Cotswold Cheese & Ale

Yes. You visit an organic family farm where farming has taken place for more than 500 years. You will see how milk travels just a few meters from the milking shed to the creamery and learn how the farm turns it into its artisan cheeses.

The farm produces a range of artisan cheeses including Cotswold Brie, Single Gloucester and Truffled Gloucester. Your visit includes the opportunity to learn about the cheese making process before sampling some of the farm’s award-winning products.

Yes. This is not simply a cheese tasting. You will see more of the farming story behind the finished product, meet the cows responsible for the milk and discover how traditional methods and modern cheese making come together on one Cotswold farm.

The brewery dates back to the nineteenth century and continues to brew beer using traditional methods. The visit allows you to learn more about Cotswold brewing, see the historic setting and taste some of its ales rather than simply ordering a local beer in a pub.

Yes. The brewery experience includes the opportunity to sample several of its ales and learn how they are produced. For guests interested in British beer, it provides far more context than simply visiting a pub.

Absolutely. The food and drink experiences are combined with sightseeing, including places such as Lower and Upper Slaughter and other villages depending on your route. This prevents the day from feeling like a sequence of tastings and gives you a broader sense of the Cotswolds.

Very much so. Few experiences show the connection between Cotswold farming and the finished product as clearly as seeing milk produced on the farm, watching how it becomes cheese and then tasting it metres from where it was made.

Yes. If the pace of the day allows, afternoon tea at a country house hotel such as Buckland Manor or Lords of the Manor can make a wonderfully English conclusion to the experience.

It is an excellent choice for a second or third day in the region because it takes you beyond sightseeing and introduces the people, farms and businesses behind Cotswold food and drink. We can also avoid repeating villages you have already visited on previous touring days.