The Maine Cheese Guild Presents Open Creamery Day 2014 on Sunday, October 12th from 11am to 3pm
(unless ***otherwise noted*** below)
Monroe, Maine – October 9, 2014 - As
the hardwood foliage bursts in a blaze of colors on Columbus Day weekend, take
in the spectacular sights and taste some award-winning cheese during the Maine
Cheese Guild's annual Open Creamery Day. Visit many of Maine's cheese makers in
their creameries, meet the animals, and learn the stories behind Maine's more
than 150 artisan cheeses. Along the way you can also visit a farmers' market,
stop at an orchard, explore one of Maine's premier breweries or wineries, pick
fruit at Maine's legendary orchards, and drop-in on one of the many artisan
bread makers our state has to offer. You'll love the views, and the taste of
Maine cheese, straight from the source, will be the best memory of all!
"Maine is a great place to be a cheese maker -- the
quality of the milk we can produce here is unrivaled, and we have the steady
support of Maine cheese lovers who seek out our products and provide essential
feedback," says Eric Rector, President of the Maine Cheese Guild.
"There's no better way to explore the breadth and depth of Maine's award
winning cheeses than by visiting one or a bunch of them on Open Creamery Day.
You'll meet the cheese maker, learn about why they make their cheeses, what new
products are coming up, and often you get to visit with a dairy herd of goats,
cows, and/or sheep at the same time."
For maps and an updated list of
participating cheese makers, visit www.mainecheeseguild.org
Participating
Cheesemakers:
Appleton Creamery
Caitlin
Hunter
780 Gurney Town Road, Appleton, ME 04862 info@appletoncreamery.com
www.appletoncreamery.com
Visit
the goats and sample the award-winning cheese at Appleton Creamery in Appleton. Cheese is
handcrafted daily using traditional methods with milk from our herd of Alpine
goats, and local cow and sheep dairies.
Balfour Farm
The Donahue Family
461 Webb Road, Pittsfield, ME 04967
207-213-3159
www.balfourfarmdairy.com
Balfour
Farm joined the Maine Cheese Guild in 2011. We are a MOFGA certified organic
dairy farm. Our Normande and Jersey herd produces award winning quality milk
that is bottled right on the farm. In 2011 we began offering fresh cheeses and
dairy products: Bevre (our cows' milk version of chevre), ricotta, feta, queso
fresco, cultured butter and buttermilk, greek style yogurt, traditional yogurt,
and a variety of hard cheeses: Tomme, Gouda, Cotswold and others. As a
diversified farm, we have a laying flock producing fresh eggs, and have beef
and pork available from time to time. Our farm store is open Thurs, Fri, Sun 7am to 7pm and Sat 4-7pm
Breakwater
Vineyards
35 Ash Point Drive, Owls
Head. ME
207-594-1721
www.breakwatervineyards.com.
Breakwater
Vineyards, an award winning Maine winery, is located just off the coast in Owls
Head. In addition to the vineyards, the farm also has a small herd of
dairy goats and produces fresh goat cheese. Wine tastings are
offered six days a week from Mid May to October. Open Creamery Day -
tours of the dairy barn, meet and greet the goats, tours of the winery and
vineyards, wine tastings with special goat cheese pairings.
From the Country Farm
Stacy Dexter
23 Austin Rd. Leeds,
Maine 04263
We are a diversified farm located in Leeds Maine. You are
invited to come to the country to meet our blended herd of Nubian, French
Alpine and Saanen dairy goats who provide us with great tasting creamy milk
which we then turn into fresh cheeses and highly sought after soap. Sit a spell, enjoy the view, sample cheese, chat about
goats or just to watch the antics of the summer babies. Our new Farm Store will
be open!
Fuzzy Udder Creamery
Jessie Dowling, cheesemaker-farmer-activist
35 Townhouse Rd Whitefield ME 04353
fuzzyudder@gmail.com www.fuzzyudder.com
Fuzzy
Udder moved from Unity to their new home in the heart of Whitefield in December
2013. We milk sheep and goats onsite and buy organic cow's milk from Two
Loons Farm in South China. Our animals are raised on pasture, fed organic grain
and Maine grown oats and lots and lots of love. We make a variety of fresh,
soft-ripened and aged cheeses from cow, sheep and goat milk. Come meet our fuzzy
critters and taste our cheeses!
Kennebec
Cheesery and Koons Farm
Jean and Peter Koons
795 Pond Road, Sidney,
ME 04330
207-547-4171 kennebeccheesery@gmail.com/ www.kennebec.cheeesery.com
Licensed in 2008, we
handcraft small batches of cheese and yoghurt from Alpine and Saanen goats and organic Jersey cows'
milk. The goats are raised on pasture and GMO-free grain here on Koons Farm and
Willie raises his cows on nearby Woodside Farm. We also have a flock of
Katahdin sheep. Come see our new solar panels on the cheesery.
Seal Cove Farm ***open at 9am***
Barbara Brooks
202 Partridge Cove Road, Lamoine, ME 04605
207-667-7127 sales@mainegoatcheese.com www.mainegoatcheese.com
Fresh and aged goat cheese. Our high producing herd of 125 goats
is our foundation. We have been making and selling cheese since 1980. Our
commitment to producing the highest quality milk, an element in superior
cheeses, continues. Come and sample our gelato and our own pizza made in a wood
fired oven.
Silvery Moon Creamery at Smiling Hill Farm
781 County Rd (Rte 22), Westbrook, ME 04092
207-699-3170 info@silverymooncheese.com
www.silverymooncheese.com
Silvery Moon Creamery has been making award winning cows’ milk
cheeses since 2003. Meet the Smiling Hill Farm’s cows, whose milk we use for
our cheeses. Sample our variety of fresh and aged cheeses. Talk to the
cheesemakers. Cheesemaking demonstrations.
Event takes place at
the Smiling Hill Farm store/ice cream barn on top of the hill.
Spring Day Creamery
Sarah Spring
42 Day Road, Durham, ME 04222
207-353-8289 springdaycreamery@me.com
Attached to an 1848 farmhouse, Spring Day
Creamery hand-crafts small batches of cheese from locally-sourced milk. Come
try some soft-ripened Evangeline and award-winning Spring Day Blues.
Sunflower Farm Creamery
Hope Hall
12 Harmon Way, Cumberland, Maine 04021
207-829-8347 http://www.facebook.com/sunflowerfarmcreamery
www.sunflowerfarm.info
Chris
and Hope Hall are high school teachers and small farmers. Their teen daughters
led them towards Nigerian Dwarf goats years ago and since then the passion for
these mini dairy goats has become a family affair. This spring, their 44 kids
unexpectedly became stars of a viral You Tube video “The Running of the Goats.”
They process a small volume of milk each day into delicious chevre, feta and
cajeta and spend a lot of each day spoiling their herd of 23 goats. They
welcome visitors who will enjoy snuggling this year's kids, touring the cheese
kitchen and visiting with other local farm vendors
Winter Hill Farm
Steve Burger and Sarah Wiederkehr
35 Hill Farm Road, Freeport, ME 04032
207-869-5122 winterhillfarmer@gmail.com
www.winterhillfarm.com
Set atop a hill surrounded by woods and rolling pasture in the
beautiful southern midcoast region of Maine, Winter Hill Farm is a small,
family run farm in Freeport. We manage a herd of very rare Randall cattle along
with a few Jerseys, and operate a small
farmstead creamery producing raw milk, yogurt, and artisanal cheeses. We
make fresh cheeses (ricotta, fromage blanc and feta) as well as aged, raw milk
cheeses, mold-ripened and washed rind cheeses. We also raise Berkshire pigs,
laying hens, and seasonal vegetables for markets and a CSA. Come visit the
animals, meet the farmers, and learn about their craft. And of course, try some
cheese.
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Contact: Eric Rector (President, Maine Cheese Guild): 207-323-2664
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