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PACKSIZE | 10/4 OZ. |
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Barely Buzzed is an artisanal cheese hand-crafted by Tim Welsh and Pat Ford of the Beehive Cheese Company in Utah. Tim and Pat were brothers-in-law before leaving corporate jobs to team up and make cheese. The base cheese is their signature “Utah Cheddar”. The wheel is then rubbed with ground espresso and lavender oil. The rub adds notes of butterscotch and caramel that are prevalent close to the rind, but find their way to the center of the cheese.
Italco remains commited to bringing you excellent convenience options. Fresh grated from whole imported wheels here at Italco Food Products. The perfect solution for time saving and convenience – Authentic Grana Padono blended in house and delivered to you free of any starches or additives – Just great real cheese.
3rd PLACE SOFT RIPENED WASHED RIND – AMERICAN CHEESE SOCIETY AWARDS 2023
MouCo ColoRouge is a natural rind cheese that is reddish-orange in color with a slight white finish. Soft and creamy is a great description for the textures as well as taste and aromas. Mildly earthy tones compliment the slight acidity of the young cheese. As it ages the cheese will start to soften, develop a pronounced buttery characteristic as well as develop a further complexity in its earthy characteristic. MouCo ColoRouge is fully aged at 7-8 weeks. At this point the cheese flavor is quite complex with its buttery creamy flavors as well as a developed earthiness that is spicy and …well…just addictive. The cheese just begins to get gooey when left to warm to room temperature.
2nd PLACE SOFT RIPENED – AMERICAN CHEESE SOCIETY AWARDS 2023
A lightly stiff center when young, complimented by a buzz of tartness. As the cheese ripens, the pate develops a creamier flavor and texture. A hint of sweetness compliments a bit of hum in the finish. At 7-8 weeks, the cheese is fully ripe, soft and gooey, a definitive line shows off the soft edible rind. A murmur of sweetness balances the complex cheese.
The average ripening time to obtain the characteristic intense and slightly spicy flavour of our semi-cured cheese is about three months. The texture obtained is buttery and very nice to the taste.The cut is easy, showing a smooth surface, full and shiny.
Fourth generation cheesemaker Javier and his wife make this teardrop shaped cheese in their home in Lugo, Galicia, which also doubles as a cheese plant. It’s a tiny operation with only 4 employes, and the care with which this award-winning cheese is made shows. Javier waits until the end of the process to smoke the cheese with birch wood for up to 90 minutes. It develops a lovely caramel colored exterior, a golden interior with tiny eyes and a subtle smoked flavor. Javier says the aroma reminds his customers of a time gone by, when their food was cooked over a wood-fired flame. We couldn’t agree more.