Spinning Spider Creamery is a farmstead goat dairy nestled in a mountain cove on Bailey Mountain in Madison County, NC. Our elevation is high, our air and water are pure, and our goats reflect this in their vitality and production of milk.

We are a family farm seeking to maintain a lifestyle that incorporates the cycles of the seasons with our love of our animals, our craft of cheese making, and our family unity. The entire family participates in the operation of the creamery. The end result is a variety of handcrafted artisan cheeses, brought to their fullest complexity of flavors through care and attention to detail in an Old World style.

Products

Fresh Chèvre is hand-ladled into rounds, logs, pyramids, and buttons, giving it a delicate texture. The flavor is fresh and tangy. We offer plain as well as eight herbed varieties.

Surface ripened cheeses:

Stackhouse is an 8 oz. loaf with a white rind, a thin layer of organic apple wood ash down the center and a dusting of ash under the rind. It has a mushroomy flavor with a hint of fresh milk.

Camille is our version of a traditional goat milk Camembert in an 8 oz round

Raw milk aged cheeses:

Gabriel’s Gold is our raw goat milk Gouda, aged for 4-6 months. It has a smooth texture with tiny eyes and a nutty, buttery flavor. We offer both a natural rind and a waxed rind version.

Bailey Mountain Tome is a raw milk Alpine type of cheese. It has a natural rind and a supple texture with a fruity flavor, aged for 2-6 months.

Feta is made with raw goat milk and aged for 60 days to give it a distinctive sharp taste. We offer both a plain and a marinated version with organic herbs and tomatoes in olive oil.

Due to the seasonality of our product, not all cheeses are available at all times.

Product Outlets

Asheville area tailgate markets; see www.buyappalachian.org for times and locations.

Saturday mornings

North Asheville Tailgate Market

French Broad Food Coop Saturday Market

Madison Farmers and Artisans Market

Wednesday evenings

West Asheville Tailgate Market

French Broad Downtown Farmers Market

Sunday evenings:

Greenlife Tailgate Market

Stores

Earth Fare, 66 Westgate Parkway, Asheville, NC 28801

French Broad Food Coop, 90 Biltmore Ave., Asheville, NC 28801

Greenlife Grocery, 70 N. Merrimon Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

Grove Corner Market, 101 Battery Park, Asheville, NC 28801

Laurey’s Catering (yum) and Gourmet to Go, 67 Biltmore Ave, Asheville, NC 28787

Restaurants (on the menu)

The Market Place, 20 Wall St., Asheville, NC 28801

Inn on the Biltmore Estate, One Antler Hill Rd., Asheville, NC, 28803

Mail order?

As the cheese is fragile and fresh, one-day shipping in the continental US

Contact Information

Chris Owen

Spinning Spider Creamery

Address:  4717 East Fork Rd., Marshall, NC 28753

Phone: (828) 689-5508

Website

E-mail

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