My First Cheese Smoke w/ q-View!

[joopster]

I smoked a log of colby jack the other day.  About 3 hours in the smoke and then let rest for 18 hrs.  Wrapped in saran wrap and put in ziplocs and into the fridge.

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• Mar 17, 2014

I bought some extra sharp, vermont sharp and some gouda today and it is currently on the smoker...

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[pc farmer]

Looks good man,  I love doing cheese.  3 hours seems just about right.

 

[talan64]

Looks great!!

I just smoked 2 lbs of Colby and 2 lbs of Pepper Jack, last week.  Vacuum sealed and mellowing out in the bottom of my garage fridge.  Next up for me is Swiss (for a friend) and Gouda.

 

[davidhef88]

That got some real nice color. Now the wait

 

[joopster]

the longer i wait the better? right?

 

[gone4nc]

Looks great. I just did six pounds last night for three hours with cherry pellets.

 

[bertman]

 
the longer i wait the better? right?

Wait at least three weeks. And I haven't been doing this for long, but I've figured this out: Smoke some more right now. Because in three weeks, when you tear into the batch you are waiting on, you don't want to be three weeks away from enjoying more.

 

[bad santa]

Nice looking cheese, I love smoked Gouda. Yes, the longer the wait the better, I have found that 3 weeks is the minimum wait for me. Open up and enjoy !

I do as bertman suggested, don't get caught having to wait 3 weeks before you can enjoy some more, also packaged into smaller portions makes it last a little longer....sometimes. 

 

[joopster]

This will give me about 4 lbs of cheese.  I will get some more in a week or two and do some more...

 

[deuce]

 
the longer i wait the better? right?

I just pulled some Colby Jack out of the fridge a few days ago that I smoked 11 months ago and it was AMAZING! 

 

[joopster]

I want to wait 20 years on a couple cubes ;)

 

[deuce]

 
I want to wait 20 years on a couple cubes ;)

Good Luck! I was only able to wait 11 months due to the fact that I accidentally buried it under some stuff I smoked a few months ago! 

 

[beef77]

Looks awesome Joop

 

[joopster]

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Resting for packaging tomorrow....

 

[deuce]

Mighty fine lookin cheese!!

 

[joopster]

In twenty years I am sure to enjoy it!

 

[driedstick]

Looks great, nice job!!

 

[olypenaaron]

The waiting is the hardest part - sounds like a good song. lol. I am cold smoking my first batch of cheeses today (tonight) and then I am going to Hawaii for 3 weeks - just because I KNOW I wouldn't wait to dig in!

 

[joopster]

That gouda and extra sharp were excellent.  Waiting on my pepperjack at the moment..

 

[duffman]

Looks great. Makes me crave some smoked cheese!