Milk stout without crystal.

[orangemen5]

So I'm going for a espresso milk stout. My recipe is:
11 # pale ale malt
1.5# Kilted coffee malt
1 # pale chocolate malt.
8 oz. biscuit malt.
8 oz flaked barley
1# lactose.
I was researching milk stout and noticed most have at least a 1/2 # of crystal malt. It got me thinking maybe I should add crystal.
But I'm thinking the lactose should suffice since I'm going for more of a coffee cream stout.
Anyone brew stouts without crystal beside Irish dry stouts ?

 

[DownHillonWater]

I have never done it. But I think it would work, especially since you're aiming for a roasty coffee type flavor. I think Irish ale yeast or another low attenuator would be good choice. Consider substituting Brown for the Biscuit since it helps with the coffee flavors.

 

[duelerx]

The father of the original sweet stouts didn't have crystal: http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2017/02/lets-brew-wednesday-1965-whitbread.html

 

[dmtaylor]

You don't need crystal.

 

[ong]

No crystal is fine. That coffee malt is pretty potent stuff, though. I get a lot of astringency from it