Dubliner Cheese
{{Short description|Brand of Irish cheese}}
{{Infobox cheese
| name = Dubliner
| image = 220px
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| country = Ireland
| region =
| area of manufacture = County Cork
| source = Cows
| pasteurized =
| texture = Hard
| fat =
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| dimensions =
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| aging = 12 months to two years
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Dubliner is a sweet, granular cheese made from pasteurised cow's milk{{Cite web|title=Dubliner - Cheese.com|url=https://www.cheese.com/dubliner/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=www.cheese.com}} aged over a year and manufactured by Carbery, located in County Cork, Ireland.{{Cite news|last=Taylor|first=Charlie|title=Dubliner cheese-maker Carbery secures €35m loan from EIB|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/agribusiness-and-food/dubliner-cheese-maker-carbery-secures-35m-loan-from-eib-1.4101825|access-date=2021-03-05|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}} Since 1996, it has been marketed internationally by Ornua (formerly the Irish Dairy Board) under the Kerrygold label.{{cite web | title= Dubliner | url= http://www.carbery.com/index.asp?Pageid=31 | publisher= Carbery | accessdate= 2013-11-11 | archive-date= 2013-11-11 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131111055036/http://www.carbery.com/index.asp?PageID=31 | url-status= dead }} The cheese is named after the city of Dublin, although it is made in County Cork.
The cheese aims to combine the sharpness of mature cheddar and the buttery sweetness of Parmigiano.{{cite web| title= Dubliner and Dubliner with Stout | work= Cheese of the Week | url= http://www.courierpress.com/news/2013/mar/13/cheese-of-the-week-dubliner-and-dubliner-with/ | first= Aimee |last= Blume | date=March 13, 2013| publisher= Scripps Interactive Newspaper Group | accessdate=2013-11-11}} Dubliner cheese may contain natural calcium lactate cheese crystals, which appear as small white pieces.
History
John Lucey, an Irishman, created a cheese called "Araglen" in 1990; his goal was to produce an alternative to Cheddar cheese that could be manufactured "using (mostly) existing Cheddar equipment, for sale in Europe." A year later, Carbery Milk Products signed an agreement to commercialize Araglen.{{cite web |title= Successful Cheese Diversification Examples: Dubliner Cheese and The Growth of Wisconsin Specialty Cheese |url= http://www.teagasc.ie/publications/2011/1039/9_Keynote3_JohnLucey_SuccessfulExamplesOfCheeseDiversification.pdf |first= John |last= Lucey |date= September 2011 |work= Cheese Symposium Proceedings & Presentations |publisher= Teagasc |accessdate= 2013-11-11 |archive-date= 2013-11-11 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131111062439/http://www.teagasc.ie/publications/2011/1039/9_Keynote3_JohnLucey_SuccessfulExamplesOfCheeseDiversification.pdf |url-status= dead }} Commercial production began in 1994; five years later, it was introduced to the United States, and by 2011, more than {{convert|40000|tonne}} had been produced for sale in multiple markets.