Celebrate a Flavourful Christmas with Cashel Blue
Visit Cashel Farmhouse Cheese Dairy Shop (11th – 22nd December):
In the spirit of the season, Cashel Farmhouse Cheesemakers opens its cheese dairy doors in the two weeks leading up to Christmas. The Farm Dairy Shop, open Monday to Friday from 10 am to 5 pm (11th to 22nd December), offers an array of its cheeses, including their World Cheese Awards Super Gold winning Organic Cashel Blue, special release Alpine style aged cow’s milk hard cheese, local Tipperary food, cheesey T shirts, condiments and more, overall, an excellent opportunity to curate the perfect cheese board for your Christmas celebrations. If you want to experience more than the farm shop, Cashel Farmhouse Cheese also offers an immersive tasting tour experience where visitors can meet the cheesemakers, sample their award-winning cheeses, and hear the story behind the business and produce. Tickets for tours are priced at €25 and available to purchase online at www.cashelblue.com
Unwrap Festive Delight: Cashel Blue Wheels Take Centre Stage This Christmas
Cashel Blue, an Irish Farmhouse Cheese and timeless Christmas favourite is known for its subtle flavour and naturally creamy texture and brings colour and variety to any sharing board.
As friends and family gather, elevate your festive spread, and impress your guests with a whole or half wheel of Cashel Blue cheese. The unwrapping of the gold-wrapped wheel and slicing into the marbled richness of the blue cheese offers a truly unique and special experience. A Cashel Blue half wheel (500g) is €9 and a full wheel (1,400g) is €26.
For those seeking larger pieces of Cashel Blue tailored to their preferences, Cashel Farmhouse Cheese offers a bespoke selection that can be ordered through its website, www.cashelblue.com
Gift a Bespoke Cashel Farmhouse Cheese Hamper:
Gift a bespoke hamper, featuring Cashel Farmhouse Cheese's signature Cashel Blue wrapped in foil, along with onion marmalade, handcrafted Irish cheese crackers, and its Reserve 2-year aged Cheddar. An ideal gift for cheese enthusiasts. Priced at €18.
To order bespoke Cashel Farmhouse Cheese Christmas gifts visit, www.cashelblue.com.
Orders must be placed by Tuesday, 18th December.
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For a truly memorable Christmas, embrace the subtle flavour and naturally creamy texture of Cashel Blue, carefully crafted with passion and tradition in Tipperary since 1984. Celebrate the season of indulgence with Cashel Farmhouse Cheese.
ABOUT Cashel Farmhouse Cheese:
Founded by Louis and Jane Grubb in the early 1980s, Cashel Farmhouse Cheese is a testament to their vision of creating a farmhouse cheese that authentically captures the exceptional quality of Tipperary grass-fed milk. Now in its 39th year, Cashel Blue continues to be produced on the same hedge-lined 226-acre farm, Beechmount, in Fethard, Co. Tipperary, Ireland. Rooted in a legacy dating back to the 19th century, the Grubb family, renowned for their success as mill owners in Tipperary and Waterford, embarked on a new chapter in 1938 when Samuel Grubb acquired Beechmount Farm. Samuel’s son, Louis, and his wife, Jane, returned in 1979, transforming the farm introducing a dairy herd, and pioneering the Irish artisan cheesemaking industry.
Jane's experimentation with cheese varieties laid the foundation for Cashel Blue's debut in 1984, marking the birth of Ireland's first farmhouse blue cheese. Over the years, the dairy expanded to meet growing demand, introducing Crozier Blue in 1993, the country's sole sheep's milk blue cheese. In 2011, the construction of a purpose-built dairy designed by Louis Grubb's brother, Brian Grubb, symbolised a substantial investment in the future of Cashel Blue as an independent, family-owned specialty Irish Cheese that holds its place in the family of European Cheese.
In 2004, a new generation entered the scene as Sarah, Louis and Jane's daughter, and her husband Sergio Furno, with a background in the wine trade, brought their expertise to Beechmount Farm, overseeing the maturation of cheeses. Today, Cashel Farmhouse Cheese stands as a multi-award-winning producer, crafting exquisite Irish Farmhouse Cheeses with an unwavering dedication to quality, tradition, innovation, and sustainability. For more information, visit cashelblue.com.
