Preface: I love spice. I have tried many different spicy peppers, such as the scorpion pepper, the habanero, and the Ghost Pepper that is featured in the titular Ghost Pepper Cheese. So basically, my spice tolerance is very high and I enjoy having my mouth burned out, so this review is very biased in that…
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This Lye Cross Vintage Cheddar was aged 14 months. It is a white cheddar with a grittier texture than most. Being a white cheddar, however, it still is a smooth flavor. What separates it is its ‘edgy’ grassy finish. Slightly biting earth tones come in at the end of the light cheddary flavors. The cheese itself…
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The Hook’s One Year Aged Sharp Cheddar Cheese has a smooth flavor, contrary to it being named ‘sharp.’ The sharpness is more of an afterthought, with acidic notes coming only at the end of the flavor. Hints of nuttiness crop up with the sharp-tang. The texture is milky and creamy, as a slice the cheese bends…
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This blueberry cheddar cheese is bruised with blue pockets of the titular fruit. Packed and scattered with blueberries. I was expecting a flavor that matched the visual proportion of blueberry/cheese, but it did match my expectations. The blueberry flavor was very faint and was overwhelmed by the white-cheddar. In a few chunks of cheese where there was…
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The Monte Enebro is a Spanish goat’s milk cheese with a dark blue-black rind. The consistency of the Monte Enebro is smooth and slightly gummy: comparable to that of a firm brie. A whiff of it also brings to mind brie-like cheese: it has a mildly pungent aroma. The flavor matches the smell with notes of fungus…
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The Hook’s 20 Year Aged Cheddar went on the market for around $200/lb. It has been snatched up by chefs and foodies everywhere. What does 20 years give to a cheese in flavor? In this case it gives a cheese the most intense cheddar flavor I have ever experienced. The flavor of the Hook’s 20…
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Driftless Sheep Cheese comes in a plastic container and a variety of flavors. The flavors offered are tomato and basil, olive oil, lavender and honey, and plain. I selected the lavender and honey variety. The texture is fluffy, lighter than cream. Its consistency reminded me of crepe filling. It would pair excellently with a crepe…
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