Best Longmont Cheese Types
Herbes de Provence Chevre is an American semi-soft cheese hailing from Colorado, where it's produced by Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy. The cheese is made from pasteurized goat's milk and it's shaped into logs that are coated in Herbes de Provence, a traditional French spice blend originating from Provence.
The texture of this rindless cheese is creamy and crumbly. The aromas are fresh and clean, while the flavors are mild and herbaceous. It's recommended to serve the cheese with crusty bread and Kalamata olives. Pair it with a glass of fruity wine such as Chenin Blanc or Sauvignon Blanc.
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Haystack Mountain Camembert is an American cheese hailing from Colorado, where it's produced by Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy. The cheese is made from pasteurized goat's milk. Underneath its bloomy rind, the cheese ripens from the outside in, and the body becomes oozy, creamy, and earthy with age.
The texture is chalky, runny, soft, supple, and creamy. The flavors are milky, sweet, creamy, and earthy. It's recommended to pair Haystack Mountain Camembert with a glass of Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc, or India Pale Ale. Serve the cheese on a cheese board with stone-fruit preserves, pecans, or savory crackers.
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Chile Jack is an American Monterey Jack-style cheese produced in Colorado by Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy. The cheese is made from goat's milk with the addition of mild and roasted Anaheim green chili peppers. Underneath its waxy rind, the texture is creamy.
The aromas are mild and the flavors are creamy, tangy, and spicy. This semi-soft cheese is often used as a filling for enchiladas, omelets, or quesadillas. It's recommended to pair it with a glass of Chardonnay.
Bufala Soldier is an American cheese hailing from Longmont, Colorado, where it's produced by Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy. The cheese is made from a pasteurized mix of cow's, goat's, and water buffalo's milk. It's produced seasonally, only during winter.
Underneath its bloomy rind, the texture is soft, creamy, and buttery. The aroma is rich, while the flavors are creamy, buttery, sweet, earthy, and acidic. It's recommended to serve Bufala Soldier with preserved fruit due to its buttery and earthy flavors.
Haystack Mountain Feta is an American feta-style cheese hailing from Colorado, where it's produced by Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy. The cheese is made from pasteurized goat's milk and it comes packed in brine and whey. The texture is dry, firm, and crumbly, the aromas are lactic, fresh, and clean, and the flavors are mild, tangy, and slightly salty.
Due to its dry and crumbly texture, this cheese is very versatile so it's often crumbled over salads, pasta dishes, roasted vegetables, or pizza. It's recommended to pair Haystack Mountain Feta with dry and fruity whites such as Gewürztraminer or Chenin Blanc.
Applewood Smoked Chèvre is an American cheese hailing from Longmont, Colorado, where it's produced by Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy. This applewood-smoked and rindless cheese is made from pasteurized goat's milk. The aromas are woody, while the flavors are delicately goaty and subtle.
The texture of the cheese is crumbly, firm, creamy, and semi-soft. It's recommended to serve it crumbled over grilled vegetables and pair it with a glass of Weissbier, Sangiovese, or Pinot Noir. The cheese has also won numerous awards.
Wall Street Gold is an American cheese hailing from Colorado, where it's produced by Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy. This Alpine-style hard cheese is made from raw goat's milk and it's left to age for a year before consumption. Underneath its natural rind, the texture is firm.
The aromas are clean, while the flavors are deep, meaty, savory, nutty, and earthy. The cheese was named after the Wall Street mining district (near Boulder and Longmont), a source of gold in the 1880s. It's recommended to use Wall Street Gold in fondues, pizzas, and French onion soup.
Snowdrop is an American camembert-style cheese hailing from Colorado, where it's produced by Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy. The cheese is made from pasteurized goat's milk and it's usually left to age for 5 weeks. Underneath its thin bloomy rind, the texture is creamy, soft, or runny, depending on the ripeness.
When young, the flavors are tangy and clean, and the texture is firm. As it ages, the texture becomes creamy and oozy, with a delicately creamy and mild flavor. The aromas are grassy, milky, and clean. It's recommended to serve Snowdrop with crackers, honey, fresh or dried fruit, or a crusty baguette.
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Buttercup is an American cheese hailing from Colorado, where it's produced by Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy. This Monterey Jack-style cheese is made from a mixture of pasteurized cow's and goat's milk. After it's been dipped in wax, the cheese is left to age from 30 to 60 days before consumption.
Underneath the waxed rind, the texture is firm and creamy, with eyes dispersed throughout the paste. The aromas and flavors are creamy and buttery. It's recommended to use this semi-soft cheese in sandwiches, casseroles, soufflés, or mac and cheese.
Red Cloud is an American cheese hailing from Colorado, where it's produced by Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy. The cheese is made from raw goat's milk and it's left to age for at least 60 days before consumption. Underneath its washed red rind, the texture is firm and creamy.
The aromas are pungent, goaty, and barnyardy, while the flavors are nutty, earthy, meaty, and grassy. It's recommended to serve Red Cloud with plums, figs, or apricots, and pair it with a glass of crisp white wine or a bottle of floral IPA.
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