Cheesewright: Cheese Making

Cheesewright is a home cheesemaker's companion: 23 tested recipes, a timer for every step, exact dose calculations and a cave that reminds you when to turn your wheels.

GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME
• Milk check: which milk works and which won't set a curd (ultra-pasteurised, "dairy drinks").
• Every dose scales to your milk, from 1 to 60 litres.
• Step by step: temperature, time, readiness signs, and what to do if something goes wrong.

23 RECIPES
Free: 30-minute mozzarella, Adyghe cheese, whole-milk ricotta, paneer, cream cheese, cultured farmer's cheese.
With Awaytix Pass: Gouda, cheddar with real cheddaring, Colby, Monterey Jack, caciotta, tomme, Havarti, halloumi, feta, imeruli and sulguni, cultured mozzarella, chèvre, mascarpone, Camembert, Gorgonzola dolce, Parmesan-style, Baby Swiss with eyes.

TIMERS AND FLOCCULATION
• A timer on every step that rings even when the phone is locked.
• Flocculation method: tap when the bowl stops spinning and the app works out the cut time for your milk and rennet.
• Step notes and a make log: volume, yield, rating.

CALCULATIONS WITHOUT MISTAKES
• Rennet: by IMCU strength or by the label ("1 g per 100 L"), with powder dilution when you need a hundredth of a gram.
• Calcium chloride: 30–33 % solution, 10 % ampoules or dry powder.
• Culture: what share of the packet to use.
• Brine: salt for your water and brining hours by cheese weight.
• Yield by the Van Slyke formula and how much milk your mould needs.
• Acidity: Thörner, Dornic, % lactic acid and pH targets.
• A 63 °C × 30 minute pasteurising timer and US unit conversion.

A CAVE WITH A CARE PLAN
• Put a wheel in the cave and get a plan: turn, wipe with brine, wax, pierce, move to the cold.
• Each morning you'll see what to do today.
• Days to first taste, a weight and moisture-loss log, and cave climate checked against each cheese (Pass).

WHAT WENT WRONG
20 common problems: no set, mozzarella won't stretch, bitterness, blowing, stray mould, ammonia in Camembert — causes and fixes.

SAFETY — FREE FOR EVERYONE
Hygiene, raw milk and pasteurising, listeria and who must take care, botulism in vacuum packs and oil, when to trim mould and when to toss, signs of spoiled cheese. With sources.

FREE AND AWAYTIX PASS
Free: 6 recipes, making with timers, 4 calculators (calcium chloride, flocculation, pasteurising, units), a cave for 2 wheels, a log of your last 3 makes, the whole safety section.
Awaytix Pass: all 23 recipes, every calculator, doses for your own rennet and culture in every recipe, an unlimited cave, weight and climate, the full log, every troubleshooting answer, cloud backup, no ads. One payment unlocks every Awaytix app.

Recipes follow published methods (New England Cheesemaking Supply, research on Adyghe cheese). The app is not a substitute for a dairy technologist or a doctor: if in doubt about a cheese, don't eat it.