Did you know: Lactose is a great ingredient for sweet beer?

When I had just started working for Best Way Ingredients I noticed that Lactose was being sold regularly to brewers. That aroused my interest and made me ask myself ‘what are brewers doing with Lactose now ?’ So, I called one of our customers, Rock City Brewing in Amersfoort. There, I got Koen Overeem on the phone. After a brief introduction, Koen was happy to talk. He talked passionately about his brewery, pub-restaurant, and the Craft beers he brews. He made me curious and so I booked a table for my husband and I in September, to experience this company personally.

He wasn’t telling lies!

Good food complements good craft beer. We ordered our first beers, a Rock City burger, and the St. Louise style smoked ribs in the brewery pub-restaurant. Our drinks were smooth, and the food was tasty. We had a nice seat in the place, the music was not too loud, the staff were very friendly, and we had a view of the 21 beer taps, which made quite an impression.

After a good meal and tasty beers, we became curious about what Lactose is used for now. Lactose is a source of sugar from milk. Koen Overeem told us: “Normally, brewer’s yeast converts sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide, but they cannot do that with lactose. This makes Lactose a very popular sweetener for beers such as Milk Stouts and / or IPAs”.

Do you want to know more? Read the entire article in Brouwmagazine in which Koen Overeem from Rock City Brewing and Jasper Langbroek from Kompaan explain this to you with enthusiasm and passion.

Click here voor het magazine : Brouwmagazine

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