Reviews

	Waitrose.com, the website of the British fine food chain “A semi-soft award-winning Irish cheese (it was a bronze medal winner at the British Cheese Awards in 2001) made by Pat O'Farrell in Carrigaline, County Cork from pasteurised Friesian milk. It is coated in a pale yellow wax jacket and has a full flavour with a rich buttery finish. Carrigaline has a sponge-like texture due to lots of little air holes within the cheese. It is suitable for vegetarians. Carrigaline is particularly good for melting serve it on toast or sprinkle over omelettes or baked potatoes or serve as part of a cheese selection with soda bread and fruit. It is also ideal for serving with after dinner port. If serving on a cheeseboard, remove the cheese from the fridge an hour before serving, to allow it to come to room temperature and to develop its full texture and flavour.”
	A BigSlice.com “A bright yellow wax rind surrounds a sweet creamy cheese that reminded us all of Havarti. Of all our selections, this was the most mellow and smooth, as close to butter as cheese can get. As the cheese ages it can develop a bit of a bite. It is a handmade cow's milk cheese. Ann and Pat O'Farrell the makers of this amazing cheese suggest enjoying it after dinner with a glass of port.”
	John McKenna at Fifth sense “Pat and Ann O'Farrell's lovely, mild, accessible farmhouse cheese is made with the milk of their own herd of Friesian cows, just outside the little village of Carrigaline in County Cork. A sweet, buttery taste predominates amidst the light texture, maturing to a nimble, attractive fudginess as the cheese ages.”
	The Observer (UK) Carrigaline, [by contrast,] a semi-hard, waxed cheese made in South Cork, took off immediately in Ireland when Pat and Ann O'Farrell started making it in 1987. The fact that it's waxed means it's not a cheese snob's cheese. 'You look at it and you think, well it looks OK,' says Graham Cassie; 'but for a mild to medium cheese it has great depth of flavour.' Pat O'Farrell thinks the depth of taste is due to where they are: 'Milk off limestone land has a special flavour of its own.' Carrigaline is a cheese that anyone can eat - children, people who don't like cheese that much - creamy, with a grassy back taste.
	Darina Allen's Hot Tips Lovers of Carrigaline Cheese will be glad to hear that they are now doing a Smoked Carrigaline cheese - it's delicious, so watch out for it