So brewed my first Milk Stout based on a rather beefy Mackeson clone recipe on Beersmith;
- Do you crash soon to drop the yeast out of solution like a regular ale
- Do you batch prime with normal table sugar ? 1.5 vols carbonation?
Its been in the fermenter for 9 days and is sat at 1019 which I assume is seems fine due the Lactose Milk Sugar added in the boil?
Milk Stout Finishing
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Re: Milk Stout Finishing
Do you crash soon to drop the yeast out of solution like a regular ale: Yes, but I assume you will be letting the gravity drop to around 1011 or lower first
Do you batch prime with normal table sugar ? 1.5 vols carbonation? It's the cheapest option and works just as well
Do you batch prime with normal table sugar ? 1.5 vols carbonation? It's the cheapest option and works just as well
Dave Berry
Can't be arsed to keep changing this bit, so, drinking some beer and wanting to brew many more!
Sir, you are drunk! Yes madam, and you are ugly, but in the morning I shall be sober! - WSC
Can't be arsed to keep changing this bit, so, drinking some beer and wanting to brew many more!
Sir, you are drunk! Yes madam, and you are ugly, but in the morning I shall be sober! - WSC
Re: Milk Stout Finishing
Will it drop to 1011 with all that lactose in? I read it stays around 1020?
Re: Milk Stout Finishing
Well 12 days in the fermenter and the last 5 days sat at 1018/1019 and I've decided to crash cool to 3 degrees for a couple of days ahead of bottling. It appears the Beersmith programme / app has no way of taking Lactose into account when calculating Final Gravity....
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Re: Milk Stout Finishing
Did a Milk stout myself , stopped at 1.019, bottled and now conditioning till christmas
Efficiency was well low on this one, but something I will sort
Efficiency was well low on this one, but something I will sort
Re: Milk Stout Finishing
JUST found the setting in BeerSmith - Double click on the Lactose and tick 'Not fermentable' and you get close to actual FG.... why they didn't mark this in the default ingredients list