“Your cheese looks crazy,” my wife said this morning.

“Unfortunately,” I sighed, “it’s just kinda a plain crumbling dry cheddar.”

This technicolor Ivy’s looks good, but has below average flavor and texture. Very crumbly, almost “mouth dusty.”

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No, I haven’t stopped eating Cheddar.

Picked up this new old cheese this week, no real origin information except “Canada.”

Not as sweet as a British cheddar, this one definitely has more New England vibes. Decent cream melt in your month, very solid flavor. Nothing to object to. Nothing to be “wow, this has changed my life.” Just a solid, aged sharp-ish white cheddar.

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Another widely-available cheddar from one of the best butter makers in the world.

It’s a super mild, a little wet, kinda just “eh, it’s fine” cheddar with hints of sour. Not a bad cheese, but maybe just stick it and a sandwich and don’t think twice about it.

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Stopped into Safeway.

British Organic Dairy Co’s Extra Sharp 12mo was a great surprise.

Nutty, creamy with almost a back-of-the-throat activation. So British. Almost Beer Cheese Soup cheese.

From Summerset, “the birthplace of cheddar.”

Gonna try this back to back with some of my favorite British creams and see how it stands.

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Milton Creamery’s Prairie Breeze was the cheesemonger at Zupan’s “favorite cheddar,” and gotta say, they’re not wrong. Moist and crumbly, sweet with a hint of hoppy-ness. Nice mouth stickiness. Bright but complex. Recommended.

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Despite a 4.7 star rating on Amazon, this Whole Foods exclusive aged cheddar from Kerrygold was super disappointing.

Feels like an extra hard cheddar, has an almost smoky flavor, though there’s no smoke in it, and has a Gouda like-finish that wasn’t great. My first reaction was briney, and not in a good way.

They release this one in January for St. Patrick’s day, but if you like Irish Cheddar I’d stick to one of Kerrygold’s standards.

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