Our Cheeses
Dewlay's dedicated milk supply is sourced locally from farmers that take real pride in their herds' milk quality. When making Lancashire cheese, we have a truly unique secret ingredient! The starter culture - which gives our Lancashire cheese a taste and texture that is simply not found in any other cheese - was specially created in Dewlay over 40 years ago. Each day we keep some of this precious ingredient, and use it to create the following day's culture and so the heritage and tradition continues.
Combine these unique features with the skills of our master cheesemakers in making the very best Lancashire cheese, and you'll see why Dewlay's multi award winning Lancashire cheese stands out from all others. We produce a variety of different sizes and formats – from traditional wheels to more modern blocks and we also supply our range in grated, sliced and prepack varieties for the retail and catering sectors. All of our cheeses are suitable for vegetarians and coeliacs.
Cheesemakers of Garstang Range
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Creamy Lancashire
This is the classic Traditional Lancashire and is made with fresh milk sourced from dedicated local dairy farms, Our Creamy Lancashire cheese has a beautiful texture with a mild milky flavour and is made to a traditional 2 day curd recipe and matured for 2-6 months. It is a superb melting cheese, making it ideal for cooking with. Winner of a Gold medal at the British cheese Awards 2011 and Gold at the Bath & West Show 2011
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Crumbly Lancashire
Crumbly Lancashire is a young cheese typically matured for up to 8 weeks and made from fresh locally sourced milk. Bright white in colour, this cheese has a clean, zesty, slightly sharp flavour and a crumbly texture. It is brilliant for crumbling into sandwiches and salads or with apple pie. Winner of Gold award at Bath & West 2011, Cheshire Show 2011 and The Great Yorkshire Show 2011
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Tasty Lancashire
Dewlay’s Tasty Lancashire is crafted to a Traditional Creamy Lancashire recipe, but matured for up to 12 months. This makes it firmer, and gives it a stronger flavour. It is brilliant for cooking with, as the Lancashire simply melts while retaining its full flavour. Winner of a Gold medal at the British cheese awards 2011 and Gold at the Nantwich International Cheese Awards 2011
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Garstang Light
One of our newer creations, our Garstang light is made to a traditional Creamy Lancashire recipe from semi-skimmed milk meaning the cheese has approximately 30% less fat content. With Garstang Light, we have created a product with all the heritage and skill of our cheesemakers and qualities of the fresh Lancashire milk, but with a reduced fat content. It's ideal for anyone on diets or watching their cholesterol.
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Garstang Blue
Garstang Blue is made from pasteurised cows’ milk and is a wonderful combination of a smooth creamy cheese with a mild yet indulgent blue taste that will tantalise any cheese lover’s senses. Made in much the same way as our Creamy Lancashire, we add a specially designed blue mould during cheesemaking. Once made, Garstang blue is matured carefully in dedicated maturing rooms where the ideal conditions exist to allow the mould to develop within the cheese. After approximately 6 weeks, we spike the cheese, allowing the mould to develop into streaks as it grows through the cheese.
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Mild Cheddar
Delicately flavoured Dewlay Mild Cheddar has a smooth creamy texture and tastes delicious with some fresh English apple juice. Available as a white or coloured cheese.
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Mature Cheddar
Carefully matured under controlled conditions for nine to twelve months, Dewlay Mature Cheddar has a firm, silky texture and a wonderfully full flavour. Available as a white or coloured cheese.
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Extra Mature Cheddar
Carefully matured under controlled conditions for more than twelve months, Dewlay Extra Mature Cheddar is favoured by those who prefer a more robust Cheddar.
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Red Leicester
Dewlay Red Leicester is a traditional, creamy, hard cheese made from cow's mild which gets its red colouring from annatto – a flavourless natural colouring. Dewlay Red Leicester has a firm body and a close texture with a beautifully nutty flavour. Winner of Supreme Champion cheese at Chipping Show 2011
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Double Gloucester
A smooth, buttery textured cheese with a clean, creamy, mellow flavour which is matured for at least three months, Double Gloucester has a golden straw colour and a smooth, creamy texture. Double Gloucester was traditionally made as a large wheel with a thick rind to withstand annual cheese rolling ceremonies - when cheeses were rolled down the hills in Gloucestershire to protect the grazing rights.
Deli Range
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Dewlay Creamy Lancashire
This is the classic Traditional Lancashire and is made with fresh creamy milk sourced from dedicated local dairy farms, Our Creamy Lancashire cheese has a beautiful creamy texture with a mild milky flavour. Creamy Lancashire is made to a traditional 2 day curd recipe and matured for 2-6 months and is a superb melting cheese, making it ideal for cooking with. Winner of a Gold medal at the British cheese Awards 2011 and Gold at the Bath & West Show 2011
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Crumbly Lancashire
Sometimes called “New Lancashire” , Crumbly Lancashire is a young cheese (typically aged up to 8 weeks mature) and made from fresh locally sourced milk. Bright white in colour, this cheese has a clean, zesty, slightly sharp flavour with a crumbly texture. Crumbly Lancashire is brilliant for crumbling into sandwiches and salads or with orchard fruits or apple pie. Winner of Gold award at Bath & West 2011, Cheshire Show 2011 and The Great Yorkshire Show 2011
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Tasty Lancashire
Dewlay’s Tasty Lancashire is made using locally sourced milk and is aged for up to 12 months. This makes it firmer, and gives it a stronger flavour. It is also brilliant for cooking with as the Lancashire simply melts while retaining its full flavour. Winner of a Gold medal at the British cheese awards 2011 and Gold at the Nantwich International Cheese Awards 2011
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Beacon Fell Traditional Lancashire Cheese
This is the classic Creamy Lancashire which is made to a traditional Creamy Lancashire recipe but when named as “Beacon Fell Traditional Lancashire Cheese” affords us the opportunity to label it as a product with the P.D.O. accreditation, something very important to many of our local National and International consumers. Did you know that there are only a dozen or so cheeses in the whole country that have been grated the valuable P.D.O. status.
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Special Reserve Tasty Lancashire
Dewlay’s Special reserve Tasty Lancashire is produced in the same way as Tasty Lancashire but matured for longer. This allows our Lancashire cheese to fully mature into a cheese connoisseurs delight with a full flavoured, slightly tangy taste.
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Garstang Blue
Garstang Blue is made from pasteurised cows’ milk and is a wonderful combination of a smooth creamy cheese with a mild yet indulgent blue taste that will tantalise any cheese lover’s senses.
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Garstang Light
Our Garstang light is made with a traditional creamy Lancashire recipe from semi-skimmed milk. Ideal for anyone looking for a Lancashire cheese taste, but with 30% less fat content.
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Red Leicester
Dewlay Red Leicester is a traditional, creamy, hard cheese made from cow's mild which gets its red colouring from annatto – a flavourless natural colouring. Dewlay Red Leicester has a firm body and a close texture with a beautifully nutty flavour. Winner of Supreme Champion cheese at Chipping Show 2011
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Chilli Monster
Where there's smoke there's fire! Crushed dried red chillies are blended with our fine creamy Lancashire to give a smooth cheese with a firey bite
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Lancashire with Garlic
Delightful melted onto a split baguette or French stick and a versatile cooking cheese, our creamy Lancashire with Garlic is unique and aromatic.
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Smoked Lancashire
Genuinely smoked creamy Lancashire makes an unusual but welcome addition to your cheese board. Matured for a minimum of four months, try yours with a thinly sliced, crisp red apple or a glass of best brown ale.
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Lancashire with Chives
Fabulous for pizzas or melted onto a jacket potato. Tangy, herby and full of flavour, Dewlay Lancashire with Chives is just as good straight from the fridge on some crusty bread
Grated and Sliced
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Cheesy Toaster
Cheesy Toaster is made to our 50 year old traditional recipe from locally sourced milk in our dairy in Garstang. It is generously sliced and interleaved with film for ease of separation. The cheese is cut to fit a slice of bread and is just the right thickness to melt evenly creating the perfect cheese on toast - every time. Conveniently packaged in a plastic tray with a reclosable film top.
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Chilli Toaster
Chilli Toaster is made to a traditional Creamy Lancashire recipe but with fiery chillies added during the cheesemaking process to give a medium strength hot flavour. The slices of cheese are just the right shape to fit a slice of bread, and it melts beautifully under the grill. An ideal meal or snack solution!
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Hip To Be Square Slices
All the convenience of cheese slices but with real cheese. Great for kid’s packed lunches, cheese on toast, cheese burgers and sandwiches. Conveniently packaged in an easy open, reclosable tray to stay fresher for longer. Available in red or white varieties.
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Garstang Light Grated Cheese
Dewlay Garstang Light Cheese has reduced fat because it is made using semi-skimmed milk. This creamy cheese is a superb alternative to full fat Creamy Lancashire cheese for those who are health conscious and are on a reduced fat diet.
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Really Grate Mild Cheddar
Mild grated cheddar, innovatively packed to stay fresher for longer. Convenient for sandwiches, salads and sprinkling over pasta dishes
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Really Grate Mature Cheddar
Mature grated cheddar, packed in reclosable packs for convenience and to keep the product fresh for longer. Ideal for use in sandwiches, cheese on toast and spreading over Lasagne.
Catering Range
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Sliced Cheese
Dewlay supply catering size packs of sliced cheese (cheddar, Lancashire etc) in a variety of formats and cheese slice dimensions. Please contact our sales department for more information or to discuss your requirements.
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Grated Cheese
Dewlay supply a variety of sizes of Grated cheese (Cheddar, Lancashire etc) in a variety of sizes (1kg, 2kg etc). Please contact our sales department for further information.
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