St Tola
Country of originIreland
RegionCounty Clare
TownInagh
Source of milkGoat
PasteurisedBoth pasteurised and raw milk available
TextureVaries
WeightVarious
Aging timeVaries

St Tola goats cheese is a range of handmade goat's milk cheese made in Inagh, County Clare. A range of cheese are produced varying from fresh soft cheese to a Gouda style hard cheese.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3]
  • 2010 Awarded the best organic retail product at Bord Bia's National Organic Awards[4]
  • 2010 Awarded a 2 star Gold award for hard goats' cheese at the 2010 Great Taste Awards.[5]

See also

References

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