Lovely 3.25 gallons of milk! I helped milk the cow in the morning, drove the milk home and made the cheese!! I had a hard time deciding which starter to use since I did not have MA 4001 at hand, and I was not sure on amount to use. Flocculation was 14 mins - very nice. I have never had such a firm feeling curd. I did not test for clean break ahead of the calculated time of 49 mins (14 x 3.5) but possibly should have cut a bit earlier. The curd was sort of tearing on cutting. The time from at temp to hoop was 6 hours. The final pH a bit low at 5.0. The yield was 3# 6 oz, which is slightly more than my prior 4 gallon Holstein make!
I hope I get the opportunity for such lovely milk another time!!
