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    Northern Blue

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    Strong, steely and sweet, in other words, Northern! 

    A powerhouse blue cheese with serious credentials. Deliciously creamy and luxuriously more-ish.

    Northern Blue was launched in 2019 as the more powerful and more mature brother to Yorkshire Blue. Aged for a minimum of 10 weeks, we use a stronger strain of Penicillium Roquefort to achieve a more robust blue flavour.

    We took the launch batch to Bergamo in Italy to the World Cheese Awards and lo and behold we came back with a Silver medal! Northern Blue is recognisable as a Shepherds Purse signature blue cheese and its extra strength will also please those who like a bit more bite to their blue.

    Allergen Information:

    Made from MILK (pasteurised).

    Suitable for vegetarians.




    Awards

    2025 Great Taste Awards - 2 Stars
    2025 Artisan Cheese Awards - Gold
    2022 World cheese Awards - Silver
    Northern Blue
    Size
    • Size: 170g

    Customer Reviews

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    Barbara

    Absolutely delightful!

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    John Kerfoot
    Up the North

    A smooth tasting blue cheese with a milder finish than, say, Harrogate Blue. Northern Blue is sweeter, but has the 'blue' character that Shepherds Purse imbue in all their cheese. We loved it and will buy again.

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    Bruce Michael DREW
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    I thought that all the blue cheeses in our recent order were less mature than hitherto.
    My wife continues to think that Northern Blue is too salty and would I remember not to re-order it? Your cheese is a delight so don't be down-heartened by this review.

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    Ros
    Book club delight

    I served some Shepherd’s Purse blue cheese at my book club and it was a great hit. A few people decided to order together and share to save postage.

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    Mrs J A
    northern blue

    Fantastic tasting cheese, would buy this product again

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    Shepherds Purse Cheeses Ltd.
    Leachfield Grange, Newsham, Thirsk, North Yorkshire YO7 4DJ.

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