6lb Asiago

[jerseyknollfarm]

I have made one other wheel of Asiago and it got rave reviews so I made a large wheel a couple of days ago.  It came out of the brine yesterday evening.  I snapped a shot of it this morning after the surfaced had dried.

[H-K-J]

How many gallons did you use to get 6lb of cheese? also what are the dimensions of your mold?
just for a comparison of what I have been using 
very nice looking cheese, I believe you deserve one

[jerseyknollfarm]

I used 6 gallons of skimmed raw jersey milk from our cows.  Then I noticed that I was supposed to use full fat milk so I added 2 quarts of the cream I just skimmed back to it.  The final cheese weighed 6.37lbs.  I used a 8.25" diameter Tomme mold.

For further comparison.  I made a colby yesterday using 6 gallons of milk and the cheese is only 5.5lbs roughly.