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1st Blue of the year
« on: January 12, 2015, 03:54:58 PM »
Some shots from my first blue cheese of the year.  This was a 4 gallon make with half PV & half PS cultures. 

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Re: 1st Blue of the year
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2015, 04:15:58 PM »
Looks great! :-)

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Re: 1st Blue of the year
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2015, 11:44:10 PM »
Looks like it going to be yummy a lot of veining in there :o
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Re: 1st Blue of the year
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2015, 11:44:34 PM »
1/2 Danisco Choozit PS  &  1/2 Danisco Choozit PV

I got both from Yaov at artisangeek.com.

The first two I did were only PV so I thought I would try something new and see what I get.


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Re: 1st Blue of the year
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2015, 03:13:34 AM »
Nice mold extenders :)
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Re: 1st Blue of the year
« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2015, 11:03:20 AM »
Thanks.  :)  I got lucky having a couple of small cutting mats laying around.  They worked great.  I started with about 1.5-2" of extra curd above the mold and by the time it settled it was right at the rim. 

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Re: 1st Blue of the year
« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2015, 12:04:51 AM »
In the second picture, there is a little electronic box to the right of your vat. Is that an electronic thermometer or is it a heater? Where did you buy it?

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Re: 1st Blue of the year
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2015, 01:20:02 AM »
It's a PID controller I put together.  I plug the vat into the controller and the white wire going from the controller to the vat is the thermometer.

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Re: 1st Blue of the year
« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2015, 01:32:49 AM »
In the second picture, there is a little electronic box to the right of your vat. Is that an electronic thermometer or is it a heater? Where did you buy it?


You can get all sorts of PID controllers from http://www.auberins.com/.  I've bought a bunch of stuff from them. 

Look at this nifty gadget for controlling humidity in your fridge:

http://www.auberins.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=37&products_id=456
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Re: 1st Blue of the year
« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2015, 05:09:16 AM »
Well, I need a PID controller for my Rival turkey roaster! [url]http://www.rivalproducts.com/cooking/roasters/CKRVRS16-W-115.html#start=3[/url
I went to the Auberins website, but there are so many to choose from :(. Do you have a parts list that I can build from?

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Re: 1st Blue of the year
« Reply #10 on: January 14, 2015, 05:34:07 AM »
Well, I need a PID controller for my Rival turkey roaster!

I use this one on my Weber smoker:

[url]http://www.auberins.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=14_27&products_id=396]http://www.rivalproducts.com/cooking/roasters/CKRVRS16-W-115.html#start=3[/url
I went to the Auberins website, but there are so many to choose from :(. Do you have a parts list that I can build from?


I use this one on my Weber smoker:

http://www.auberins.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=14_27&products_id=396

If you are going to use that turkey roaster for making cheese, you probably want to use something like this $69 sous vide controller.  I haven't tried it, but looks like a good fit.

http://www.auberins.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=8&products_id=471

I've bought many of their individual PID controllers and built them into panels for homebrewing, but my cheesemaking doesn't require that kind of investment (yet). 
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Re: 1st Blue of the year
« Reply #11 on: January 14, 2015, 05:58:00 AM »
Looking good Neil.

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Re: 1st Blue of the year
« Reply #12 on: January 17, 2015, 12:51:37 AM »
great work

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Re: 1st Blue of the year
« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2015, 12:29:16 AM »
Day 35 update.

Middle was creamy and spicy.  I can taste the difference the lipase added.

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Re: 1st Blue of the year
« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2015, 01:09:48 AM »
Oh now that is lookin' good :) 
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