First try with A-Maze-N smoke and cheese

[strecker25]

Your cheese looks great, i just tried my first cheese smoke and used apple sawdust in the amazensmoker and unfortunately it tastes like an old match.  The smoke flavor came out very stale, specially in the aftertaste.  I did gouda, mozz, cheddar and sharp cheddar.  Its too bad since it was so much cheese but I think the issue was too much smoke, next time ill try to keep it down a little.

maybe in a couple weeks the cheese will mellow enough to eat.

 

[distre]

Your cheese looks great, i just tried my first cheese smoke and used apple sawdust in the amazensmoker and unfortunately it tastes like an old match.  The smoke flavor came out very stale, specially in the aftertaste.  I did gouda, mozz, cheddar and sharp cheddar.  Its too bad since it was so much cheese but I think the issue was too much smoke, next time ill try to keep it down a little.

maybe in a couple weeks the cheese will mellow enough to eat.

Stecker25

       From what I've heard and this isn't from experience, you need to let the cheese sit for a week or two for the flavors to develop. The waiting is the hardest part. I'm still waiting for it to cool off here in TX before I want to try my AMS on cheese. From what I've read if you smoke string cheese you can eat it right away, but the other types you should wait. Hope this helps and Good Luck.