pH Measurement During Aging - Rind & Paste

[janesmilk]

Hello,
I use a PH meter for all of my cheesemaking up until pressign the cheese. How do you test the PH of a cheese after it is pressed , like while its drying ? I know it would be helpful to know so that I can adjust the PH of my brine etc... Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks!

[DeejayDebi]

That requires a different probe with a tip kind of like a pen.

[wharris]

The Extech 110 is capable of doing this. Merely get a sample of the curd/cheese and press it against the tip. 

Now, it will only tell you the pH of the curd, or rind.  Not the inside.

I think that there are specialized probes that can be used to puncture a wheel of cheese and tell you the internal pH.
Or one could use a trie to temporarily extract some cheese from inside the wheel.