How to Make Special Containers for Aging Cheese
Yoel with his pottery container Creating Small Sub-Environments for Cheese Aging By Yoel Blumberger* 1. Introduction – Aging In the cheese making process, the aging stage is quite calm, compared ...
Yoel Blumberger's Humidity Control System
Yoel Blumberger How to create and maintain the right humidity for your cheese while it’s aging… This is a very important subject for cheesemakers and we have tried to give you as much informatio...
Beat Wampfler with an Emmental. Photo from his Twitter “Cheese in Surround Sound – a culinary art experiment” March 14th is a big day in Burgdorf, Switzerland. That’s the day when a team of jud...
Before you get completely grossed out by this post, please bear in mind that mites are everywhere – in the air, the water, on the land. They are in most of the grains and flours we eat. In fact,...
In 2015, we interviewed Tatiana Thomas who lives in Yekaterinburg, Russia – (click here). Tatiana is now selling her Camembert and she is in the process of organizing a “Mold Cheese Festival” whi...
How to Make an Inexpensive Cheese Cave
Bob Albers My Cheese Cave By Bob Albers* Cheese caves are wonderful things. Especially when you consider the wonderful things they contain and the wonderful things we get out of them. If you live...
Using a Coolbot in Your Cheese Cave
Have you given any thought to making a walk-in cheese cave? It’s easier than you might think … Many home cheese makers use refrigerators and wine coolers to age their cheese. These are great, bu...
Controlling Moisture in the "Cave"
Pedro and his Saanen, Rosie The issue is humidity. You can measure it with hygrometers but controlling it is another matter. There are many ways to do it and we have posted several articles abo...
How to Add Humidity to Your Room Sized "Cave"
Yes, we do sell hygrometers for measuring humidity, but adding humidity is another story. For years, many of us have been placing wet paper towels in our refrigerators, but maintaining a constant ...
10 Tips for Aging Your Natural Rind Cheeses
“Little Darling Tomme” from DiBruno Bros. Or, as the song might go, “We’re just a flippin and a rubbin…” Natural rinds – that sounds so easy – just you and your cheese growing old together with n...
Can You Age Your Cheese in Clay?!
OK, you can call me crazy but I’m serious. And I don’t know the answer. I’m just hoping one of you will. (If anyone is doing it successfuly, I will certainly try it.) This all began with a thread...
FDA vs Artisan Cheese Makers - Wooden Shelves Issue
As you may have heard, the FDA recently cited cheese makers in New York State for violating their “Good Manufacturing Practices.” because they were aging their cheeses on wooden shelves. They is...
Susan O'Dwyer in Harrisville, New Hampshire
Susan is hooking the rug at right, which she designed. Susan O’Dwyer and her husband, Barry have a small farm in southern New Hampshire with a cow, a heifer and 50 chickens. Susan has bee...
Steve Murtaugh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Steve Murtaugh with his main Maoi – an Eastern Island Tiki Steve Murtaugh is a master home cheese maker. He sells his cheese at Farmer’s Markets in the Pittsburgh area. This coming sum...
Controlling Humidity in Your Cheese "Cave"
Steve (Bear) Murtaugh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania A couple of months ago, I mentioned in an e-mail to Steve Murtaugh that I think controlling humidity is the biggest challenge for home chees...
How to Use Ripening Boxes with Ian Treuer
Ian cleaning the rind of an “El Torro” (Chipotle rubbed Montasio) at Smoky Valley Artisan Cheese Ian Treuer from Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) has so many irons in the cheese fire that it’s h...
Jon with his cat, Koba This takes your dorm sized refrigerator to a whole new level! As you may know, we sell a refrigerator thermostat which enables you to convert your refrigerator or fr...
Using Vacuum Sealers to Age Your Cheese?
Photo courtesy of Tara Tarbet at Welcome Home Farm It’s all about the taste! If the only reason you aren’t making a waxed cheese is because of the waxing process, go ahead and buy that va...
It was a year-long quest for answers! Caroline Abbott used to be an accomplished goat’s milk cheesemaker. All that changed this past year when her cheeses began to develop holes. The events that...
Using Hygrometers to Measure Humidity
When it comes to aging your cheese, one of the most useful devices to have is a hygrometer (to measure humidity) or a thermo-hygrometer (to measure both humidity and temperature). These devices ar...
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