Ardagh Castle cheese

Ardagh Castle
Country of origin	Ireland
Region	County Cork
Town	Baltimore
Source of milk	Goats
Pasteurised	No

Ardagh Castle cheese is owned by Judy Wotton, located on her farm at Baltimore, County Cork.^[1] Three types of cheese are made. All are farmhouse cheeses, handmade using raw milk sourced from her small herd of Anglo-Nubian goats.^[2]^[3] Production of the cheese is very small and it is sold at Skibereen farmers market.^[4]

Products

Ardagh Castle Goats Cheese - suitable for vegetarians, aged from 8 weeks to 6 months.^[4]
Ardagh Castle Gjetost - made from whey, to order.
Ardagh Castle Ricotta - made from whey, to order.

Awards

Bronze medal in the 2011 British Cheese awards for Goats cheese aged over 3 months.^[5]

References

^ "Ardagh Castle Irish holiday cottage in south west Cork Eire". http://www.ardaghcastle.com/home.html. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
^ Glynn Anderson; John McLaughlin (August 2011). Farmhouse Cheeses of Ireland: A Celebration. The Collins Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-1-84889-121-0. http://books.google.com/books?id=7o6JZwEACAAJ. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
^ "The Southern Star Newspaper - Co Cork, Ireland". http://www.southernstar.ie/article.php?id=2564. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
^ ^a ^b "Bord Bia (Irish Food Board) Irish Cheese Booklet". http://www.bordbia.ie/aboutfood/farmhouseCheese/FarmhouseCheesesGuides/FarmhouseCheeseBooklet.pdf. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
^ "British Cheese Awards 2011". http://www.thecheeseweb.com/images/2011%20bca%20winners%20list_363.pdf. Retrieved 2011-11-17.

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