Lincolnshire Poacher
Lincolnshire Poacher is an award-winning handmade cheese produced on a dairy farm nestling on the eastern edge of the beautiful Lincolnshire Wolds. It is made in a way that is similar to traditional West Country Cheddar using unpasteurized cow’s milk. The cheese was invented by Simon Jones from Lincolnshire, who decided to turn the spring milk from his herd of Holsteins into cheese.
Traditional Lincolnshire Poacher is available in a cylindrical shape, coated by a rind appearing similar to granite. It is a slow-maturing cheese that takes between 12-24 months to develop a golden, straw-colored yellow pate and spotted brown and gray color rind. One gets daily and seasonal variation in terms of both flavor and texture but all-in-all the cheese has both cheddar and gruyere-like qualities. It has a smooth texture and a strong taste. In summer, notes of pineapple, toasted nuts and grassy dominate the flavor profile while in winter the taste becomes savory and almost meaty. Lincolnshire Poacher pairs well with full bodied reds and whites and beer.
The company makes many other traditional cheeses such as Vintage Lincolnshire Poacher aged for 18 to 22 months, Smoked Lincolnshire Poacher, Double Barrel and Lincolnshire Red which is made using vegetarian rennet.
- Made from cow's milk
- Country of origin: England and United Kingdom
- Region: Lincolnshire
- Type: hard
- Fat content: 45%
- Texture: open and smooth
- Rind: natural
- Color: yellow
Other English cheeses:
- hard cheeses: Buffalo, Cheddar, Cheshire, Coverdale, Denhany Dorset Drum, Double Gloucester, Double Worcester, Duddleswell, Gospel Green, Hereford Hop, Herriot Farmhouse, Marble Cheddar, Marbled Cheeses, Menallack Farmhouse, Seriously Strong Cheddar, Spenwood, Sraffordshire Organic, Tyning, Wellington
- semi-hard cheeses: Coquetdale, Cotherstone, Curworthy, Derby, Devon Blue, Devon Garland, Friesla, Gloucester, Sage Derby, Stilton
- semi-soft cheeses: Exmoor Blue, Harbourne Blue, Loddiswell Avondale, Marbled Cheeses, Oxford Blue, Waterloo, Wigmore
- soft cheeses: Bath Cheese, Beenleigh Blue, Bosworth, Buxton Blue, Capricorn Somerset Goats Cheese, Cerney, Cornish Pepper, Emlett, Finn, Flower Marie, Golden Cross, Little Rydings, Sharpam, Somerset Brie, Sussex Slipcote, Tymsboro, Yorkshire Blue
- fresh soft cheeses: Creamy Lancashire, Vulscombe
Other cheeses from United Kingdom:
- hard cheeses: Acorn, Basing, Berkswell, Buffalo, Caerphilly, Cheshire, Coverdale, Double Gloucester, Duddleswell, Dunlop, Gospel Green, Hereford Hop, Isle of Mull, Lairobell, Marble Cheddar, Marbled Cheeses, Orkney Extra Mature Cheddar, Red Leicester, Seriously Strong Cheddar, Spenwood, Wensleydale
- semi-hard cheeses: Cornish Yarg, Cotherstone, Derby, Devon Blue, Sage Derby
- semi-soft cheeses: Celtic Promise, Exmoor Blue, Harbourne Blue, Marbled Cheeses, Oxford Blue, Stinking Bishop, Waterloo, Wigmore
- soft cheeses: Bath Cheese, Beenleigh Blue, Bonchester, Bosworth, Buxton Blue, Cottage Cheese, Dunsyre Blue, Finn, Flower Marie, Golden Cross, Sharpam, Somerset Brie, Yorkshire Blue
- fresh soft cheeses: Innes Button, Vulscombe
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