Midnight Moon

Rennet: Vegitarian

Milk: Pasteurized Goat's Milk

Cheese: Type 3 Gouda

Related: Lamb Chopper, Arina

Origin: Made by a small dairy in Holland, in partnership with Cypress Grove Chevre in Arcata California.

Age: 1 Year

Story: This cheese is part of Cypress Grove's creamline. It's made exclusively for them by a small Dutch dairy, according to their specifications. Anyone who thinks Pasteurized milk can't stand up to raw need only taste this cheese to be convinced. Made with the intense process used to make other, longer aged goudas, but at a year, the goats milk is perfectly balanced between the sweeter flavors of the long aged, and the milkier taste of the younger. It's alot like condensed milk, but it carries a subtle hint of longer aged goat's milk, with flavors of olives and hay.

Pairings: Cava, Pilsner, Lambrusco, Reisling. Vodka and Gin.

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