Country: England, Great Britain and United Kingdom
Region: Stawley, near Wellington, Somerset
Kind: soft
Rind: mold ripened
Texture: dense, firm and smooth
Color: pale yellow
Flavor: caramel, floral, milky, sweet
Aroma: mushroom, nutty
Description: Hill Farm Dairy has stopped producing cheeses. Stawley is an raw goat's milk cheese made by Caroline and Will Atkinson outside Stawley near Wellington, Somerset. It is named after the village where the farm is located in. The cheese is matured for four to six weeks but can be eaten from ten days old. Stawley is a dense, smooth cheese with a runny breakdown just below the loose, wrinkled yellow geotrichum rind. Flavors are floral, honey and lactic with hints of caramel and nutty, mushroomy flavor on the rind.