Hi everyone,We have two matching Giada Polivalente 2,500 litre vats available for sale.They were refurbished in Italy and purchased via Machinery World UK in 2020, but have stayed in indoor storage...

No I don't get copies. It's hard having to log in to a seperate forum it's sort of out of the way. I honestly think that a closed private facebook group might get more attention since most people a...

Hi Alison. I also suspected that Renco manufactured Hansens rennet. But cannot confirm. They both stopped production at around the same time. Pathogens of concern as listed by Biosecurity are: A...

That's great news, Graham! many thanks for letting us know.  As a matter of interest, do you know the original source of the calves for the Chr. Hansen and other calf rennet? I heard that the...

Hi All. I have a permit application lodged with Biosecurity to import calf rennet. Submitted 5 Nov 2025. But it takes about 60 'working' days (about 3 months) to get an answer back. The main issue ...

Calf rennet - do you use it in your cheesemaking and where do you source it from?  Please let me know asap. Hello and Happy New Year to all ASCA cheesemakers! Paul (Nimbin Valley Dairy) and G...

Over the last couple of months we have been experimenting with a few Standa Geotricum Candidum vars. in conjunction with Penicillium Candidum on our white mould cheeses.  The uninteded outcome...

It seems that Cheeselinks no longer supplies animal rennet. Does anyone know if anyone still does? Cheeselinks now supplies Chymostar produced by Danisco. From reseach it seems to have similar acti...

Hello everyone,  We are on the hunt for a pasteuriser, second hand. 200-300L capacity.  We are located in Victoria but happy to arrange transport if it meets our requirements.  If...

Hi all, I am selling a whole lot of cheese making bits and pieces as follows: Cheese vat316 marine grade stainless steel cheese vat. Came out of national centre for dairy education. Hea...

@Tim Gadischke we've used the Testo ones before and been pretty happy with them. They seem fairly reliable overall and you can (or could) get them in models that were suitable both for liquid and s...

@Tim Gadischke many thanks, Tim - we've landed on Olssons Flossy too. Ivan is amazed at how dirty Australian salt is (full of fine dust particles that get through the filtering process), and Olsson...

@Cheesemaking pH meters I'm in the market for a pH meter too. Do people have experience with the portable Testo pH meters?  They look practical and affordable. Or are we best to go for a mo...

@Alison, Long Paddock Cheese   I've used Olsens Flossy salt for brine for years.  I have seen the small rocks but they settle on the bottom.  but not experienced the dirt you me...

Hi All, We have a significant amount of cheesemaking, air-treatment and affinage equipment for sale. If you are interested, please send an email to hello@section28.com.au and I can send you an equ...

@Alison, Long Paddock Cheese no worries Alison very grateful for all your work in getting standa cultures available to us and pleased to hear that it's still a possibility? To get the aroma ra...

Apologies, Luke, I am still waiting for Department of Agriculture approval to allow us to import the PAL AROM series of cultures. Very sorry about this delay, but will give you a better idea of lik...

Hi all, I was wondering if any of you have any of the standa aroma range of cultures that were available a few years back in your freezers that you are not using and would want to on sell to me. I...

Hi Alison WASHING PROTOCOL FOR MINO GAILLARD HOOPS PREWASH COARSE DIRT:- With cold or warm water.2. WASHING :- Use a descaling acid detergent (phosphoric for example) with sanitizing function.- C...

Hello everyone! I'm in the process of setting up my own small production space in Melbourne and I'm getting through my list of equipment. I'm hoping to find a second hand cheese vat of 200l - 300l ...