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The Brülosophy Podcast

Episode 249 | Using Lactose In Sweet Stout

The Brülosophy Podcast

Marshall Schott

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🗓️ 23 August 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Lactose is commongly used in Sweet Stout as a means of boosting both sweetness and mouthfeel, both defining characteristics of the style. In this episode, contributor Andy Carter joins Marshall to chat about this unique ingredient as well as the results of an interesting xBmt on the topic.

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Originally referred to as milk or cream stout, sweet stout is a 19th century invention of English

1:05.6

origin whose name allegedly came from the legend that brewers blended otherwise dry bitter stout

1:11.1

with milk in order to market it as a more nutritious type of beer. While this claim has been

1:15.5

contested, what is known is that brewers at some point began using a rather unique ingredient

1:20.5

to contribute a hint of sweetness to this otherwise roasty style of beer.

1:24.4

You're listening to the Bruloscopy podcast. I'm your host, Marshall Shodd,

1:27.1

and joining me on this episode to discuss the impact lactose otherwise known as milk sugar

1:31.8

has when used in a sweet stout is contributor Andy Carter.

1:35.6

You know, Marshall the last time I couldn't really even think of the last time I had a glass of milk,

1:40.0

but I've definitely had a few milk stouts lately lately and recently and so I looked at this a

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