Using Whey?! Way or No Way?

[jmcnamara]

i'm planning on making some cheese in the near future. i hate to toss out all the whey, and i've read a few different uses for it, mostly for baked goods and feeding to animals.

however, in looking at whats in it, it seems like it might make a good replacement for lactose in a milk stout. there seemed to be conflicting ideas about what all the protein in the whey would do. also, there didn't seem to be a consensus about whether to mash with it or just put it directly in the kettle.

i'm thinking of doing 3 mini-batches to test if the whey makes a difference

any thoughts?

 

[GPA]

Just curious did you ever try it ? Big fan of Milk Stouts

 

[jmcnamara]

I did not make the beer unfortunately. Just didn't work out timing wise

I ended up mixing a bit with the dog's food for breakfast and dinner. She frickin loved it

 

[GPA]

 

[Nosybear]

You'd definitely want to boil it - it has whatever culture was used to make the cheese and somehow I don't imagine those would make good beer (although they might make a kettle sour). I don't think it has a whole lot of lactose left in it. My use for the last batch: I boiled Brussels sprouts in the whey.