast like us-05) for milk stouts. The couple of milk stouts I've done using clean ale yeasts have turned out great

 

[marshbrewer]

M42 New World Strong is very clean, to be fair.

 

[cheshirehomebrew]

I did a sweet milk stout a few months ago and has turned out really nice too

I used my go to yeast for everything which is US-05

 

[Llamaman]

I went with M42. Brewed last night, pitched the yeast this morning after rehydrating.
Looking forward to seeing how this turns out.

 

[Llamaman]

Bottled this last night. Has a slightly sour tang to it...
Think it might be infected, so used PET bottles just in case the freeloaders chomp anything the M42 left behind.

Sigh. Always gutting when all that effort comes to naught.