Harpersfield Double Soak

Rennet: Animal

Milk: Pasteurized Holstien Cow

Cheese: Type 2

Related: Tilsit

Origin: Made by Brovetto Family Dairy in Harpersfield NY. Cheesemaker, Ron Brovetto

Age: 4-7 months.

Story: Ron and Corine Brovetto moved to upstate New York from Long Island to get back to the land in the 1970's way before it was cool. The farms around them began to disappear, but they continued to thrive. In 1999, at age 65 Ron decided he wanted to make cheese. He fondly rememberd Tilsit from his childhood, and set about trying to make that. His unique cheese now comes in a variety of flavors. We buy one that he soaks in Ommegang ale, and then resoak it in Brooklyn's Local 1 and age it further. Upstate cheese and upstate beer combine with a NYC cheese shop and NYC beer to make a cheese with a smooth yet melting paste, and a full yeasty, beery flavor, with a backbone of tang.

Pairings: Brooklyn Brewery's Local 1 or Ommegang's Abbey Ale

1/4 LB 1/3 LB 1/2 LB 2/3 LB 3/4 LB 1 LB 2 LB 3 LB 4 LB 5 LB $21.00 per pound