Sikly Blue ..Fluke... or Flop...

[Al Lewis]

Yep!  That's a good one!!

[OzzieCheese]

5 April - Day 31

The two Blues are progressing very well.  The holes are still nice and open and the smell is a lovely blue type of smell. The colour in real life is a little more diverse than the image shows as the flash sort of blasted any colour out..  The small one is going out to 8 weeks and the big one out to the full 3 months.  So they are still on track, there is just a little give on the outside but still firm overall.

Fingers crossed...

[Stinky]

They are very pretty.

[LoftyNotions]

So about 4 more weeks on the small one and 8 on the large one?

At what temperature are you keeping these? And are you still maintaining a high humidity?

It doesn't look like they'll be sikly! 

Larry

[Danbo]

Wow! :-)

[H-K-J]

WOW!! The rind is coming along real nice Mal

[Al Lewis]

Very nice looking cheeses to say the least.  Is the large one big enough to take out to the full term?  I usually use size to scale the ripening period for cheeses as in, smaller than what is normal takes less time.  It seems the smaller ones lose too much moisture is kept too long. 

[OzzieCheese]

@AL,  The last one was the same size and could have been a little more 'Blue' for my liking - not that it was bad or anything, just could be more .  These are still in their own little cave inside the cave and there is water on the inside but, I'm not actively measuring the RH I am however giving them an airing every 2-3 days and making sure their bums don't get wet and turning every week.  I decided to not salt rub the little one as I did last time.  The rind is very nice I think - still not the rustic I would like and I think that is because of the higher RH in the little cave.  Given that P.R once out in the wide is a wild child I'm keeping it under restraints - now if I only had a blue Cave but alas the old Cave MKII is really only good for waxed and brined cheeses and I have my prize cheddars in the other - which are about to get a 4th brother.

[OzzieCheese]

Well it's 51 days and we decided to crack open the 'Puck'.  51 days ... is still a bit too soon although, there is nothing disappointing about this cheese.  The outside is just awesome and amazingly Alien.  The inside is an amazing mix of creamy cheese and blue cheese flavours.
The veining is still very defined along the piercing pathways but there are some caves.  This says to me that I can go even drier in the making of this... But, I'm not sure I want to...  The larger one has still 1 month to go for the 12 week mark and I'm sure that the results will reward the patience..

This is neither Fluke or Flop.. two times now and I think "Silky Blue" is here to stay.

-- Mal
 

 

[shaneb]

Very nice. Looks amazing. A cheese from me.

Shane

[Stinky]

Lovely color! +C

[H-K-J]

I love the veining in the crevices,
it looks like it could bite you back
AC4U and the silky blue

[Al Lewis]

Looks great!!!  And tasty!!!  AC4U!!

[LoftyNotions]

Beautiful color, Mal. Another C4U.

Larry

[Andrew Marshallsay]

What a magnificent looking blue. Another cheese for you!