Appleby’s Cheshire 8.5kg

The Appleby family has been making Cheshire at their dairy farm since 1952. Now run by the third generation, theirs is the last raw milk, clothbound, farmhouse Cheshire made in England; quite something when you consider there were once two or three thousand Cheshire producers and that Cheshire, not Cheddar, played the most central role in the heritage of British cheese.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, Cheshire dominated the London market thanks to the proliferation of shipping routes between the northwest and the capital. Only with the industrialisation of cheesemaking and the introduction of cheap, factory-made American imports did Cheddar supplant Cheshire as the most widely known and consumed cheese in England – with the number of farmhouse producers of this once renowned British territorial steadily declining.

Thanks to the Appleby family, we can still enjoy a well-balanced raw milk cheese boasting rich, mineral flavours and a juicy acidity with a crumbly texture that is a hallmark of the style.

Selected by Neal’s Yard Dairy Appleby’s Cheshire 8.5kg 707165 Calendar Cheese Note