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I'm not this adventurous, this looks nummy AC4U 

Beautiful!

Really nice! :-) AC4U

That's one of the nicest looking washed rind cheese results I've ever seen!  AC4U for excellence!!   Did you blanche the hop leaves before use?

Quote from: Al Lewis on April 05, 2015, 04:25:34 PM
That's one of the nicest looking washed rind cheese results I've ever seen!  AC4U for excellence!!   Did you blanche the hop leaves before use?

Cheers! I did, yes. I read some old threads here about wrapping with leaves, and it seemed that some people liked to blanch, and some liked to just freeze. I decided it would be best to do a quick blanch to sterilise the leaves and then freeze for extended storage. This ended up working well for the hop leaves, as they seem a bit tougher than grape vine leaves, so it helped to soften them up for easy wrapping.

You answered my other question as I have a red grape vine in my yard that produces huge leaves.  I am having dreams about what I could do with these and cheese.  One can only eat so many Dolmades. LOL

Beautiful work this coming from a homebrewer!!! This is another great reason to grow your own hops!!! Have a cheese.

Wow! AC4U!

The look fantastic - I'm doing my first - In brine at the moment. Any further insights into looking after these types of cheeses.

-- Mal

Quote from: OzzieCheese on April 06, 2015, 09:59:02 PM
The look fantastic - I'm doing my first - In brine at the moment. Any further insights into looking after these types of cheeses.

This is only my second, and the first to actually work, so I'm very much still learning! Having said that, one of the things I learned from making this cheese is patience. Perhaps it's this particular type of b.linens, or it's the maturing environment, but it took a long time for the b.linens to do its thing. I fretted over it for a while, but eventually just decided to chill out and let it take its course. And in time it got going and got nice and orange and stinky.

Good luck with yours!

Very nice looking cheese!  A cheese to you for a fantastic experiment.  That's a beautiful result you've got there.