How to Make Gouda Cheese at Home

How to make Gouda cheese at home. Today at Deep South Texas I am making Gouda Cheese. This is a Dutch, washed curd cheese. I provide step by step directions to make this cheese at home.The homemade cheese recipe ingredients are below in the description. Homemade cheese is a lot of fun, and very rewarding.

Gouda Cheese
3 gallons whole milk, low temp pasteurized, non-homogenized if possible
1.5 packets C101 Direct set Mesophilic culture
from New England Cheesemaking Supply Co.
3/4 tsp calcium chloride in 1/4 cup non-chlorinated water
3/4 tsp rennet in 1/4 cup non-chlorinated water

Brine
2 quarts non-chlorinated water boiled
1 lb non-iodized salt
2 Tablespoons distilled white vinegar
1 tsp calcium chloride