Cheese Reviews
The Grate My Cheese database of cheese reviews. Reviewer's opinions are their own.
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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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Morbier (Lidl “Deluxe”)
POSTED BY LOUIS JOHN BRZOZKA ON DECEMBER 11, 2020
I like to think I am a fair person. I like to give things a chance and often will give a poor showing the benefit of the doubt. Such was the case with my first experience of Morbier. It arrived at our...
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Christmas Cake Flavour Yorkshire Wensleydale (Asda)
POSTED BY PHILIP ON DECEMBER 10, 2020
No reasonable adult of sound mind could deny this is a Christmas cheese. I reviewed this cheese at the request of a reader; despite my previously-documented intense dislike of both fruitcakes and du...
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Christmas Pudding Cheese (Croome Cheese)
POSTED BY PEZ ON DECEMBER 9, 2020
This cheese is a novelty wax-wrapped Christmas-pudding-flavoured cheese. The substrate cheese is not clearly stated (an ominous sign) but relatively Cheddar-like; the cheese is infused with brandy, dr...
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Comte (Marks and Spencer)
POSTED BY JOE ON DECEMBER 8, 2020
There are many strong traditions when it comes to French cheesemaking, and very few French cheeses are held in higher regard than Comte. As the second type of cheese to receive AOC designation and pro...
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Gouda with red pesto, fenugreek and Italian herbs (Villa Rosso)
POSTED BY PHILIP ON DECEMBER 7, 2020
This cheese is a conventional (“ legacy “) cow’s milk Gouda, bafflingly infused with red pesto, fenugreek, and perhaps other herbs. Phil and Pez bought this cheese purely on the basis of its rosy fest...
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Camembert (Lidl “Classic”)
POSTED BY LOUIS JOHN BRZOZKA ON DECEMBER 6, 2020
If you ask someone to name a soft French cheese, their mind may well jump to the two cornerstones of Brie and Camembert. Given its widespread appeal, its likely to be a candidate for any cheeseboard f...
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