Colston Bassett Stilton

Cheese lovers!

Ok, this cheese is dees (decent). I'm not as into it as I was hoping I would be for all the hype that Colston Bassett gets. This was $15.99/lb at the big WF (Whole Foods that is) and carried it's weight pretty well for the slice I bought.

Smells like: sweat--solid body sweat. Not so much like armpit sweat, but like, you eat really well and forgot deodorant and you smell like you sweat. Also, a little bit of clean socks, and rodent cage (actually, I didn't think Rodent cage, but Joel did and he had more rodents that me.)

At this point you may be thinking: Rocky, you have only said gross things I don't really LIKE smelling. WHY would I be interested in this cheese?

WELL, this cheese...
Tastes like: citrus. So much citrus. Also, right off the bat it's a super salty cheese. Love it. And the rind is actually even more interesting than the cheese. Stilton is a crazy cheese because it's got a natural rind, which means they don't seal it in on itself with something like wax. It's just packed tightly after it is drained to hold in air bubbles, and then aged about 10 weeks or so. I'd say this is a young-ish Stilton, because it is very bright and forward on the tongue, and Stlton's tend to mellow with age (ah, so like man you are, Stilton).

Fun fact: Stilton may only be produced in 3 English counties.

Rating: On a scale of 1 to I just punched a hole in the wall this cheese has so much flavor, I give it a 6.5