180mm HOOP

$23.00

  • 180mm diameter x 110mm high with base.
  • Will require approximately 10 to 15 litres of milk for a non-pressed cheese but this will vary depending on cheese styles and yields.
  • Traditionally used to make a large wheel of many types of cheese including Blue Vein, Havarti, Camembert, Brie.
  • The ‘no-base’ provides excellent drainage of the curd. A blue cheese cloth or muslin may be used as the base for the cheese for turning.
  • End caps and followers are available to purchase separately if you choose to make this hoop into a pressed cheese hoop.
  • Made in France of heavy-duty food grade HDPE.

Hint:  Mucor ‘cats’ hair’ (black mould on my cheese, it can be dense black or spidery black moulds and they develop very fast on the surface of the cheese). Practice good hygiene disinfect cheesemaking and ripening area. Increase salt (salt moisture ratio), reduce humidity of the ripening chamber, allow establishment of Geotrichum (it can outgrow the black moulds) and use quick growing white mould, if washing cheese don’t use saturated brines, these kill the natural flora and allow the contaminants to become established.

Cheesemaking

Thank you for Your Interest in a Cheesemaking Course

Making cheese prior to the course is not essential but it is very strongly recommended. I have found that over many years of providing cheesemaking courses, having some basic cheesemaking experience before you get to the course is an enormous help with taking in the information provided at the course.

To help you start to make cheese at home, there are several kits available, starting from $60 plus postage. Each kit has detailed instructions so that you can easily make lots of cheese in your own home, without having made cheese previously. See the range of available kits here. You can easily add to the kits once you have completed the course.

As an incentive to start making cheese, I am offering you a 5% discount on the price of any of the kits (excluding postage) - Just add the kit to your cart and use the code KIT at the checkout.

View the Cheesemaking Kits