St. Tola Irish Goats Cheese
From young, fresh crottin through to mature, year old Gouda, all our cheeses are handmade and matured to suit our customers’ individual requirements. As such, cheese from the St. Tola range is now among the most sought-after artisan produce in Ireland. St. Tola Irish Goat Cheese has been made in the townland of Inagh just south of the Burren in County Clare since the early 1980s.
St. Tola cheeses are handmade cheeses, to which no additives or preservatives have been added. Our cheeses are like living organisms and as they mature, they become more distinctive in flavour.
We do not create a synthetic rind to put on our soft St.Tola range (Logs, Crottin and slices). Instead, we develop a natural geotritum mould rind, and this grows as the cheese matures. It works to protect the cheese and enhance the flavour. As in all good artisanal cheeses, other natural moulds, usually green or blue, may also develop, but these cause no harm. Many cheese lovers actually look for these moulds before purchasing! The rind is just removed before the cheese is consumed or used for cooking.
We mature our cheese to suit our customers’ individual requirements from young, fresh and mild to mature and more pronounced in flavour. We use traditional animal rennet in our cheesemaking.
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Gorbofearna, Gortbofearna, Ennistimon, Co. Clare, V95 XA9C