A Churchmouse Cheeses firm favourite!

Deliciously spicy blue cheese with an orange hue from Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses.

Just up the road from the dairy, at the foot of Beacon Fell, there is a pretty little road called Blacksticks Lane, which is also the location of Blacksticks Farm - both characterfully named after a group of tall chestnut trees at the farm, which looks just like a bunch of tall black sticks in winter! The Butlers family farmed Blacksticks Farm for many years, making cheese there before going on to open a restaurant, Blacksticks Farmhouse Restaurant. The restaurant opened in 1961 and a few years later the cheese making equipment was given to Jean, Tom’s wife, to help her continue the family’s cheese making. So it seemed most appropriate that a brand new cheese created by the Butlers dairy should be named Blacksticks.

Named BEST BLUE CHEESE IN THE WORLD at the Nantwich International Cheese Show.

Cows milk, pasteurised and vegetarian.