Caerphilly: Gorwydd Caerphilly Cheese

Gorwydd Caerphilly cheese is a really lovely traditional Welsh cheese, now made in Somerset which has a long history of Caerphilly makers.  In some ways a cheese of two halves, the middle is fresh and crumbly with a lemony tang, the outer edge gains a smoothness as it ages and a mushroomy complexity.  It is matured for 2 months and becomes softer and creamier with age.  Gold Medal winner at the 2012 World Cheese Awards.  For a milder cheese, I think Gorwydd (pronounced gor-with) has a great complexity of flavour and my little boy gets to eat the middle bit and I eat the edge; perfect!

With it's distinctive rind a Gorwydd Caerphilly makes a great base to a wedding sack.  At 4kg for a whole it gives you a great amount of cheese to go round.  We can also get a 2kg cheese as shown in the wedding stack picture.

Milk Type : Cow's Milk

Pasteurisation : Unpasteurised

Rennet type : Animal Rennet

Flavour : Medium

Country of Origin : Britain

Brand : Trethowan Dairy