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reality in 2013 when Alise and Lucas, with the support of her parents and a successful Kickstarter campaign, opened Redhead Creamery on the family farm.
All of the creamery’ s cheeses are made with milk piped directly from Jer-Lindy Farms’ milking parlor to the cheese room. On cheesemaking days, production starts at 5 a. m., and by 1 p. m., fresh cheese and cheese curds are ready to serve in the farm’ s cheese shop. The Lucky Linda Clothbound Aged Cheddar— named after Linda Jennissen— took sixth place in its category at the 2016 World Championship Cheese Contest.
“ The success of Redhead Creamery has attracted foodies, cheese lovers and enthusiasts of locally made goods to Jer-Lindy Farms, helping ensure the family business will continue to be successful for years to come,” Linda said.
Dairy farm tours are offered yearround on Fridays and Saturdays at 12:30 p. m. The walking tour covers the farm’ s history, crops, calves, milking
process and cheesemaking operation. Tickets are $ 10 per person; children 2 and under are free.
The Redhead Creamery dining room and cheese shop feature locally made foods and products including jams, crackers, chocolates and honey. The shop is open for in-store shopping and dining 10 a. m.-4 p. m. Wednesday-Saturday. The lunch menu includes panfried cheese curds, cheese paninis, and Minnesota-made soda, wine, beer and hard cider.
In 2023, Lucas Sjostrom, a licensed whey winemaker and distiller, launched Redhead Creamery Spirits. Here, milk is converted to cheese, the byproduct whey is filtered into milk sugar, and the milk sugar is fermented and distilled into spirits sold in the cheese shop. A distillery tour is available for $ 29 per person and includes samples of three spirits.
Redhead Creamery is at 31535 463rd Ave., Brooten, Minnesota. For more information, visit redheadcreamery. com.
Photos by Katie Knapp
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