St Tola goats cheese is a range of handmade goat's milk cheese made in Inagh, County Clare. A range of cheese are produced varying from fresh soft cheese to a Gouda style hard cheese.
History Originally, the business was set up by Meg and Derrick Gordan on their 25-acre farm in the early 1980s, but since 1999 has been made by their neighbour, Siobhán Ni Ghairbhith, on her farm.
Products St Tola produce a number of goat's milk cheeses: St Tola Log Fresh is a fresh cheese available as log St Tola Log Mature is a more mature version of the fresh log St Tola Crottin are small rounds of fresh goats cheese St Tola Divine is a spreadable cream cheese St Tola Original is a slice of the mature log St Tola Hard Cheese is a gouda style hard goats' cheese. St Tola Greek Style is a firm cheese with a mild salty flavour. St Tola Ash Matured soft cheese with an ash coating St Tola Karst, a 180g ash coated cheese St Tola Cranberry soft cheese with cranberry
British and Irish Cheese Awards 2025 Gold for St Tola Karst, Silver for St Tola Original Log, Bronze for St Tola Ash log Blas na hEirean Awards 2024 - Gold for St Tola Karst Irish Made Awards 2024 - Best Irish Cheesemaker Great Taste Awards 2024: 2 Star for St Tola Karst. 2 Star for St Tola Ash Log &1 Star for our St Tola Original Log Artisan Cheese Awards 2024. Best Goat Cheese for St Tola Ash Artisan Cheese Awards 2024 Best Raw Milk Farmhouse Cheese for St Tola Log Irish Cheese Awards 2024, Gold - Original Log, Silver for Ash log and Bronze for crottin Emerald Award for Burren and Cliffs of Moher Geopark Code of Practice 2024. Scored 97% on code criteria for sustainable practises. Local Hero Award - Munster Winner, Restaurant Association of Ireland 2024 2 Stars at the Great Taste Awards 2023 for both Ash log & Karst Gold at the Great Taste Awards 2022 Finalist at Blas na hEireann 2022 Gold at the Irish Cheese Awards 2021 for Log and Divine 3 Stars at the Great Taste Awards 2021 Gold and Silver at the Artisan Cheese Awards 2019 Best Overall Irish Cheese World Cheese Awards November 2018 Gold & Silver at Blas na hEireann Oct 2018 Irish Food Writers’ Guild Environmental Award 2018 Eurotoque Irish Food Producer Award 2015 Best Artisan Producer Blas nah Eireann October 2014 Premio Roma 1st in Class 2014 Supreme Champion Irish Cheese Awards June 2013
See also List of goat milk cheeses
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