This Week's Tasting: February 20, 2018

Every week at Dairymaids we select six cheeses to include in our free cheese tasting. Whenever we are open, we are tasting cheese. We stock over 150!

St. Malachi is a much lauded cow's milk cheese from the Farm at Doe Run in Pennslyvania. Taking inspiration from Gouda and Alpine styles, the cheesemakers have used their Jersey cow's milk to create a delicious cheese with notes of roasted nuts, dried fruits, toffee and buttered toast. This Reserve batch is aged over one year. 

We'll also be sampling:

Coupole, a soft-ripened goat's milk cheese with a dense, creamy texture from Vermont Butter & Cheese in Vermont. 

Hook's Sheep Milk Cheddar, a 100% sheep's milk cheddar from Hook's Cheese in Wisconsin

Reading Raclette, a raw cow's milk raclette from Springbrook Farms in Vermont - a non-profit that teaches city kids about farming.

CastroCastillo, a semi-firm, mixed, raw milk cheese (cow's, goat's, and sheep's), cave-aged by Javier Barrera in Spain.

Glacier Blue, a natural-rinded, raw cow's milk blue aged in lava tube caves at the Cascadia Creamery in Washington.

Our wine of the week is Mirth, a Chardonnay from Columbia Valley, Washington. It has golden apple and tropical fruit notes and a clean finish. We taste wine from 10am to 2pm on Saturdays.

Our pairing of the week are Asparagini, spicy, marinated asparagus from Mama Lil's in Portland, Oregon.