In each shipment, you'll receive 3-4 of our own unique farmstead goat and cow milk cheeses (1.5 lbs. in each delivery) along with access to corresponding tasting notes, featured recipe and behind-the-scenes content.
We include a special, exclusive or limited-release cheese in every shipment as well.
Quarterly Shipment Schedule: February, May, August and November.
Give the Gift of Cheese
Give the gift of cheese to your favorite cheese lover. That's four shipments per membership - truly the gift that keeps on giving! Just add the recipient's name and address at checkout along with your payment information. There's also a spot for a gift note.
Questions? Email us at info@stepladdercreamery.com.
You asked for a goat-heavy shipment, so we listened!
The May 2023 shipment includes Big Sur, Chèvre, Cabrillo and the special release, Clothbound Goat Cheddar.
As you probably know, we recently wrapped up another wonderful, stressful and exhausting kidding season and the goat's milk is fresh and flowing! We currently have 93 kids on the farm (most of which are for sale) and the herd is back on the milking stand for 2x daily milking shifts - most of which are producing over 1 gallon of milk each shift - hello, fresh goat's milk cheeses!
This version of Goat Cheddar has been aging since 2021! This cheese is made in the traditional English Cheddar style with 100% farmstead goat's milk.
Shipping Monday, May 8, 2023.
The February '23 shipment included Moonstone, Marinated Fromage Blanc, LumberJack and the special release, Super Bloom.
Super Bloom is a spin off of Burning Love, a heart shaped large format cow's milk bloomy rind triple crème. Whereas Burning Love is dusted in paprika and other spices before the bloomy transformation, Super Bloom is coated with rose, cornflower and marigold flower petals.
The November '22 shipment included an exclusive cheese never done before in our creamery and one of our favorite Club creations yet. This shipment featured Big Sur, Paso Vino, Cabrillo and the Club-exclusive, Marinated Labneh.
Labneh is a Mediterranean yogurt style soft cheese. Our variation was made with local cow's milk and the cheese balls were lightly rolled in a Za'atar spice blend then marinated in local olive oil with lemon zest. Talk about flavor!
The August '22 shipment featured Ventana, a variation of our year-round offering, Cabrillo, made with 100% farmstead goat's milk. This cheese was inspired after a conversation with Janet Fletcher, cheese lover and owner of the Planet Cheese blog. The shipment also included Ragged Point, Spicy Fromage Blanc and Moonstone.
The May '22 shipment included one of the creamery's most exciting releases. Rocky Butte Reserve was a 2-year aged hard cheese made with 100% farmstead goats milk. The aging process gave this cheese a beautiful orange color, which is drastically different from our seasonal Rocky Butte that's a milky white color. Rocky Butte Reserve was accompanied by Big Sur, Chèvre and LumberJack in this goat-forward shipment.
Back by popular demand was Burning Love in the February '22 shipment along with Moonstone, Marinated Fromage Blanc and Paso Vino.
The November '21 Cheese Club shipment included Big Sur, Curried Fromage Blanc, Cabrillo and 2-Year Aged Clothbound Cheddar. Clothbound Cheddar is a cow's milk hard cheese aged for two years in our cheese caves.
The August '21 shipment featured Cabrillo Reserve. For this exclusive, we took our classic Spanish-style goat's and cow's milk blended Cabrillo and aged it for over 14 months in our aging caves. That's 3x older than our year-round Cabrillo cheese offering! Through the aging process, the blend of goat's and cow's milk is concentrated into bigger, bolder flavors and even more delicious tyrosine crystals.
The May '21 shipment featured Iberico. Iberico is a riff on Cabrillo but made with a blend of sheep and cow's milk then aged for 18 months.
The February '21 shipment featured Burning Love, a cow's milk triple crème moulded into a lovely heart shape and dusted with spices.
Remember, joining the Cheese Club is the only way to guarantee you can get these allocations of special release and exclusive offerings.
Cheese Club FAQs
Frequency: Cheese Club shipments are sent quarterly in February, May, August and November.
Payment and Duration: Upon purchase, your credit card is charged for the full price of the Cheese Club membership. All 4 shipments are included in the annual price. Memberships auto-renew annually. We sent emails to members prior to the renewal of memberships as well as before each shipment. Memberships can be cancelled at any time. If you cancel your membership but still have shipments remaining, you will receive those shipments and your membership will stop after the 4 shipments are sent.
Communication: Upon joining the Cheese Club you are automatically added to our email list to receive updates regarding future shipments, special reminders, etc. You can opt-out/unsubscribe at any time through a link in the footer of our emails.
If you have questions about your membership you can email us at info@stepladdercreamery.com and we will get back to you shortly. You can also create a login to access your membership, update your shipping address/credit card, etc. through Shopify.
Member Perks: To start, members get first/exclusive access to specialty cheeses. Each shipment includes a special or exclusive cheese only available to members. Shipments also inlcude signature pairing items like, honey, crackers, jams/marmalades, etc. that are not available elsewhere.
Members also get discounts on our quarterly, Friends & Family and private farm/creamery tours. They also get emails and access to behind-the-scenes content about our cheesemaking process, farm happenings, special events and more.
Members have the ability to schedule private tours for up to 20 people at a discounted rate. *this is subject to change based on tour availability and scheduling.