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Hello all -

Very new to cheesemaking; long time chef (French, one life), brewer (another life -  side journey of several years), and, in love with artisanal cheese, and wanting a hobby for the lad and myself to do together, have enjoyed making several batches of chevre (until this weekend!).  Looking forward to learning and taking part.  We are socked in with a monstrous blizzard this weekend, so not much to do but .... eat cheese (well, that, and drink some nicely laid-in wine..!)

Welcome Arnaud: 

I'm just across the river from you in Iowa. Storm hit us hard also. Using Belgum horses and sleigh to get around. Will be days before were dug out here.

This is a great site with a wealth of information and friendly experienced members.

So get plowed out go to town and buy some milk and join us.

Regards: john

Howdy Arnaud and welcome, tonnes of info here and in the articles on the website, both have Search buttons, yep saw the pictures on the news, over night here in Houston it gets down to freezing but sadly no snow! Those darn Canadian north winds (I'm originally Canuck ). Have fun!

Thanks very much, guys.  Really looking forward to exploring.  Saw the "new tank" thread in the "other products" sub-forum, and salivated....cannot compare my humble DIY to that cellar, but do love farmstead anything and have a 1/2 bbl dedicated brewery in mothballs.  More into wine over the last several years, but as we live so close to so many wonderful cheesemakers, I do hope to build a decent cheese cellar over the coming time.  Great site!

Buck, just had an all out snow fight with the lad, so it's not a total wash today.  Hang in there, neighbor!

Anyway, many thanks for the kind welcome (and early advice, John).  Looking forward to more.

Paul

Arnaud/Paul I'm envious, it's getting close to Christmas we are currently putting up the rest of the decorations and I miss snow, can you or Buck/John post some pics of all that snow?

Quote from: John (CH) on December 12, 2010, 07:53:35 PM
Arnaud/Paul I'm envious, it's getting close to Christmas we are currently putting up the rest of the decorations and I miss snow, can you or Buck/John post some pics of all that snow?

Here you go my friend. Enjoy!

Wow, gorgeous place to live, especially with the snow, I'm very envious, playing Christmas music now, many thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And thanks for the last 1940's picture!

Beautiful pics, Buck.  Heading up north (gulp) for Christmas next week, we'll see if we can't grab some more while there.

Welcome, Paul!  I, too, am in Wisconsin - the Menomonie area.  We got about 20 inches of snow here, much more than we can easily deal with.  I was an hour and a half late getting to work today because it took that long for the township to get our road plowed out.

Cheers on the cheesemaking!

Hi Karen - we know your environs well, as we passed by the bridge every time we went from Chicago to Marquette.  We're in Madison, now - digging out this morning at several below, like yourself....!

Many thanks for the welcome.  Looking forward to playing around and learning more.

We got less than 3 inches last night and all the schools, etc are closed. Here in Lexington we rarely get more than a foot a year so just a 6" snow puts Kentucky at a complete standstill. It's been at least 15 years since we have had a white Christmas, but it's 16 degrees (6 tonight), snowing, and looking possible.

Arnaud, did you brew in Madison? I've been to the Great Taste many times.

No, never brewed in WI, though when I was in the biz, knew Rob, Don and Co. from Great Dane.  Fond memory - single, dumb as a box of rocks, before dadhood, mind you - of doing an all day "tasting" of barleywines from the Taste, then many boots of Weiss from EssenHaus.  Then heading home with my cellarmanship mate from Goose.  He drove - I was in no condition to drive - but worse, no condition to passenger.  I've become a veritable monk since those halcyon, painful days....

Quote from: John (CH) on December 12, 2010, 09:29:37 PM
Wow, gorgeous place to live, especially with the snow, I'm very envious, playing Christmas music now, many thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And thanks for the last 1940's picture!

Here's one more photo John,  Taken at noon today. Drafts make it easy to get around after a snow storm.
Didn't take time to put the bells on this morning.
Regards: john

Beautiful horses!  I ride a paint quarter horse mare around my farm, but we had only about an inch of snow last night, so the "automated horses" are doing the hauling for the time being.  In the midafternoon sun the thermometer on the side porch managed to squeak all the way up to 14F!

My dear neighbor whose goats produce milk for some of my cheeses is setting aside a gallon for me from tomorrow's morning milking, so I'll be working on chevre that I can freeze, as there's no more room in my cave 'til I get the new refrigerator that I've promised myself for being such an amazingly good girl the entire year . . .