Workshops and
One-on-one Cheesemaking Instruction

2009 schedule

Thanks for a great winter of workshops!
Check in the fall for our 2010 schedule.

We are pleased to offer beginners workshops and advanced one-on-one cheesemaking instruction. All classes run from 9 until 3 or 4, depending on the cheese being made. Each workshop is absolutely limited to 5 people, due to the size of our dairy. Resource list and basic recipes supplied for all workshops. Lunch is provided. $50 non-refundable deposit with registration, balance due at workshop.

For an additional $25, you can also purchase a basic cheesemaking kit to take home as well. Kit includes "Home Cheese Making" by Ricki Carroll, cheesecloth, ripening cultures and rennet.

Home Cheese Making

A 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 mozarella, ricotta (a whey cheese) and butter, depending on the interests of the class. This workshop will concentrate on basic cow cheeses using grocery store milk but will also delve briefly into goat cheese. Basic use of ripening cultures and rennet and milk chemistry will be covered. Resource list and basic recipes supplied. Attendance can be one or both days. You will go home with cheese that you've made! Offered:

Goat Cheese 101

Learn the basics of goat cheese. We will make chevre (a french style of fresh goat cheese), and many of its variations. We'll discuss how goat milk is different from other milks, and why certain cheeses are better made with goat milk. Do you have goats and want to make cheese? Are you thinking of getting goats? Meet the goats and decide for yourself!

Friday, January 23 at EllsFarm
Saturday January 24 at Appleton Creamery

Saturday April 18 at EllsFarm
Sunday April 19 at Appleton Creamery
Fee: $125 a day

Day at the Dairy

Occasionally, we can offer advanced cheesemaking for a day at the dairy from late April to October working side by side with us as we go through our daily production. Observe firsthand the basics of making chevre, feta, and perhaps a hard goat cheese. Depending on the schedule and availability, we may also be making sheep or cow cheese that day. Limited availability -- please email to arrange a schedule. Fee: $125 a day.

 

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Directions to the farm:

 Map of 780 Gurneytown Rd Appleton, ME 04862

Email: info@appletoncreamery.com

No phone calls or phone registrations please.