Houblonnier

Semi-hard Jorat cheese with organic hops refined with jorat beer

Technical sheet :

  • Milk cooking: whole milk / thermized milk
  • Milk: pasture cow’s milk fed with hay, cereals and without silage
  • Region: Ropraz / Jorat Mézières VD
  • Milk sources: Ropraz / Vucherens / Vulliens
  • Cheese dimension: 35 cm in diameter and 7 cm in height
  • Weight: from 7,800 to 8,200 kg
  • Project initiator: Mr. Pascal Gauthier – Pascal Passion Sàrl
  • Cheese maker: Mr. Christophe Streit – Fromagerie d’Ussières
  • Dairy Number: Ch 4398
  • Organic hops: Mr. Gérard Pillionel from Gandcour
  • Refining: 4 to 5 months with amber beer from the Brasserie du Jorat VD

It is possible to have our amber beer brine from the Brasserie du Jorat to prolong the ripening.

For more advice to your customer:

Houblonnier can be sold by the slice on a cheese platter, for raclettes, fondue, cheese compositions.

Gradually, Houblonnier favors all the taste buds of the palate and its appetizing side invites you to come back to share a longer life moment with friends.

It can be consumed with Swiss brut cider, a white beer, young brut Champagne, Charmont, a 3-year-old Chasselas or a 3-year-old non-barrel Pinot noir.

Awards

For its first participation in the Swiss Cheese Awards competition, which took place from September 22 to 25, 2022, there were 1064 cheeses, 32 categories. In its category where 50 kinds of cheese were in competition, L’houblonnier came 13th with a score of 15.60/20.

Contact / Purchase

M. Pascal Gauthier – Pascal Passion SARL

+41.79.359.48.73
pascal.gauthier68@icloud.com

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Press release

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Un chef cuisiner vaudois a eu l’idée de confectionner un fromage au houblon
8 septembre 2023

24Heures
Au Jorat, l’Houblonnier est né de quatre bonnes fées artisanes
6 novembre 2021