Roth’s Private Reserve

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

Roth's Private Reserve is made by Roth Käse in Monroe, Wisconsin. Private Reserve is a raw cow's milk cheese that is cured a minimum of nine months in the Roth Käse Cellars. Private Reserve has a hard, washed rind with a wonderful stone color and texture (a very attractive looking rind!). ...

Lesher

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Lesher is a Cheddar/English-style cheese made by Keswick Creamery in Newberg, PA. Lesher is made from raw, Jersey milk that has been aged in a wax rind. Presumably the cheese is named after the road the farm is located on. The interior of the cheese is a golden, honey color. It ...

Green Meadow Farm Raw Milk Cheddar

Friday, July 31st, 2009

This Raw Milk Cheddar is from Green Meadow Farm in Gap, PA. It's made from raw milk from Holstein cows and is aged for a year. There isn't much information about this farm, and as their website indicates that they focus on specialty herbs and vegetables for restaurants in the  ...

Birchrun Hills Highland Alpine

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Birchrun Hills Farm Highland Alpine, made in Birchrunville, Chester County, PA, is a raw milk, washed-rind cheese. Obviously, based on the name, this is an Alpine-style cheese that has been cave aged. The washed rind has a wonderful, deep, honey color. There isn't much of an aroma, just a slight briny ...

Blue Suede Moo

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Keswick Creamery's Blue Suede Moo is a wonderful blue cheese with a terrific name. It is made from raw cow's milk and has a beautiful interior and a wonderfully cragy, mottled rind. The interior has a light gray to beige paste with lots of variation in the mold colors ranging ...

Three Belle Swiss

Monday, July 13th, 2009

I was doing a quick run through Reading Terminal and hit up Fair Food Farmstand to see what cheeses were in that day. I noticed a new cheese brand, Three Belle Cheese . Looked good, nice bright label with a cute drawing, and, what's this, goat's milk "Swiss" cheese. I ...

Grayson

Monday, July 13th, 2009

Wow, just .. wow! When I took the cheese out and it began to warm, the kitchen started smelling like a barnyard. Even the SO walked in and started looking around wondering where the funk was emanating from. I was almost afraid that the slice of Grayson I got was ...