All Bleating Heart Cheeses

Fat Bottom Girl

Sheep Milk
Raw Milk • Washed Rind • Aged 2-4 months
Fat Bottom Girl handcrafted American Original Cheese by Bleating Heart
Availability: 
Limited quantities, May through December, or until sold out

Created in 2009 with absolutely no test or experimental batches, this is our flagship cheese, whose name was inspired by a Queen song and the cheese's accidental rotund shape. Each wheel of "Fat Bottom Girl" cheese is totally hand crafted with the raw milk from a small flock of sheep who are never crammed into a barn or feedlot. Made only in small batches, Fat Bottom Girl is approachable and appealing to both cheese geeks & novices alike.

Mixtress

Mixed Milk
Raw Milk • Natural Rind • Aged 2-3 months
Mixtress: mixed milk cheese made from a blend of sheep and Jersey cow milk
Availability: 
Intermittently available, depending upon milk supply

We are totally committed to our sheep milk cheeses here at Bleating Heart, but the sheep milk is seasonal, subjecting us to a long dry spell. Even when things get going again, it takes a while for the milk to really start flowing enough to meet our needs. So what’s an insatiable cheesemaker to do? Well, we had to look for some extra milk action on the side. We fulfilled our bawdy appetite by stepping out and getting some luscious jersey cow milk to mix with our beloved sheep milk.

Shepherdista

Sheep Milk
Raw Milk • Natural Rind • Aged 2-3 months
Shepherdista sheep milk cheese from Bleating Heart
Availability: 
Limited quantities, May through October, or until sold out

Created in 2011, this cheese is called "Shepherdista" which is a play on the words 'shepherd' and 'fashionista' as inspired by my commitment to infuse my own style and flair into my new-found agricultural pursuits....silver farm boots? Damn right. A pink cheese room apron? Naturally. Wearing lipgloss when hauling milk cans? Of course.