Award Winners

Guild Cheesemakers Win Awards at Big E

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At the Big E (Eastern States Exposition) 2024 Gold Medal Cheese Competition held in July, three members of the Maine Cheese Guild garnered fifteen medals in the competition among the best cheesemakers in New England!

• Three Charm Farm (Alfred, ME) won Bronze for their amazing Feta!

• Spring Day Creamery (Durham, ME)won Gold and Silver for their Soft Ripened White Mold Cheeses, Out & About and Evangeline!

• Pineland Farms ( Bangor, ME) won three Gold medals for their Sharp Cheddar, Colby Jack, and Smoked Gouda! And, nine more Silver and Bronze for their Cheddars, Hispanic Style Cheese, Flavor Added Cheese, and Flavored Unripened Dairy Products!

Congratulations to all three dedicated Maine Cheesemakers!

 

Holiday Cheese Class – Capercaillie Consulting

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Holiday Cheese

Caitlin Hunter, a founder of the Maine Cheese Guild and former owner of Appleton Creamery is offering a series of hands on cheesemaking workshops, now in her new venture, Capercaillie Consulting. Along with consultation services relating ot all aspects of the cheesemaking and small dairy business she has rolled out out a lineup of new classes in November 2023,

Next up is  MAKE CHEESE FOR CHRISTMAS (  or nay other occasion or holiday) on Thursday, December  14, 9 am to 4pm at Stone Fox Farm Creamery in Seaersport Maine.  In this class, we will make feta and a soft cheese in the morning, and we will then marinate in olive oil in jars in the afternoon. If time, we will also make cheese balls. Learn more about this workshop and Capercaillie Consulting here. SIGN UP CLOSES ON DECEMBER 7th.