Sheep
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| Lifespan | 10 – 12 years |
|---|---|
| Gestation period | 152 days |
| Family | Bovidae |
| Scientific name | Ovis aries |
| Mass | Male: 45 – 160 kg (Large Adult), Female: 45 – 100 kg (Large Adult) |
| Did you know | The Merino ewe furnished the foundation of a cross-bred stock. |
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| ID | 1136647 |
About Sheep
Domestic sheep are quadrupedal, ruminant mammals typically kept as livestock. Like most ruminants, sheep are members of the order Artiodactyla, the even-toed ungulates. Although the name sheep applies to many species in the genus Ovis, in everyday usage it almost always refers to Ovis aries.
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Farming Wales: The farmer making vodka from sheep milk
As a tractor rumbles past mid-way through our interview, I have to check I haven't misheard.
" You make your vodka from. . Sheep 's milk?, " I have to ask.
I hadn't misheard. Award-winning young farmer Bryn Perry, from Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire, uses an innovative method of recycling leftover whey from his cheese-making in order to produce The Spirit .
Before you recoil with a resounding " yuck" Bryn insists his Ewe Whey Vodka is very pleasant.
The Principle is similar to milk stout, he explains. The sugars in the whey are fermented in order to make a kind of beer, which is then distilled to produce the finished vodka.
Although Bryn and his partner Rebecca Morris describe it as having a " creamy finish which can be drunk neat" he says it's by no means a " milkshake for grownups".
'No justification for waste'" You tell people you're making vodka from ewes' whey, and they immediately presume it will be a milky, dairy-based drink, " He Said .
" In truth it's quite similar to a normal vodka, but smoother - the sort of thing you might enjoy with some stilton and grapes in place of a port. "
He Said the idea came to him After The Pain he felt while pouring gallons of whey down the drain.
" Environmentally, financially, morally, there's no justification for wasting any farming by-product These Days , " said Bryn.
" Since setting up, we've been making five different varieties of Sheep 's milk cheese, but everyday we threw away half of everything we collected from the milking parlour. "
How do you make vodka from Sheep Milk ?After the curds are separated for use in their cheeses, the leftover whey is transported to the nearby Tan-y-Groes distillery for processing.
It took them a year of tinkering with The Recipe before Bryn was awarded the Brinley Williams Memorial Award for best emerging farmer in Wales.
" The precise process is a closely guarded Secret - After All the effort we've put into it we're not about to tell everyone how it's done, " said Bryn.
" We currently use Dutch Sheep because they have The Best milk yields, but we're in The Process of trying to cross-breed them with native Welsh Sheep whose feet are hardier for our hilly conditions. "
'Pretty niche'As proof that fact really is stranger than fiction, the idea of Sheep 's milk alcohol was mooted on The Archers when gin manufacturer Toby Fairbrother tried to source Borchester Blue Cheese producer Helen Archer 's discarded whey in order to make milk gin.
But Bryn and Rebecca say they were The First in the UK to make it a reality.
" I hadn't heard about The Archers storyline, " he laughed.
" I got the idea from someone in New Zealand , who I think was The First in The World at The Time , and now there's one other in the UK, but we're still pretty niche. "
Putting waste to use in WalesTheir vodka is the latest in a growing line of Welsh efforts to reuse by-products which would ordinarily be Thrown Away .
Pennotec, based in Y Ffôr, near Pwllheli in Gwynedd, are developing a process to use The Apple pulp from cider production as a substitute for fat in ready-meals, as well as waste shells from seafood processing as a natural water clarifier for use in filter systems for swimming pools and hydrotherapy.
Meanwhile, After two years of intensive research and experimentation, the Cameron brothers opened and use hedge trimmings from local farms to provide botanicals for their gin.
And distillers are using their waste pot ale, which is the precursor to whisky, as fertiliser on local farms, while spent grain is recycled as cattle feed.
Ewe Whey Vodka is currently only available at farmers' markets or direct from Bryn and Rebecca's farm, although they are hoping to have online sales available In Time for Mothers' Day.
To find out more, listen to on BBC Radio Wales at 07:00 GMT on Sunday, or on.
Source of news: bbc.com
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