Interested in the Baltimore - Pittsburgh game or the Jets - Patriots or what about Green Bay - Atlanta? Maybe you want to watch Seattle vs the Chicago Bears? It's a big football weekend -- for those who don't follow football all season, these games get more exciting, not as exciting as the Super Bowl, but still significantly more thrilling than regular season games!
So I thought, why not suggest a selection of three cheeses for those of you grabbing a six pack of beer and settling into your friend's couch to root on your favorite team!
You want a nice variety but certainly approachable cheeses for those with a less discerning palate.
Our first choice is Dancing Cow Farm's Menuet from Bridpot, Vermont. It is a raw cow's milk tomme style cheese made with un-cooled milk from a single milking of their Jersey cow herd and consequently aged for at least five months. Named after the French Baroque dance, it is just as lively and fanciful as its namesake. Gently creamy and sweet with a nice light nuttiness and hints of grass and melted butter. With added aging, it almost adopts certain Cheddar-y moments, however it is not crafted in a Cheddar style. Fabulous for amateur cheese palates, this is the sort of cheese that goes down easy but is a standout. Very versatile when it comes to beers, this could work with a pilsner, an ale, you name it!
How about a nice creamy bloomy rind cheese next? Constant Bliss from Jasper Hill Farm in Vermont is a great choice! Made in the style of the fabulous French Chaource, this cow's milk cylinder of creamy cheesy goodness just melts in your mouth. Aged for just sixty days, it is thick, buttery, milky, and superbly decadent. Why not go with a nice Pilsner here? Light enough to cut the creamy-ness of the cheese in all the right ways? A Radeberger with its crisp clean notes would be a nice choice.
Finally, how about a Blue cheese? A friendly one for sure! How about Lively Run's Cayuga Blue? One hundred percent goat's milk blue hailing from Upstate New York, this is has a round mouth feel with a supremely nice creamy finish. Yes it is somewhat piquant with hints of musky-ness but those are cut by the fresh floral citrusy notes from the goat's milk. This would be great with a nice Lambic style Ale if you want to spice up the party? Fruit forward and light, this would tone down the piquant notes of the cheese in all the right ways. How about a Lambic Framboise?
Enjoy folks!
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