When brewing with lactose, do you need to use separate equipment from your normal equipment? I thought I read somewhere that lactose can contaminate you equipment and future batches. I cant remember if what I read was talking about lactose or something else like lambics or something.
Brewing with lactose.
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Hoser_brewing
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Lactose is fine with equipment. It's a simple disaccharide that will wash off easily. I think you're thinking of lactobacillus, which is a spoilage bacteria.
Weezy
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Lactose is a sugar, not a bacteria, and isn't something that contaminates equipment. I think you're thinking of Lactobacillus
