Wow these turned out badly - what did I do wrong?

[Lcoates98102]

Hello everyone! I made this Coastal Blue from Karlin's book 5 weeks ago and noticed it dripping last night and it felt incredibly squishy. Opened them to see what was happening and they smelled atrocious. I took these pictures and didn't realize I had a filter on but you probably get the idea. Any advice on what might have gone wrong? And even though they were well wrapped in foil, do you think there's a chance they might have "infected" my other cheeses in the fridge? #ewww

[Aris]

It looks it was contaminated by B. linens and Geotrichum Candidum. The combination of those microbes and low pH of the cheese resulted in a runny portion of your cheese, wrinkly rind and horrible stench. When aging a blue cheese, it must never get wet or else it will attract B. linens.

[Lcoates98102]

Thank you so much!