Lyburn Old Winchester
Also known as Old Smales, Old Winchester is an older version of Winchester, on a previous page. This is now a much dryer and harder cheese, becoming more reminiscent of an Old Amsterdam with a distinctive nuttiness in flavour. Because Old Winchester is made with a vegetarian rennet, on a number of occasions the cheese is being sold, and used as a vegetarian replacement for a hard Italian cheese, and yet can still be used as a table cheese, it has that bit more versatility.
2016. Gold at the British Cheese Awards, Bath and West Show.
One Star Gold at the Great Taste Awards.
Bronze Award at the World Cheese Awards London.
2017. Bronze at the British Cheese Awards, Bath and West Show
One Star Gold at the Great Taste Awards.
Best hard cheese at the Melton, Artisan Cheese Show.
Gold at International Cheese Show Nantwich
Bronze at the World Cheese Awards in Spain, against some very tough competition.
2018 Two silver medals at the Artisan Cheese Awards at Melton Mowbray.
Silver Award at the British Cheese Awards at the Bath and West Show.
Gold Award at the International Cheese Awards in Nantwich Cheshire.
Two Star Gold at the British taste awards.