From Byerly’s this week: Bellavitano. Origin unknown. It was a small sample that I enjoyed in one long sitting. $16.99/lb. Medium dry, complex and lasting flavor. MMMM!

Beemster Vlaskaas from Cub Foods.

$15.89 / lb

~ Holland Vlaskas Imported

Just a random, impulse cheese purchase after a few week stint. “Starts out strong and finishes even better!” [mf] “I’m just glad I finally picked a winner.” [sd] It’s been a long time since we were surprised with a 4 Cheese one. We LOVE this cheese!

Murcia Curado Do from Whole Foods

$15.99 / lb

~ Raw Goat’s Milk

This cheese came highly recommended by the super cool cheese salesperson, Dayna, from WF. She was also the one who told us about Gordonzola and The Cheese Mistress.

“It just tastes good! It’s unique. The flavor hits you later.” ~samm

It goes great with watermelon!

[Negative One on the Cheese Scale]

Raclette Swiss Bulk from Safeway

$15.49 / lb

~ Traditional Farmhouse unpasturized semi-soft

A$$!!! “It hurts! It hurts!” ~mike. It’s very rancid and painful. Tastes like it went bad!!! I spit! I couldn’t swallow it!!!

Fiscallini Cheddar from Cub Foods

$19.99 / lb

~ Bandage wrapped aged Cheddar from California

(aged 18 mos) very dry, very parmy, grates nicely. Mike likes the cloth. “Now that I know it’s not swiss, I like it a lot.” ~mike

This was the other cheese we accidentally bought, thinking it was swiss…

Applewood Smoked Cheddar from Cub Foods

$17.79 / lb

~ Cow’s Milk, Carr Valley, WI

Don’t taste the Applewood too much. Decent Cheese. Not worth 18 bucks a pound!

Mistakenly purchased this cheese in seek of a swiss. Oops!

Beemsterkaas Classic from Byerly’s

$15.99 / lb

~ Premium Gourmet Dutch Cheese

It didn’t suck like the previous two. Mike thought it was okay. Samm didn’t. How could such an expensive cheese taste so crappy???

Iberico from Byerly’s

$16.99

~Creamy “Cheddary” Tang from Spain (blended sheep, goat, & cow’s milk)

We did NOT like it! Very dry – a hint of DRANO. Those Spaniards are crazy!

Parmigiano Reggiano from Byerly’s

$17.99 / lb

~Imported from Italy

Oily but nice flavor. Softer than your usual parmesian. **More of a special purpose cheese.

National Valley Redstone Robust from The Wedge

$15.29 / lb

~ A semi-soft goats milk cheese from Wisconsin

Kinda tastes like goat cheese. “Clean & pleasant.” Uneventful. Solid but not exciting.