Lakin's Gorges Cheese

Lakin's Gorges Cheese Award winning, farmstead cow's milk cheeses made in Waldoboro, Maine. www.lakinsgorgescheese.com

Fresh and aged cow's milk cheeses made with organic milk in Rockport, Maine.

This post is for cheesemakers and sellers of cheesemaking equipment only. After 10 years of using them, I must admit I l...
09/08/2026

This post is for cheesemakers and sellers of cheesemaking equipment only.

After 10 years of using them, I must admit I loathe my draining tables. When I look at catalogues, they show tables for huge operations.

I make cheese from 12 cows. Bloomies and aged. And I work solo. My make room is long and narrow.

Can you show me some draining tables designs and where you bought them, or had to have them custom made?

Problems with mine: tiny casters, bad drain hole placemat, no slope.

Is there such a thing as a tiered table for draining bloomies?

Thank you!

Wowza! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to everyone who came yesterday for our anniversary celebration and intro ...
09/06/2026

Wowza! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to everyone who came yesterday for our anniversary celebration and intro to our new Farm Shop.

It was absolute delightful chaos. Over 200 people came. There were so many visitors that (unbeknownst to us) folks parked on the street.

I had filled the new cheese fridge with SOOO much cheese to start the day, and ended up missing most of the party because I had to cutting and wrapping more.

Now we have a glass door freezer, and you can SEE what meat we have! We’re still working on sorting into categories, but it’s much more accessible now.

A shoutout to Joan, owner of Effie’s Biscuits, who came as a guest, but ended up in the kitchen cutting more samples with her family because we could never have anticipated the response to yesterday.

Sone notes about the new space:
Still open daily 10-6, year round.
It will be heated in the winter.
Saturdays, we will stock our bottled, pasteurized milk in limited quantities. You are welcome to email to reserve some. $5 per half gallon.
We will be baking bread for Saturday mornings.
Currently, we are carrying 𝑀𝐴𝐼𝑁𝐸 𝐶𝑅𝐼𝑆𝑃 crackers and Maine Gravy hot sauce, and we will be adding jam, Effies Homemade and additional complementary products.

We’re located at 2361 Friendship Road, Waldoboro, ME 04572. Just 5 miles south of Route 1 on Route 220 south. Turn in at the red open flag.

To celebrate 15 years of Lakin’s Gorges Cheese, we invite you to join us at the farm to eat some cheese!Also, this will ...
09/04/2026

To celebrate 15 years of Lakin’s Gorges Cheese, we invite you to join us at the farm to eat some cheese!

Also, this will be the soft opening of our new, expanded Farm Store.

Come by from 2-4. As this is a working farm, please leave pets at home.

Some stats:
Days making cheese: 1826

Pounds of cheese made: 122,000

Miles driven making deliveries every Thursday: 168,000 (over halfway to the moon)

Awards won: Big E Gold Medal Cheese Championship - multiple Silver and Bronze; World Championship Cheese Contest - Gold and Best in Show; World Cheese Awards- Silver
Number of cows producing milk: 10ish
Number of people making the cheese: 1
Making cheese is a marvelous combination of art, science, alchemy, education, and theatre. And best of all, I end up with something delicious.

I have made life long friends, and even met my husband, because of cheese. The cheese community is amazingly supportive of each other, and generously share collective knowledge for troubleshooting.

I love that my farm has become a destination that annual visitors return to. I love walking into a shop or restaurant to a chorus of “The cheese lady is here!” I love that my cheese has been served 4 times at the James Beard House, because chefs liked what I make enough to have it be part of their showcase.

www.lakinsgorgescheese.com

UPDATE: tickets snatched up. But receiver to sign up for our mailing list for the 2027 reservations when they open 5/31/...
09/04/2026

UPDATE: tickets snatched up. But receiver to sign up for our mailing list for the 2027 reservations when they open 5/31/27.
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We have had a cancellation for 4 people for Cowside Lunch this Sunday, 9/6 at 2:30pm. If you are interested, please call Allison at 207-230-4318 by end of day today, 9/4.

This is held in the Hay Loft at the farm, which is reached by a set of stairs.

Here is the menu. $81 pp, BYOB

Course 1: Zucchini Carpaccio with Roasted Corn, blistered cherry tomatoes, basil, lemon & Maldon salt

Course 2: Buckwheat Crepes with braised East Forty Farm beef, shredded Lakin’s Gorges Morgan Cheese, lemon-dijon mayo, caramelized onion, demi drizzle & pickled shallots

Course 3: Spear Spring Farm Musk Melon Posset, compressed melon, mint & aleppo pepper

We are located at 2361 Friendship Road, Waldoboro, ME 04572. Just 5 miles south of Route 1 on Route 220 south. Turn in at the red open flag.

09/03/2026

I’m not feeling very articulate about how Gloria Steinem was part of my consciousness growing up, but I was raised to be a feminist.

I was able to hear her speak at the Cherry Bombe Jubilee last year.

What she says in this clip, I believe I have done in my business. Taking a gamble on cheese and then the farm, having to trust that I could do these things, was real a challenge. I always say that staying the business was a leap of faith- in myself.

But through that I have also found my community (and even my husband). People I can share hours of conversation, political opinion, and break bread with.

Sage advice.

09/02/2026

In this episode, we learn how overly ambitious Allison is in attempting to achieve everything from chores to making cheese to milking, including unexpected birth.

Hint: she doesn’t achieve making cheese.

Eclipse is doing great. Thank you to Laura J Fitton for lending a pair of hands to make tasks faster.

08/29/2026

Lakin's Gorges Morgan and Pear Gallette

Easy. Fast. Tasty way to combine your cheese and fruit.

Morgan is a small format hard cheese that is salt forward and grassy. I frequently use it in place of Parmesan.

DOUGH
6 Tbl butter, softened
1.5 cups flour
1 Tbl sugar
1 egg
4-6 Tbl water

1. Combine butter, sugar and flour until pea sized, uniform clumps form.
2. Mix in the egg. Add water until soft, pliable dough forms. The amount will depend on that day's humidity.
3. Roll out into a roughly 14 inch circle, or geometric shape of your choice. Place on baking sheet.

FILLING
4 Palm sized, ripe pears
1/2 cup Morgan, grated. Reserve 3 Tbl for top
1 Tbl demerara sugar

1. Cover center of dough with grated Morgan.
2. Slice pears and place on dough, leaving roughly 2 inches of dough uncovered. Pleat dough over the pears. Top with 3 Tbl grated Morgan and demerara sugar.
3. Bake at 425 ° F for 25 minutes until browned and bubbly

08/28/2026

Start of the eclipse

8/27/26 Lunar eclipse tonight!Solar eclipses are nifty, but I prefer lunar eclipses because you can break out binoculars...
08/28/2026

8/27/26 Lunar eclipse tonight!

Solar eclipses are nifty, but I prefer lunar eclipses because you can break out binoculars or a telescope and get an amazing view of our closest neighbor.

Don’t go moon blind though!

Last photo is of the moonrise, which is a glorious pink.

Side note: Trixie has gone into labor early.

Address

East Forty Farm And Dairy, 2361 Friendship Road
Waldoboro, ME
04572

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 6pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

Telephone

(207) 230-4318

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