"THE GRANARY"

CHEESE VAT FARM

SHERIFF HUTTON

YORK

NORTH YORKSHIRE

YO60 6RT
 
   
   

A Cheese Vat explained

No - it is nothing to do with a special rate of Value-Added Tax on Cheese. It is what it says - a vat used in the process of cheese making, like this example -
 

When making Cheddar type cheese, approximately 1kg of cheese is produced from a 10 litre batch of milk.

 The Vat which you see on this page is quite old.

Water is circulated through the vat jacket at a preselected temperature by the pump contained in the separate control console which stands adjacent to the vat.
 

Despite this vat being far from modern, vats like this are still in use.

  

If you want to learn more - and it gets rather technical - click on the link below

Cheese making equipment explained