{"id":8038,"date":"2025-08-08T17:47:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T21:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/?p=8038"},"modified":"2025-08-10T11:34:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T15:34:22","slug":"capercaillie-cheesemaking-workshops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/?p=8038","title":{"rendered":"Capercaillie Cheesemaking Workshops"},"content":{"rendered":"

Offered by Caitlin Hunter, Capercaillie Consulting<\/h2>\n

Learn more about our workshops here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Italian Fun \u2013 Mozzarella & Ricotta<\/strong><\/h1>\n

October 1,2025 \u2013 10 AM to 4 pmzPM<\/strong>\u00a0 Italian Fun! Mozzarella and Ricotta are two iconic cheeses of Italy, and so easy to make! You will learn how to make both in this hands-on class, and go home with cheese you have made!<\/p>\n

$100\/person \u2013 Sign up here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Basics of Home Cheese Making \u2013 Two day course<\/strong><\/h1>\n

We are offering 3 dates for this popular course, and need at least three\u00a0 signups to run each session- so convince your cheese loving friends to sign up too!<\/p>\n

August 20 & 21, or\u00a0 \u00a0October 8 & 9 r November 5 & 6 \u2013\u00a0 10 AM \u2013 4 PM<\/strong> \u2014 This hands-on workshop in basic home cheese making. In this two-day workshop we\u2019ll be using simple equipment you may already have at home to make a jack cheese the first day, press overnight, then finish the second. In addition, we will also make feta, yogurt, a lactic cheese, quick mozzarella, and ricotta, depending on the interests of the class. This workshop will concentrate on basic cow cheeses using Springdale Farm cow milk but will also delve briefly into goat cheese. Basic use of ripening cultures and rennet and milk chemistry will be covered. You will go home with cheese that you\u2019ve made!<\/p>\n

$300\/person, $500\/a couple.<\/strong> \u2013 Sign up:\u00a0 Here for AUGUST<\/a>\u00a0\u2013<\/a> \u2013 Here for\u00a0 OCTOBER<\/a><\/strong>r\u00a0 \u2013Here for \u00a0NOVEMBER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Intro to Hard Cheese \u2013 Day and a half course<\/strong><\/h1>\n

\"IntroSeptember 24 & 25, 10 AM \u2013 4PM & 10\u00a0 AM \u2013 Noon<\/strong>. \u2013 In this day-and-a-half class, we will spend the first day making one hard cheese, but along the way we\u2019ll discuss the different steps that go into making a hard cheese, and how a slight\u00a0\u00a0 change here or there will result in a totally different cheese. We\u2019ll discuss the differences between milks, starter cultures, rennet, pH, aging and rind development. We will press it overnight, then finish the next morning.<\/p>\n

$200 \u2013 Sign up here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Location: 18 Spring Street, Belfast Maine.<\/h3>\n

Learn more and sign up at Capercaillie Consulting.<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Caitlin Hunter, former owner of Appleton Creameryhas decades of experience as a cheesemaker operating a farm and creamery in Appleton Maine until several years ago. Tody she offers consulting as Capercaillie Consulting<\/a>, consulting and cheesemaking classes as well as working for Springdale Farm\/State of Maine Cheese in Waldo Maine. Caitlin\u00a0 envisioned and\u00a0 was a founder of the Maine Cheese Guild in 2003.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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