Beal Organic Cheese

Organic Artisan Cheese Maker

‘God’s own country’; that’s how Kate Carmody describes the area in North Kerry where she’s lived for twenty odd years and she’s got a point. You’d be hard pressed to better the natural beauty and superb views from her farmhouse, located up the hill from Beal Strand’s golden beach, five miles from Ballybunnion. Stand outside her front door, breathe in the sea air and enjoy the sight of dolphins leaping over the bough of a sailboat heading ocean bound from the mouth of the Shannon.

Kate, who was born and reared in Liverpool and earned her degree at its prestigious John Moores University, followed in her family’s scientific footsteps. She’s a sixth generation chemist and her specialist area is Bio-Chemistry. Cheesemaking is her other love – and came about as a result of marrying an Irish dairy farmer and settling in the north Kerry farmhouse. She began making cheese in 1987 after receiving a cheese press and a book on the subject from her mother, whose aunt had made Wensleydale cheese in Yorkshire. Her mother very wisely said to Kate that; "all dairy farmers should make their own cheese", so she set about doing just that, with milk from the farm’s Friesian herd. The first cheeses were created in the farmhouse kitchen, until an outbuilding was converted to a dairy still in use today. In 1997 the farm underwent organic conversion, with full status achieved in 2000. The farm is also GM free and proudly displays its anti GM sign on the wall of the farmhouse. Kate has been instrumental in the anti GM movement in Ireland and is a full time pro-active campaigner for the organic movement.

Raw milk Beal Organic Cheese is a wonderful, creamy, cheddar style crumbly textured cheese, which packs a piquant, fiery explosion of taste that sets it totally apart. It’s made on the farm with summer milk from Kate’s own organic herd, and needs a good nine months to mature before reaching its optimum taste and texture. Newer additions to the range include the Mild Organic Pasteurised Cheddar and Mature Handmade Pasteurised Organic Cheddar, which takes a year to reach its full potential of flavour.

Kate Carmody is a living legend and all her cheeses are equally celebrated. Find them in prestigious Good Food Ireland Gourmet Food Shops like, The Organic Supermarket, Blackrock and Peter Ward’s Country Choice in Nenagh, Tipperary.

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Beale Lodge Organic Farm
Asdee
Listowel
Co Kerry
+353 (0) 68 41137
Email: info@bealorganiccheese.com
Web: www.bealorganiccheese.com

 

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