Calkins Creamery

Calkins Creamery is a small artisan cheesemaker on Highland Farm in Wayne County, Pennsylvania. A variety of both raw and pasteurized cheese are available for purchase directly from the farm’s stand.

Note: In the 2023 American Cheese Society Judging & Competition, Noble Road and Noblette were the winners in the soft-ripened cheese category.

“You know how Champagne is only Champagne if it comes from that one region in France? Same goes for Brie cheese, which must be produced in very specific designated areas in order to bear the title. Not that it matters to us here in America, where FDA regulations ban the import of the proper (and properly raw) stuff, leaving us with two choices—eat the stripped-down (and typically bland) imports, or look to makers of finer, Brie-style cheeses here at home. Up in the Poconos, Emily Montgomery produces the intensely good and creamy Noble Road, on a historic dairy farm that’s been in her family for six generations now.”– “The Best Cheese in America”, Food & Wine

The proprietors say “Come to the farm Monday-Friday most anytime or Saturday 11 am to 3 pm. Call Calkins at (570)-729-8103 for more info on cheesemaking classes and tour reservations.

Try garlic cheddar Vampire Slayer or soft-ripened Noble Road. Elsa Mae is cheesemaker Calkins’ version of a washed rind Taleggio. Levon’s Luck is a small Tomme, an ancient cave-aged mountain cheese seeped with orange peel and coriander and then washed with beer.

Emily Montgomery, the cheesemaker, produces an array of raw milk aged cheeses as well as fresh, pasteurized cheeses. Emily’s father and brother, Bill & Zack, operate the 6th generation family farm which was established in 1841. Cheese is aged at the creamery and underground in the caves at neighboring Calkins Creek Vineyard.

Calkins Creamery produces 13 different kinds of raw milk, aged cheese. Flavors range from the 1841, which is a creamy, tangy American Havarti perfect for grilled cheese or with your favorite crackers, to its Levon’s Luck, a small Tomme steeped with orange peel and coriander and then washed with … beer!

Here’s a sampling of their raw milk, aged cheese menu:

Udderly Hot – The 1841 infused with locally-grown peppers for a kick!!!

4 Dog Dill – The 1841 infused with a healthy dose of dill

Highlander – Their creamiest semi-hard cheese.

Smoke Signal – Delaware Delicacies Smokehouse turns their Gouda into a delicious smoked cheese!

Calkin’s Creamery also produces 10 fresh, pasteurized cheese including:

Noble Road – Brie-style rounds

Noblette – Baby Brie-style wheels

Elsa Mae – Tallegio-style rounds

Moo Mozz – Hand -stretched mozzarella

Stop by and pick up some farmstead artisanal cheese, whey-fed pork, and grass-fed beef. Calkins Creamery farm remains committed to sustainable agriculture and farmland preservation in the manner of the preceding five generations to have owned and operated the farm.