Bloomy Cheeses

Chris with aging Stackhouse

Bloomy rind or surface ripened cheeses are a specialty of Spinning Spider Creamery.  Generally considered French style cheeses, the "bloom" refers to the layer of white mold covering the surface of the cheese.  When young, they are mild and milky.  As they ripen, the interior of these cheeses become supple and aromatic with stronger flavors to please the most discerning palate.   

Stackhouse is our best known semi-lactic bloomy.  It's a square loaf shaped cheese with a thin layer of our own applewood ash down the center and a dusting of ash under the white rind. It has a mushroomy flavor with a hint of fresh milk. 

Recently featured in Southern Living magazine, Stackhouse was named the number one goat cheese in the south in a juried competition by Southern Foodways Alliance and a blue ribbon winner in it's class in the ADGA cheese competition. 

Midnight Sun

Our lactic bloomy cheeses have a little more tang to their flavor right from the start.  Labor intensive to make, our rustic hand formed ashed Midnight Sun is as delightful to look at as it is to eat.  Our other popular hand formed bloomies include our ashed SilverBelle and our unashed Mountain Magnolia and Oconee Bell.