This Cave Aged Tomme de Nena was smooth and vaguely nutty. There was an earthy, sort of Gruyere-esque aspect to it in the back notes. The flavor profile was not strong by any means; it was casual and creamy. Not a powerful cheese by any means, but it was tasty for its simplicity and solidness.…
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The Neal’s Yard Dairy Montgomery Cheddar distinguishes itself from other cheddar cheeses by having a blue vein running across its body. This vein imparts a sharp, tangy flavor, like that of a blue cheese. Also like a blue cheese, the Montgomery Cheddar is smooth and creamy. It cuts like it was of a stiffer body…
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The L’Amuse Signature Gouda was aged for approximately two years. Due to this aging process, clumps of salty crystals are sprinkled across the body of this gouda. These are by far my most favorite part of any aged gouda. They had a pop of salty flavor that pairs magnificently with fig spread and a variety…
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The Neal’s Yard Dairy Stilton is a creamy blue cheese. The typical tang of blue is subdued in favor of a smoother, richer flavor. The tang does exist, however, but merely as an after note. Although the consistency of the body is sticky and crumbly, it holds up to being cut better than some other…
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The Quadrello Di Buffala is a buffalo’s milk cheese. The body of the cheese is smooth and rich. Thick and almost creamy. Solid throughout, but it has a ‘gel’ like consistency. Sort of sticky. Slightly hard to cut, but the slices that I was able to carve out were fine to eat and held together…
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The Abbaye de Belloc Pyrenees is a sheep’s cheese with faint earthy tones. It has a Swiss Cheese-like texture, neither hard nor considerably soft. Pliable and easy to bite into. The mushroom notes fade in slowly and come delicately. This flavor is not overpowering in any sense. Very mild in presentation. The Abbaye de Belloc Pyrenees is a difficult…
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The Cyprus Grove Humboldt Fog is a veined goat cheese. As you can see from the pictures, it is a typical crumbly goat cheese. Not typical is the cream that separates the cheese and the rind. This substance is a honey-like cream, for lack of a better term, that binds the fluffy body with the tender…
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The Frisian Farms Gouda is a flaky, partially aged gouda. It is rife with partial amounts of crystals and has a dry body. There is not much special about it, aside from its exceptionally brittle texture. It is tasty and goes quite well with ripe peaches. Anything sweet, really.…
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The Maytag Blue Cheese looks like any other blue cheese. White body, dark blue veins. It crumbles uneasily, being so sticky and thick. In this luscious Maytag Blue Cheese, the creaminess of the cheesy white body is the center-piece, rather than the sharpness of the trademark mold veins. The tangy cream is the main flavor…
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The Landmark Creamery Petit Nuage was the 2015 Gold Medal Winner of the USA Cheese Competition. And for good reason. This cheese comes in adorable little cylinders of cheese that are textured. The consistency is like a grittier goat cheese, which makes perfect sense as it is a sheep’s milk cheese. It has a tart beginning, like an…
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