the cheese blog

Twig Farm Soft Wheel

I picked up a few cheeses at DiBruno’s for the Thanksgiving meal cheese plate. One of the more adventurous cheese’s I selected was Twig Farm Soft Wheel (or Washed Rind Wheel as it’s called on the website), from Twig Farm in West Cornwall, Vermont.

This was about as stinky a cheese I was willing to go since the rest of the family are not too into cheese (a gift for myself then?) The cheese is made from raw goat milk. It’s aged about 80 days. The cheese has a beautiful washed rind (washed with whey) that was bright orange with a white mold begining to form. The aroma was a bit stinky with a smell of mushrooms. The color of the interior was off-white, almost a fresh butter color. It’s a semi-soft cheese and when served at room temperature takes on a buttery consistency. The taste was quite interesting. It was primarily mushroom tasting, but also had some tang and bite on the finish.

Overall, this was a really nice cheese. Definitely an interesting soft cheese to serve on a cheese plate. I would pick this cheese again.