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How We Make Cheese

How We Make Cheese

Curds and Whey – How We Make Cheese

You’ve probably recited “Little Miss Muffet” countless times, but have you ever wondered what curds and whey are? Without curds and whey, we would never have the delicious cheeses you love to share with your family, and it all begins with a special ingredient called rennet. What is Rennet? Rennet Read more…

By Anthony Rice, 2 monthsMarch 17, 2025 ago
a tub of cheese cultures ready to add to the milk
How We Make Cheese

The Magic of Cheese Cultures: Turning Milk into Delicious Cheese

Have you ever wondered how a simple glass of milk transforms into the rich, flavorful cheeses you love? Let’s take another peek behind the scenes at Clover Creek Cheese Cellar and explore the fascinating world of cheese cultures. Good Bacteria: Not All Microbes Are Bad During our school tours, we Read more…

By Anthony Rice, 3 monthsFebruary 17, 2025 ago
the cows ready to head down to the barn for their morning milking
How We Make Cheese

Where Quality Begins: A Morning Milking

Have you experienced that peaceful feeling of waking up at dawn, when the world is still quiet and full of promise? That’s how each morning milking for a cheesemaking day begins at Clover Creek Cheese Cellar. Before you’ve even poured your first cup of coffee, Dave is pulling on his Read more…

By Anthony Rice, 4 monthsJanuary 22, 2025 ago
How We Make Cheese

Packaging! Packaging! Packaging! – How We Make Cheese

When we started making cheese, we packaged each retail wedge by coating it in wax. We burned our fingers a few times dipping the cheese, but packaging this way wasn’t too difficult. Then a few customers complained that the wax would crack and later they would find mold underneath. We Read more…

By Anthony Rice, 7 yearsJune 15, 2018 ago
Pirate Blue wheels aging
How We Make Cheese

Affinage and Aging – How We Make Cheese

Affinage is a French word that refers to caring for cheese as it ages. The aging process is where our cheese matures and develops its awesome flavor. We make our cheeses in an artisan European style. Cheese factories suffocate cheese in vacuum pack bags right after they come out of Read more…

By Anthony Rice, 7 yearsApril 15, 2018 ago
How We Make Cheese

Hoops and Followers – How We Make Cheese

Rennet, curds, whey, cheddaring. As you may have noticed throughout this series, cheese making has its own special vocabulary. Before I can explain the next steps in cheesemaking there are two more words that I need to define. Hoops are the containers we use to mold the curds into a Read more…

By Anthony Rice, 7 yearsMarch 15, 2018 ago

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