A gentle reminder that there are exactly three weeks until the next Session a.k.a. The Great Online Beer & Cheese-Off. Now would be a perfect time to pick up three cheeses for the tasting, try them, and start thinking about what beers might work best with them. Here are the cheeses to be on the lookout for:
1. Maytag Blue
Maytag Blue or another blue cheese.
2. Widmer 1-Year Aged Cheddar
Widmer Cellars one-year old aged cheddar or another one-year aged cheddar cheese.
3. Cypress Grove Humboldt Fog
Humboldt Fog from Cypress Grove Chevre or another goat cheese.
It’s easier to participate then my long-winded explanation. Just eat cheese, drink beer and write about it. On Friday, May 6.
Hey Jay,
I think we can get the Maytag Blue and the Humboldt Fog but not sure where to try for the Widmer as I’ve never heard of that one. Any ideas where to look?
Whole Foods used to carry it, but they just told me they stopped so now I’m not sure. It’s supposed to be available nationally, but their website sadly has no info on where to buy and every Bay Area cheese shop’s website I checked doesn’t list which cheeses they carry — which is frustrating. Anyway, your best bet is probably a better grocery or a cheese shop. If you can’t find it, just pick up any aged cheddar, 1-yr is probably ideal. I ordered directly over Widmer’s website because I’m lazy. I ordered it Monday and it arrived today (along with some cheese curds … yum!)
Jay, I’ll second that. I’ve been looking for Widmer at higher end grocery stores on the Peninsula (Whole Foods, Lunardi’s, Piazza’s, Molly Stone) and can find it, although Maytag Blue and Coastal Fog weren’t too hard to find. I’ll probably just use another 1-3 year old aged cheddar. Should be fun in any event.