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Quick Question- How does one 'control' b. Linen or do you have to from other cheeses you make? Mostly thinking of while aging.  Age separately ?  I have a fridge for blue and another for all other cheeses.

Based on my experience blinens is not very agressive like blue, if it doesn't get the environment where it likes to grow it does not usually infect other cheese. Having said that, I do keep different aging space for Blue, Red, white and natural rind cheeses.

If you can afford to have enough cheese caves then by all means keep them seperate .  But yes as mentioned
b linens  needs quite a specific environment to prosper .  Very moist curd surface and high humidity . 

I agree with Ann, if you have contained the blue B Linens shouldn't be an issue. To me B Linens have an intense barnyard odor. Yummmm

John

If you have to keep it in your cave with other cheeses simply seal it in a tupperware style container.  That will raise the humidity, which it likes, and you can take it out of the cave and air it periodically.

Thanks

ahh, intense barnyard order?  So like a compost pile to put it nicely?  You eat this?  Please educate me, I am clueless on B linens.

Quote from: lovinglife on January 12, 2018, 07:32:16 PM
ahh, intense barnyard order?  So like a compost pile to put it nicely?  You eat this?  Please educate me, I am clueless on B linens.

Describing cheese taste and smell can be tricky. If you want to know what it is like, your best bet is to track down some washed rind cheese such as Epoisses or Munster.

Epoisses or Munster???

I think maybe baby steps .....  those are some seriously stinky cheeses



Any good cheese store could steer you right , assuming you have one near you.  Many farmers markets now have vendors that sell cheese, they may have or know some where you can try one

Quote from: Gregore on January 13, 2018, 05:20:09 AM
Epoisses or Munster???
I think maybe baby steps .....  those are some seriously stinky cheeses

Good point! Seriously good cheeses though.