Today we decided to go see where our cheese comes from, here’s some stuff we saw
There were a lot of people interested in learning about cheese, or at least eating cheese and things that go with cheese.
We arrived hungry for some cheese and cheese related food, so we waited behind many other like-minded people for about 20 min in the cafeteria.
I had a cheeseburger with sharp white (unfortunately they only serve well done) with cheese curds, chili cheddar ranch, and a Fort George Hazy Pale Ale. My gf had the local favorite mac n cheese with pretzel bits, fries and a Pelican Beach Beer. Other girl that was with us had a grilled cheese with medium white and sharp yellow, and a Stubborn craft soda. Everything was delicious, I put cheese curds dipped in chili ranch on my burger which blew everyone’s mind.
Milk comes in trucks from the surrounding dairy farms
Giant milk tank
Guy in window is surprisingly not the Cheddar Master, he is adding stuff to the milk and curds
Old open tank from when they used to make cheddar by hand
Cheddar Master is the machine left of the sign, the modern way of making cheddar
Sealing blocks of cheese for storage
A worker inspects the cheddar with nose, also gets to taste the cheddar (not shown)
Samples
Goofy Goober
Maker’s reserve selection
They were out of Marionberry
The haul, really wanted the Marionberry ice cream, settled for a keychain
I probably would’ve paid more attention to what they were actually doing instead of just gawking at the cheese if I hadn’t had that beer on an empty stomach. If any cheese makers feel like explaining stuff to people with questions, feel free.
by Kalikokola