St Tola Explained
| St Tola |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Region: | County Clare |
| Town: | Inagh |
| Source: | Goat |
| Pasteurised: | Both pasteurised and raw milk available |
| Texture: | Varies |
| Organic: | no |
| Weight: | Various |
| Aging: | Varies |
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
Notes and References
- http://www.irishcheese.ie/members/inagh.html Cais The Irish Farmhouse Cheesemakers Association
- http://www.st-tola.ie/farm.html St Tola Cheese official website
- http://www.greattasteawards.co.uk/2011/results/results.asp?AwardYear=2011&AutoAward=&SQLClassID=&SearchWord=st+tola&submitted=1&3Star=Y&2Star=Y&1Star=Y Great Taste Awards 2011
- http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2010/0925/1224279385154.html Irish Times Bord Bia winners
- http://www.greattasteawards.co.uk/2010/results/results.asp?AwardYear=2010&AutoAward=&SQLClassID=&SearchWord=st+tola&submitted=1&3Star=Y&2Star=Y&1Star=Y Great Taste Awards 2010
