| Killeen Farmhouse Cheese | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Region | County Galway |
| Town | Portumna |
| Source of milk | Goat, Cow |
| Pasteurised | Yes |
| Texture | Semi-hard, hard |
| Weight | 500kg |
Killeen Farmhouse Cheese is a small farmhouse cheese maker based from a farm on the banks of the river Shannon near Portumna County Galway, Ireland.[1]
History
Killeen Farmhouse Cheese was begun in 2004 by Marion Roeleveld on a farm on the northern coast of Lough Derg outside Portumna in County Galway. Roeleveld trained in cheesemaking in her native Netherlands but had no first-hand personal experience in making cheese. She first started making individual cheese wheels to order and settled on a style of Gouda cheese made from goats' milk from her own herd of around 40 goats and cows' milk from a neighbour's herd.
Roeleveld's uses milk from her herd of Saanen goats, a breed popular in Switzerland.[2] Today, Roeleveld has a herd of around 200 goats.[3]
Products
- Killeen Goat Gouda is made with pasteurised goats' milk in 5kg wheels and matured for between 2 and 12 months
- Killeen Cow Gouda is made with pasteurised cows' milk in 5kg wheels and matured for between 2 and 12 months
Awards
Killeen Farmhouse Cheese is one of Ireland's most successful cheese makers and has won many prestigious awards including the title of "Supreme Champion" at the Irish Cheese Awards on multiple occasions and gold medals at the British Cheese Awards and the World Cheese Awards.
- 2011 British Cheese Awards - Best Goat Cheese
- 2011 Irish Cheese Awards - Supreme Champion
- 2011 World Cheese Awards - Best Irish and "Super Gold"
- 2012 British Cheese Awards - Best Irish Cheese, Best Modern British
- 2014 Irish Cheese Awards - Supreme Champion[4]
- 2014 British Cheese Awards - Best Goat Cheese
- 2016 British Cheese Awards - Gold medal and Bronze medal
- 2018 British Cheese Awards - Best Modern British Cheese[5]
- 2019 Irish Cheese Awards - Supreme Champion[6]
- 2019 World Cheese Awards - Gold medal
See also
References
- ↑ "Killeen Farmhouse Cheese". Bord Bia - Food & Living. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ Palmer, N.; Littlejohn, C. (2021). A Cheesemonger's Compendium of British & Irish Cheese. Profile. p. 268. ISBN 978-1-78283-809-8. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ Anderson, G.; McLaughlin, J. (2011). Farmhouse Cheeses of Ireland. Gill Books. ISBN 978-1-84889-968-1. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ "Goat's cheese named supreme champion at Irish Cheese Awards". The Irish Times. 2014-05-30. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ "Irish cheeses win 14 gold medals at UK Artisan Cheese Awards". The Irish Times. 2018-04-30. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ Cadogan, Stephen (2019-11-14). "Third Irish cheese awards win for Killeen". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
