**Special Event - tour and potluck at the Creamery Sunday, August 7th, 2011.**
Join Slow Food Utah and Tony Caputo's Market and Deli for a very special tour of Utah's first sheep dairy! Meet at Tony Caputo's parking lot, 314 W. 300 S., Salt Lake City, at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, August 7 to carpool.
PLEASE RSVP to Slow Food Utah so we can get a count of how many cars will be going and who can carpool together.
Snowy Mountain Sheep Creamery
2111 North 5500 East
Eden, Utah
Mailing: SMSC, Eden, UT 84310-0930
Phone: (801) 745-0388
Contact Us — Blog
For the love of Cheese… that is the reason for Snowy Mountain Sheep Creamery.
Established in 2010 as the first dairy sheep operation in the state of Utah. We design European artisan cheeses handcrafted from the famous French Lacaune, East Freesian and Icelandic dairy sheep breeds grazed on high mountain pastures in the heart of ski country in Eden, Utah. Our handcrafted sheep cheeses consist of delicate and delightful camembert style brie, a rich and smooth classical bleu cheese, a hard rind Mountain Tomme, and a smooth Danish style Fontina aged through our winter months high in the Rocky Mountains. Stig Hansen, the Viking chef, author of “Cooking Danish” is our cheese maker extraordinaire. Purchase our cheeses on online or visit these fine stores. Checkout our BLOG for the latest Snowy Mountain News.
Our lovely flock consists of the famous French Lacaune dairy sheep known for their high protein and buttery rich milk, and East Freesians known for high volume production. We also breed and raise purebred Icelandic sheep known as the “triple purpose sheep,” with fabulous fleeces, wonderful delicate meat, and rich milk production. Susan Hansen is the shepherdess, taking pride in the outstanding health and well being of this naturally fed and very pampered flock. We lambed 84 “Good Doin” lambs successfully during our first season.
In addition to our flavorful, healthy cheeses we offer our Icelandic and Icelandic cross fleeces for sale. Just hit “The Fiber” tab above to see our stock and the fleeces currently available for sale, along with roving. There is nothing like the fiber produced by the Icelandics. We have a multitude of colors from our beautiful girls.
We have delicate lamb meat available on the hoof locally or frozen lamb available for shipment year round.
We also have seed stock now available for sale. Because we want to see the sheep dairy industry established in the United States from the best stock only, we sell only the finest animals with the highest conformation ratings for breed stock. The genetic lines are available with each animal. Our Icelandic ewes, rams and lambs are registered livestock. The French Lacaunes and East Freesian genetics are readily available. Our rams come from the first rams brought into the U.S through the Spooner Research Center at University of Wisconsin.
Snowy Mountain Sheep Creamery also provides educational opportunities to our local schools, FFA groups and 4-H clubs.
We work with Utah State University and also will be working with the Graduate School of Agriculture in Purpan, France, offering graduate students hands-on experience. Contact Snowy Mountain Sheep Creamery for details »
THE CHEESES
Buy Online Now
Snowy Mountain artisan cheeses are handcrafted from Sheep milk and some from a sheep and Guernsey cow milk blend. The sheep milk is from our French Lacaune dairy ewes and our Icelandic purebreds. These animals are known for their production of high protein and fat content thereby making the finest cheeses. Our cow milk comes from a friend’s Guernsey cow herd also known for their richer fat and protein content.
Our sheep milk is pasteurized then cultured to produce curds and whey. Depending on the type of cheese being produced the curds are handled in various ways. Soft ripened cheeses are gently ladled into molds to drain and then placed in salt brine baths, then carefully transferred to curing racks where they are turned daily. Different cheeses are aged different lengths of time. The bries being the shortest the hard rinds being up to a full year.
Our cheeses are carefully aged and turned according to the type of cheese being produced. When aging is complete they are hand wrapped in a special clear plastic wrapping designed for holding cheese and labeled with our blue pretty girl ewe label.
We sell our cheeses by the round. Soon you may order rounds in a gift set to be shipped anywhere in the United States. Purchase from our web site, our farm or at specialty stores. Now carried at Tony Caputo’s Market and International Delicatessen in Salt Lake City.
Our Story
Snowy Mountain Sheep Farm was created from the dreams of delicate, delightful, udderly delicious artisan sheep cheeses. We are located in a pristine Rocky Mountain Valley of Eden, Utah, which is noted for its downhill ski resorts, lake fishing, hiking, biking, and its focus on retaining the beauty of the natural environment.
Our adventure began in the summer of 2009 as we planned our vacation to see sheep farms! Yes, that’s right, sheep farms located in NY, VT, OH and PA. We set up our tour to include Icelandic sheep breeders, the triple purpose sheep, and the artisan sheep cheese producing dairy farms. Our tour was outstanding as these wonderful sheep people welcomed us openly and shared all they could about their own stories into their world of sheep. Little did we know a few short months later we would receive a call from the owner of Dancing Lambs in NY saying that she needed to divest herself of her flock due to serious health issues. As we found most owners carry great pride and attachment to their flocks, she wanted to sell them as a family, a flock, and not parcel them out individually. This was not like us to be so impulsive. Our plan was to keep educating ourselves, buy a few animals, learn for the next five years and then, jump in. However, we learned good disease-free dairy sheep are not abundantly available in the US and are difficult to purchase and transport.
Thus the birth of Snowy Mountain Sheep Farm was placed in front of us. We had the girls and their guys shipped from NY State to Eden, Utah at Thanksgiving of 2009.
The girls were bred shortly after arrival and our very first twin lambs were born April 23rd of 2010. Two beautiful Icelandic purebred babies named Genevieve and Jean Pierre. A week later we had lambs dropping as if from Heaven as the French Lacaune dairy ewes and Icelandics were quite prolific, excellent lambers and terrific mothers! We were thrilled, and 84 lambs later, we were done and on our way to the milking parlor. We leave our lambs with their mothers for 30 to 60 days and have very healthy and happy animals. They live on lush mountain pastures and produce rich creamy milk from which my dear husband Stig produces our delicate, delightful and udderly delicious cheeses.
We welcome all to come and visit the farm. Experience the animals, the abundant wildlife that surrounds us, our two Great Pyrenees who love the lambs, and purchase the finest cheeses we can bless the earth with.
Follow our Snowy Mountain Sheep Creamery Blog for the latest news from our opertions.
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**Special Event - tour and potluck at the Creamery Sunday, August 7th, 2011.**
Join Slow Food Utah and Tony Caputo's Market and Deli for a very special tour of Utah's first sheep dairy! Meet at Tony Caputo's parking lot, 314 W. 300 S., Salt Lake City, at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, August 7 to carpool.
PLEASE RSVP to Slow Food Utah so we can get a count of how many cars will be going and who can carpool together.
Snowy Mountain Sheep Creamery
2111 North 5500 East
Eden, Utah
Mailing: SMSC, Eden, UT 84310-0930
Phone: (801) 745-0388
Contact Us — Blog
For the love of Cheese… that is the reason for Snowy Mountain Sheep Creamery.
Established in 2010 as the first dairy sheep operation in the state of Utah. We design European artisan cheeses handcrafted from the famous French Lacaune, East Freesian and Icelandic dairy sheep breeds grazed on high mountain pastures in the heart of ski country in Eden, Utah. Our handcrafted sheep cheeses consist of delicate and delightful camembert style brie, a rich and smooth classical bleu cheese, a hard rind Mountain Tomme, and a smooth Danish style Fontina aged through our winter months high in the Rocky Mountains. Stig Hansen, the Viking chef, author of “Cooking Danish” is our cheese maker extraordinaire. Purchase our cheeses on online or visit these fine stores. Checkout our BLOG for the latest Snowy Mountain News.
Our lovely flock consists of the famous French Lacaune dairy sheep known for their high protein and buttery rich milk, and East Freesians known for high volume production. We also breed and raise purebred Icelandic sheep known as the “triple purpose sheep,” with fabulous fleeces, wonderful delicate meat, and rich milk production. Susan Hansen is the shepherdess, taking pride in the outstanding health and well being of this naturally fed and very pampered flock. We lambed 84 “Good Doin” lambs successfully during our first season.
In addition to our flavorful, healthy cheeses we offer our Icelandic and Icelandic cross fleeces for sale. Just hit “The Fiber” tab above to see our stock and the fleeces currently available for sale, along with roving. There is nothing like the fiber produced by the Icelandics. We have a multitude of colors from our beautiful girls.
We have delicate lamb meat available on the hoof locally or frozen lamb available for shipment year round.
We also have seed stock now available for sale. Because we want to see the sheep dairy industry established in the United States from the best stock only, we sell only the finest animals with the highest conformation ratings for breed stock. The genetic lines are available with each animal. Our Icelandic ewes, rams and lambs are registered livestock. The French Lacaunes and East Freesian genetics are readily available. Our rams come from the first rams brought into the U.S through the Spooner Research Center at University of Wisconsin.
Snowy Mountain Sheep Creamery also provides educational opportunities to our local schools, FFA groups and 4-H clubs.
We work with Utah State University and also will be working with the Graduate School of Agriculture in Purpan, France, offering graduate students hands-on experience. Contact Snowy Mountain Sheep Creamery for details »
THE CHEESES
Buy Online Now
Snowy Mountain artisan cheeses are handcrafted from Sheep milk and some from a sheep and Guernsey cow milk blend. The sheep milk is from our French Lacaune dairy ewes and our Icelandic purebreds. These animals are known for their production of high protein and fat content thereby making the finest cheeses. Our cow milk comes from a friend’s Guernsey cow herd also known for their richer fat and protein content.
Our sheep milk is pasteurized then cultured to produce curds and whey. Depending on the type of cheese being produced the curds are handled in various ways. Soft ripened cheeses are gently ladled into molds to drain and then placed in salt brine baths, then carefully transferred to curing racks where they are turned daily. Different cheeses are aged different lengths of time. The bries being the shortest the hard rinds being up to a full year.
Our cheeses are carefully aged and turned according to the type of cheese being produced. When aging is complete they are hand wrapped in a special clear plastic wrapping designed for holding cheese and labeled with our blue pretty girl ewe label.
We sell our cheeses by the round. Soon you may order rounds in a gift set to be shipped anywhere in the United States. Purchase from our web site, our farm or at specialty stores. Now carried at Tony Caputo’s Market and International Delicatessen in Salt Lake City.
Our Story
Snowy Mountain Sheep Farm was created from the dreams of delicate, delightful, udderly delicious artisan sheep cheeses. We are located in a pristine Rocky Mountain Valley of Eden, Utah, which is noted for its downhill ski resorts, lake fishing, hiking, biking, and its focus on retaining the beauty of the natural environment.
Our adventure began in the summer of 2009 as we planned our vacation to see sheep farms! Yes, that’s right, sheep farms located in NY, VT, OH and PA. We set up our tour to include Icelandic sheep breeders, the triple purpose sheep, and the artisan sheep cheese producing dairy farms. Our tour was outstanding as these wonderful sheep people welcomed us openly and shared all they could about their own stories into their world of sheep. Little did we know a few short months later we would receive a call from the owner of Dancing Lambs in NY saying that she needed to divest herself of her flock due to serious health issues. As we found most owners carry great pride and attachment to their flocks, she wanted to sell them as a family, a flock, and not parcel them out individually. This was not like us to be so impulsive. Our plan was to keep educating ourselves, buy a few animals, learn for the next five years and then, jump in. However, we learned good disease-free dairy sheep are not abundantly available in the US and are difficult to purchase and transport.
Thus the birth of Snowy Mountain Sheep Farm was placed in front of us. We had the girls and their guys shipped from NY State to Eden, Utah at Thanksgiving of 2009.
The girls were bred shortly after arrival and our very first twin lambs were born April 23rd of 2010. Two beautiful Icelandic purebred babies named Genevieve and Jean Pierre. A week later we had lambs dropping as if from Heaven as the French Lacaune dairy ewes and Icelandics were quite prolific, excellent lambers and terrific mothers! We were thrilled, and 84 lambs later, we were done and on our way to the milking parlor. We leave our lambs with their mothers for 30 to 60 days and have very healthy and happy animals. They live on lush mountain pastures and produce rich creamy milk from which my dear husband Stig produces our delicate, delightful and udderly delicious cheeses.
We welcome all to come and visit the farm. Experience the animals, the abundant wildlife that surrounds us, our two Great Pyrenees who love the lambs, and purchase the finest cheeses we can bless the earth with.
Follow our Snowy Mountain Sheep Creamery Blog for the latest news from our opertions.
HOME | OUR STORY | ARITSAN CHEESES | THE SHEEP | THE FIBER
YOUR HEALTH | ONLINE STORE | SHIPPING | RECIPES | WEB SITE MAP | CONTACT US
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