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August- Basics of Home Cheesemaking - 2 day Workshop

  • August 25, 2025
  • 10:00 AM
  • August 26, 2025
  • 4:00 PM
  • 18 Spring Street, Belfast Maine - United Farmers' Market, Miller Street Entrance

August 25 & 26, 2 025 – 10 Am. - 4 pm - Two Days.ctober 8 & 9, 2 025 – 10 Am. - 4 pm - Two Days - T.his hands-on workshop in basic home cheese making. In this two-day workshop we’ll 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’ve made!
$300 , $500/couple  – Learn more and sign up here.

Workshop offered by Guild founder and member, Caitlin Hunter, Caapercaillie Consulting/Appleton Creamery

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The Maine Cheese Guild
c/o Jean Koons, President
795 Pond Rd.
Sidney, ME. 04330

 For more information contact:

Irene Burgess, Executive Director, Maine Cheese Guild
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