Pat CastaldoOne doesn’t simply expect their cheddar cheese to taste like provolone and that is Joe’s secret in this one.
Truth is, kinda liked it. Fruity and bright, like a stackable provolone, but not very cheddary.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sometimes you kinda shouldn't trust fancy packaging—and this is one of those cases.
This is an absolutely fine Sommerset Cheddar, but nothing special.
It's an 18 month cheese made by Wyke Farms under this Ivy Cheddar sub-brand that almost feels made up? "Ivy’s Reserve was created by our grandmother, a pioneer cheesemaker and all-round formidable woman."
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.
Kinda disappointed in this 7 Year. It’s very sharp, as you’d expect, but doesn’t have much else going for it. It’s a serviceable grocery store cheese, but I don’t think I’d bother getting it again.
I hate this cheese because it’s really, really good but has the most pretentious, sanctimonious, nonsense copy I’ve ever read. Making up words like “Farmer-Physician” and “Nutrition in Covenantal Relationships.”
It’s like an A24 movie marketing campaign, but for cheese. I might have unknowingly joined a cult just by eating it.
Super soft, creamy and a really nice finish. I’ll begrudgingly buy it again.
“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.”
waferbaby@patc Wait, wait, where am I sticking this cheese and sandwich?