Reviews tagged: Hard
All posts related to the tag "Hard"
Espresso Bellavitano
POSTED BY PHILIP ON JUNE 14, 2025
As a rational adult, I consider flavoured or infused cheeses an abomination against nature. Wensleydale with cranberries is a great way to turn a mediocre cheese into a faintly repulsive one. Cheeses ...
CONTINUE READING →REVIEW DETAILS
Seriously Strong Extra Mature Cheddar
POSTED BY LOUIS JOHN BRZOZKA ON OCTOBER 1, 2023
Cheddar is undoubtedly one of the true workhorses of the cheese world. With a very competitive market it can be hard to stand out. For me (and many others in these more austere times) price can be a b...
CONTINUE READING →REVIEW DETAILS
Tesco Finest Black Garlic Infused Aged Sheep’s Cheese
POSTED BY PHILIP ON NOVEMBER 20, 2022
Nothing is certain in life but the inevitability of death, the inescapability of taxes, and Nature’s iron rule that a cheese infused with something else will never be very good. This sheep’s cheese co...
CONTINUE READING →REVIEW DETAILS
Snowdonia Cheese Company “Rock Star” Vintage Cheddar
POSTED BY PHILIP ON OCTOBER 6, 2022
My last few liaisons with the Snowdonia Cheese Company’s legendary Black Bomber have left me a little bewildered. Yes, that extra mature Cheddar is undoubtedly delicious, with a silky-smooth texture...
CONTINUE READING →REVIEW DETAILS
Norfolk Mardler (Hard Goat Cheese – Lidl Deluxe)
POSTED BY LOUIS JOHN BRZOZKA ON MARCH 28, 2021
There are some, mostly in the darker corners of the internet, that claim you can make cheese out of anything that produces milk. Personally I wouldn’t have wanted to be the person who systematically t...
CONTINUE READING →REVIEW DETAILS
Red Fox Red Leicester (Lidl Deluxe)
POSTED BY LOUIS JOHN BRZOZKA ON JANUARY 3, 2021
There has been much talk on the site recently about the battle between Cheddar and Red Leicester. I have long advocated that there is plenty of room in the cheeseboard of the world for both (although ...
CONTINUE READING →REVIEW DETAILS
Stihians Cornish Yarg (Lynher Dairies)
POSTED BY LOUIS JOHN BRZOZKA ON DECEMBER 20, 2020
A trip to the cheese counter at the deli is always a delight. You can almost bank on finding a new and interesting cheese to sample. So it was with my next 3 planned reviews. You might pay a premium f...
CONTINUE READING →REVIEW DETAILS
Red Leicester Bite Ingot Truckle (Tesco Finest)
POSTED BY PHILIP ON DECEMBER 17, 2020
An admirable second entry under the “cheese ingot” banner, which as is well-documented elsewhere I am physiologically unable to resist. This is a pretty decent Red Leicester which is as easy to eat as...
CONTINUE READING →REVIEW DETAILS
Ossau-Iraty Extra Mature (Onetik, Basque Country Cheese Factory)
POSTED BY JOE ON DECEMBER 15, 2020
This is the second variety of Ossau-Iraty I have tried this month in my enthusiasm to review my highest scoring cheeses from the past, and unfortunately this variety does not compare well to the other...
CONTINUE READING →REVIEW DETAILS
Cheddar (Black Bomber – Snowdonia Cheese Company Extra Mature)
POSTED BY JOE ON DECEMBER 12, 2020
This cheese has a somewhat mythical reputation among the writers at gratemycheese. It is held as a kind of gold standard of artisanal cheddar, a cheese to compare all other cheese to when determining ...
CONTINUE READING →