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This is my new mold just received yesterday from Serivdoryl USA.

It is a Fromagex mold made in France. From the packing slip is is Product number SER-MP-180 Micro perforated mould (1.8 kg) 180- x 150mm, lib 125 mm.

Appears to be very well made and sturdy.

I tried it out today on a Havarti made from about 4 gallons of goats milk. Very happy with the results.

Here is the cheese that just came out of the mold.

Since the exterior dimensions of the mould don't fit my screw down press that I usually use I had to use a board and some weights. Due to the design of this mould with a wide and stable base it was no problem at all to balance weight on top of it.

Both ends of the base are wide and stable so rather then removing and flipping the cheese during pressing I just flipped the mold around - very easy.

WOW, 
very nice...I love the look.
That is so very interesting.  Do you have a web site?

Wayne my website is listed in my profile - www.sunrisefarmnc.com - but it is kind of out of date and just about the farm.

I have been concentrating on cheesemaking and working with NC inspectors, taking cheese courses, etc in order to hopefully have a dairy built and licensed by spring.

(not to mention working full time and milking our goats twice a day)

That looks pretty kewl! You can't even see the holes in the mold. Looks like it will take tons of pressure on the lid. Good job!

That looks great, thanks for showing us

Beautiful cheese!! I love the rind. Very nice mold.

Christy

Wayne, I think you were looking for Servidoryl's website. I think it's the US distributor for Quebec Canada based Fromagex.com. It's a very cryptic website, huge range of supplies but little details. If you click on Mould & Drainage Bags > Microperforated > MP180 model, but no details thus thanks to Seigfried again for posting this info.

Seigfried, very robust follower. I assume you are going to rub/brush off all the extruded curd as it dries? Also, was there any problem with cleaning the mold with those fine holes?

wow, I really like the look of that wheel.It looks like you did not use any cheesecloth. With all those micro-holes compared to the other types of molds did you have any trouble removing the wheel from the mold?. Also it appears really neat just being able to flip the entire mold insteat of breaking everything apart to flip.

Zenith - you are correct - I did not use any cheesecloth - that is the idea behind these - just like Kadova molds but last much longer according to the distributor (and I believe it).

I had no trouble removing it (although I was worried that might be a problem too)  - just removed the follower , turned the mode upside down and a couple of taps with my hand.

I sent him a note telling him I was impressed and will be ordering some bigger ones.

I wonder what they are getting for the Manchego molds? I've been wanting a few of those...    The initially ried ordering the microperf edam and they didn't have them anymore. Now they have tons of micro prefs listed. Hmmm.


I wonder if they'd do a discount for a group buy from the forum? Might be worth a shot?

Deb-good thought. I would be interested. I did send them an Email about prices but have not received a reply as of yet.

If I remeber right I emailed several times before getting an answer and they sent me to Ann in Chicago. I still have her phone number in my cell maybe I will call her tomorrow.

I would be intgerested in a couple if we can get group prices.

I am also interested