The history of a particular variety of cheese is something we find fascinating. Dutch gouda, for example, was being used as toll payment by bargemen as long ago as 1100. This classic cheese, arguably one of the first, is something that American grocery stores have turned into a bland, flavorless block of "cheese". It is with this in mind that we offer one of the truest examples of Gouda. Aged for almost 2 years, this complex cheese is at once caramely sweet and mildly salty. The cheese pops with pockets of crystallized milk sugars that crunch when you bite into them and give way to a smooth, milkiness. Pasteurized