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Cheese of the Day: April 29 – Little Mountain

Alpine Saturday presented by ACS CCP® Pat Polowsky:

This week on Alpine Saturday: Little Mountain from Roelli Cheese Haus. Little Mountain won 2016 ACS Best in Show, beating out over 1800 other entries. It’s based off the cheese Appenzeller.

Quick facts
Milk: raw cow (thermalized)
Format: 15 lb wheel
Aged: 7-16 months

Little mountain has a flavor that ranges from sweet and nutty to spicy and funky.

Fun fact: Little Mountain was developed through a collaboration of 4th generation Wisconsin Master Cheesemaker Chris Roelli and the Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research.

More information
CDR Pipeline: https://www.cdr.wisc.edu/…/…/2013/pipeline_2013_vol25_04.pdf

Janet Fletcher’s Planet Cheese: http://www.janetfletcher.com/…/2016/7/31/top-of-the-mountain

LAST DAY TO DONATE IS 4/30!!! WINNERS OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS WILL BE ANNOUNCED MAY 1.

Our Facebook Cheese Study Group is raising funds to send worthy ACS CCP exam® candidates and ACS CCPs® who want to attend the 2017 ACS Conference in Denver, Cheese With Altitude. You can apply for a scholarship by clicking hereand you can contribute to the scholarship fund by clicking here. All monies raised (withe the exception of the fees charged by GoFundMe) go to the winners of the scholarship. everyone involved in the scholarship efforts is donating their time and receiving NO fees or monetary compensation… just the feeling of helping those who need our help. Complete rules and information can be found here

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