OT Oregon blue cheese named the best cheese in the world

[SlyPokerDog]

An Oregon cheese stands alone.

A blue cheese called Rogue River Blue, made by Rogue Creamery in Central Point, Oregon, has been declared the best cheese in the world at the 2019 World Cheese Awards.

The event took place Friday in Bergamo, Italy, where cheeses from around the globe were judged over a single day by technical experts, retailers, buyers and food writers. They looked for color, consistency, texture and, ultimately, taste to determine the winner.

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According to the creamery’s website, Rogue River Blue is made from organic milk, cave-aged nine to 11 months and hand-wrapped in Syrah grape leaves that have soaked in pear liqueur. It’s known to exhibit flavors of blackberry, vanilla, hazelnut and bacon – all of which would probably pair nicely.

Winners in previous years have included a Fanaost and Kraftkar from Norway and a Cornish Kern from England.

The World Cheese Awards has not yet released the rest of the 2019 results.

https://www.oregonlive.com/entertai...heese-named-the-best-cheese-in-the-world.html

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Where you can buy some -

http://www.roguecreamery.com/store/content/94/Distributors/

 

[Lanny]

An Oregon cheese stands alone.

A blue cheese called Rogue River Blue, made by Rogue Creamery in Central Point, Oregon, has been declared the best cheese in the world at the 2019 World Cheese Awards.

The event took place Friday in Bergamo, Italy, where cheeses from around the globe were judged over a single day by technical experts, retailers, buyers and food writers. They looked for color, consistency, texture and, ultimately, taste to determine the winner.

...

According to the creamery’s website, Rogue River Blue is made from organic milk, cave-aged nine to 11 months and hand-wrapped in Syrah grape leaves that have soaked in pear liqueur. It’s known to exhibit flavors of blackberry, vanilla, hazelnut and bacon – all of which would probably pair nicely.

Winners in previous years have included a Fanaost and Kraftkar from Norway and a Cornish Kern from England.

The World Cheese Awards has not yet released the rest of the 2019 results.

https://www.oregonlive.com/entertai...heese-named-the-best-cheese-in-the-world.html

This is not the first time that an Oregon cheese has taken first place in the blue cheese category.

By the way, did you know that Tillamook has sold more cheddar cheese than any other company in the world?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

This is not the first time that an Oregon cheese has taken first place in the blue cheese category.

By the way, did you know that Tillamook has sold more cheddar cheese than any other company in the world?

Tillamook cheese comes mostly from cows kept in concrete and dirt feedlots, not green pastures, lawsuit says

More than ⅔ of the milk for Tillamook-brand products comes from cows on the opposite side of the state -- including from the nation’s largest “industrialized dairy factory farm” in Boardman, 230 miles away in the desert of eastern Oregon, according to the lawsuit. The Threemile Canyon facility -- with 32,000 dairy cows and a total of 70,000 cattle -- is comprised of concrete or “barren dirt feedlots” and “robotic carousels” that milk the “continuously confined” animals, according to the suit.

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“Boardman is flat, arid, and often swelteringly hot -- nothing like Tillamook County,” the suit states. “And the mega-dairy in Boardman is so large that it is visible from space.”

https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2019/08/tillamook-ice-cream-cheese-come-mostly-from-cows-kept-in-concrete-and-dirt-feedlots-not-green-pastures-lawsuit-says.html

 

[ABM]

'Bout time.

 

[MarAzul]

I was thinking of mooring the MarAzul in Garibaldi for awhile. Then I drove up that way to take a look, on my way to Scappoose.
Then it hit me, nearing Tillimook where those big 200 yard sprinklers do their work. Damn! I'd have to drive through here every dang trip!

It readjusted my thinking.

 

[andalusian]

I like Bergamo. I once got really lost in Bergamo. Given that Blue Cheese can't ever be the best at anything because it is blue cheese, I would not be surprised if all other entrants were lost and never made it to the judging room. Blue cheese? Yuk.

 

[ABM]

I like Bergamo. I once got really lost in Bergamo. Given that Blue Cheese can't ever be the best at anything because it is blue cheese, I would not be surprised if all other entrants were lost and never made it to the judging room. Blue cheese? Yuk.

Me thinks you need a dose of penicillin.

 

[andalusian]

Me thinks you need a dose of penicillin.

Why, it does not have any taste that can mask the 'flavor' of blue cheese.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I remember liking it when I was going through my cheese nerd phase.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I remember liking it when I was going through my cheese nerd phase.

The only hipster phase you haven't gone through is the facial hair one.

#AsianJoke

 

[ABM]

Why, it does not have any taste that can mask the 'flavor' of blue cheese.

Heck, I don't know. Familia.

 

[riverman]

I remember liking it when I was going through my cheese nerd phase.

cheese nerds being your college roommates?

 

[riverman]

The only hipster phase you haven't gone through is the facial hair one.

#AsianJoke

well if you only have one facial hair it makes sense to let it grow 4 inches long!

 

[theprunetang]

It's a great seasonal cheese. Soaked in Clear Creek pear brandy and wrapped in Syrah grapes leaves. Only available to cheesemongers for a short 1 month period.

This shit has been one of my top 5 cheeses for about 10 years now.

 

[theprunetang]

And yes, I have a cheesemonger license. Certified by the American cheese society.

 

[ABM]

It's a great seasonal cheese. Soaked in Clear Creek pear brandy and wrapped in Syrah grapes leaves. Only available to cheesemongers for a short 1 month period.

This shit has been one of my top 5 cheeses for about 10 years now.

Does it go well on a burger?

 

[MarAzul]

well if you only have one facial hair it makes sense to let it grow 4 inches long!

Damn! That sounds manageable compared to having a face full of Red Woods.

 

[Lanny]

Tillamook cheese comes mostly from cows kept in concrete and dirt feedlots, not green pastures, lawsuit says

More than ⅔ of the milk for Tillamook-brand products comes from cows on the opposite side of the state -- including from the nation’s largest “industrialized dairy factory farm” in Boardman, 230 miles away in the desert of eastern Oregon, according to the lawsuit. The Threemile Canyon facility -- with 32,000 dairy cows and a total of 70,000 cattle -- is comprised of concrete or “barren dirt feedlots” and “robotic carousels” that milk the “continuously confined” animals, according to the suit.

...

“Boardman is flat, arid, and often swelteringly hot -- nothing like Tillamook County,” the suit states. “And the mega-dairy in Boardman is so large that it is visible from space.”

https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2019/08/tillamook-ice-cream-cheese-come-mostly-from-cows-kept-in-concrete-and-dirt-feedlots-not-green-pastures-lawsuit-says.html

All I know is that I knew two dairy farmers in the Tillamook area that sold their milk to Tillamook. One was a patient at the VA hospital that shared a room with me. Apparently, the Tillamook area has a dairy farmers association that sells all of their milk to Tillamook.

 

[theprunetang]

Does it go well on a burger?

Most definitely. However, last time I ran a cheese counter at Cheese Bar in Portland, based on the distributor's price and our mark up, it was selling for $43.99 a lb.

 

[theprunetang]

Rogue creamery offers other delicious and much lower priced blues as well. Best for a burger is probably Caveman blue and Smokey Blue (smoked over local hazelnut shells).

 

[MarAzul]

The best cheddar cheeze in the state, no the best cheddar cheeze anywhere, was made in Bandon about 20+ years ago. Dang, they had an extra extra sharp that was simply excellent. Nothing like it to be found anywhere.
Tillamook bought the factory in Bandon and closed it. End of that great product. Something not right about this process, Tillamook doesn't want to make it, but they don't want anyone else to make it either?
Not quite ethical even though it might make business sense. Consumers lose, business win by eliminating the competition without providing equal alternative. Just bully power over the market.

 

[riverman]

The best cheese I've ever tasted was made by a neighbor ...made it from goat's milk with herbs and lemon...soft cheese...you can't buy it anywhere in the world.

 

[theprunetang]

The best cheddar cheeze in the state, no the best cheddar cheeze anywhere, was made in Bandon about 20+ years ago. Dang, they had an extra extra sharp that was simply excellent. Nothing like it to be found anywhere.
Tillamook bought the factory in Bandon and closed it. End of that great product. Something not right about this process, Tillamook doesn't want to make it, but they don't want anyone else to make it either?
Not quite ethical even though it might make business sense. Consumers lose, business win by eliminating the competition without providing equal alternative. Just bully power over the market.

That was our family trip my entire childhood. We would head to Bandon from Myrtle Creek, and the first stop was always the Bandon Cheese factory. We would then take cheese curds down to a little secret creek and catch sea run cutthroat.

As a note, a new creamery has opened in the old space, called Face Rock Creamery. It's legit. Their aged cloth bound cheddar is 2nd domestically only to Cabot cloth bound from Vermont. The head cheese maker is the old head cheese maker of the famous Beecher's in Pike's Place in Seattle.

 

[Lanny]

Rogue creamery offers other delicious and much lower priced blues as well. Best for a burger is probably Caveman blue and Smokey Blue (smoked over local hazelnut shells).

I use to make my own blue cheese dressing using Caveman.

 

[theprunetang]

I use to make my own blue cheese dressing using Caveman.

Sounds great. So earthy and rich.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

The only hipster phase you haven't gone through is the facial hair one.

#AsianJoke

 

[MarAzul]

That was our family trip my entire childhood. We would head to Bandon from Myrtle Creek, and the first stop was always the Bandon Cheese factory. We would then take cheese curds down to a little secret creek and catch sea run cutthroat.

As a note, a new creamery has opened in the old space, called Face Rock Creamery. It's legit. Their aged cloth bound cheddar is 2nd domestically only to Cabot cloth bound from Vermont. The head cheese maker is the old head cheese maker of the famous Beecher's in Pike's Place in Seattle.

Yeah, but it has taken years. I talked with them every few years and they tell me to give them time.
But I am glad to get the input. Time to go back perhaps!

 

[theprunetang]

Yeah, but it has taken years. I talked with them every few years and they tell me to give them time.
But I am glad to get the input. Time to go back perhaps!

It takes time to get a solid artisanal cheese shop up and running. I think they have hit their stride.

 

[riverman]

It takes time to get a solid artisanal cheese shop up and running. I think they have hit their stride.

I think it coincides with people not saying "cut the cheese" anymore....sort of like smelling strong Indica skunk and thinking ….that smells so good!