Cheese Making

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Cheesemaking Video

Here are some photos of us making cheese with our cheese vat from Holland.

5:00 AM: Milking started

6:30 AM: Fresh, warm milk is pumped over into the cheese vat.

 

Pasteurizing the milk.

 

Setting the milk, addition of culture and rennet; then checking for clean break

 

Cutting the curd.

 

Cooking the curds from 88 Degrees to 102 Degrees

 

Draining the whey

 

Beginning of "cheddaring" process & Making a Channel for the whey to drain.

 

Beginning to cut cheddar slabs

 

Slabbing and stacking the "Cheddaring" stage

 

 

Checking titratable acidity

 

Milling slabs and salting curds

Packing into 20 lb. hoops

 

Preparing for press (40lbs of pressure)

 

There it is!

 

Cheese is vacuum packed and placed into aging room

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