St Tola goats cheese is a range of handmade
goat's milk cheese
Goat cheese, or chèvre ( or ; from French language, French ''fromage de chèvre'' 'goat cheese'), is cheese made from goat's milk. Goats were among the first animals to be domesticated for producing food. Goat cheese is made around the world w ...
made in
Inagh
Inagh ( ; ) is a village and civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. It is situated 14 km west of Ennis on the Inagh River. It contains the villages of Inagh and Cloonanaha.
Location
The parish is part of the barony of Inchiquin.
The ''Par ...
,
County Clare
County Clare ( ga, Contae an Chláir) is a county in Ireland, in the Southern Region and the province of Munster, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council is the local authority. The county had a population of 118,817 ...
. A range of cheese are produced varying from fresh soft cheese to a Gouda style hard cheese.
History
Originally, the business was set up by Meg and Derrick Gordan on their 25-acre farm in the early 1980s, but since 1999 has been taken over by their neighbour, Siobhán Ni Ghairbhith, on her farm.
Products
St Tola produce a number of goat's milk cheeses:
* St Tola Log Fresh is a fresh cheese available as log
* St Tola Log Mature is a more mature version of the fresh log
* St Tola Crottin are small rounds of fresh goats cheese
* St Tola Divine is a spreadable cream cheese
* St Tola Original is a slice of the mature log
* St Tola Hard Cheese is a gouda style hard goats' cheese.
* St Tola Greek Style is a firm cheese with a mild salty flavour.
* St Tola Ash Matured soft cheese with an ash coating
* St Tola Cranberry soft cheese with cranberry
Awards
*2012 Premio Roma award Italy
* 2011 Awarded a 2 star Gold award for hard goats' cheese at the 2011 Great Taste Awards.
* 2010 Awarded the best organic retail product at
Bord Bia
Bord Bia (English: Food Board) is an Irish state agency with the aim of promoting sales of Irish food and horticulture both in Ireland and abroad.
Bord Bia works for small producers by promoting and certifying farmers' markets, and for bigger p ...
's National Organic Awards
* 2010 Awarded a 2 star Gold award for hard goats' cheese at the 2010 Great Taste Awards.
Great Taste Awards 2010
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See also
* List of goat milk cheeses
Goat cheese is produced using goat milk, the milk of domestic goats. Goat milk is commonly used to make cultured dairy products, including cheese. Myriad goat milk cheeses are produced around the world.
Varieties
* Anari cheese
* Añejo che ...
References
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Irish cheeses
Food and drink in Ireland
Goat's-milk cheeses