brewjack
Well-Known Member
So, I became interested in making cheese as yet another DIY type of hobby. I assumed that that brewers and cheese makers would have a similar culture in terms of problem solving and building radical equipment.
I was wrong.
Apparently, from what I've gathered on the cheese making forum I joined, is that cheese makers are satisfied to spend lots of time on bussy work to get an approximation of the result they want. I'm hoping that people here can help me find a more satisfying solution.
Most of cheese making seems relatively simple, except for one thing: Aging. To age cheese you need a constant temperature and constant high humidity. The temp problem isn't too bad because you can run a mini fridge in the high temp range or rig a manual on off sort of fairly easily. The humidity however seems to be complicated. The humidity for cheese is supposed to be in the 80% range. Mini fridges tend to have very low humidity, because the condenser coil draws mosture out of the air when ever it comes on. Or something to that effect.
So, my question is, can anyone think of a cheap way to make a Cave that would be reasonably effective and does not require fussing with 2 to 8 times a day like many cheese hobbyists seem content with?
I was wrong.
Apparently, from what I've gathered on the cheese making forum I joined, is that cheese makers are satisfied to spend lots of time on bussy work to get an approximation of the result they want. I'm hoping that people here can help me find a more satisfying solution.
Most of cheese making seems relatively simple, except for one thing: Aging. To age cheese you need a constant temperature and constant high humidity. The temp problem isn't too bad because you can run a mini fridge in the high temp range or rig a manual on off sort of fairly easily. The humidity however seems to be complicated. The humidity for cheese is supposed to be in the 80% range. Mini fridges tend to have very low humidity, because the condenser coil draws mosture out of the air when ever it comes on. Or something to that effect.
So, my question is, can anyone think of a cheap way to make a Cave that would be reasonably effective and does not require fussing with 2 to 8 times a day like many cheese hobbyists seem content with?